IMKÂN - امكان

Imkân literally means being possible, possibility, feasibility and practicability. 'Imkân' is the opposite of 'wujûb', which means 'necessity' or 'necessary existence'.

As an Islamic term: contingent beings. Contingency. The entirety of creation, where existence and non-existence hold equal possibility, and both require a cause to come into existence. Anything that depends on another being in order to exist. Whatever exists other than Al-Wajib Al-Wujûd. Allah, Who is Al-Wâjib Al-Wujûd, chooses their existence through His will and irâdah and gives them a particular essence, a specific form, a distinct identity, particular attributes, qualities full of hikmah and beneficial organs from amongst the infinite possibilities.