LessonsDivine Names and Attributes: Affirmation, Transcendence and NamingQuiz

هذا النمط البديع والنظام المحكم
This remarkable arrangement and carefully ordered system.

The observable order and specificity of the world are used to argue for its Maker's knowledge, power and will. The existence of something is one consideration; its occurrence in a particular proportion and arrangement among alternatives is another. The latter raises the issue of specification and wisdom.

The aim is to reject the notion of a creator who is ignorant, powerless or without will. Yet an argument establishing knowledge and power does not automatically establish every technical detail of hearing and sight. The classical discussion therefore distinguishes what reason supports from what revelation establishes.

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Reasoning from the order of the world

Divine Names and Attributes: Affirmation, Transcendence and Naming

هذا النمط البديع والنظام المحكم
This remarkable arrangement and carefully ordered system.

The observable order and specificity of the world are used to argue for its Maker's knowledge, power and will. The existence of something is one consideration; its occurrence in a particular proportion and arrangement among alternatives is another. The latter raises the issue of specification and wisdom.

The aim is to reject the notion of a creator who is ignorant, powerless or without will. Yet an argument establishing knowledge and power does not automatically establish every technical detail of hearing and sight. The classical discussion therefore distinguishes what reason supports from what revelation establishes.