LessonsDivine Will: Eternity, Specification of Possibilities and Free AgencyQuiz

تقتضي تخصيص المكونات بوجه دون وجه، وفي وقت دون وقت
The attribute relates to specifying created things in one manner rather than another and at one time rather than another.

A possible entity can be considered under alternatives: existence or nonexistence, one size or color or another, earlier origination or later origination. Its being determined in a particular manner is called specification (takhṣīṣ).

The issue is not only whether existence is possible. It is why one definite possibility is actualized rather than the alternatives.

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Specifying what comes to exist

Divine Will: Eternity, Specification of Possibilities and Free Agency

تقتضي تخصيص المكونات بوجه دون وجه، وفي وقت دون وقت
The attribute relates to specifying created things in one manner rather than another and at one time rather than another.

A possible entity can be considered under alternatives: existence or nonexistence, one size or color or another, earlier origination or later origination. Its being determined in a particular manner is called specification (takhṣīṣ).

The issue is not only whether existence is possible. It is why one definite possibility is actualized rather than the alternatives.