Suppose a possible entity can be conceived in two alternative forms, and only one occurs. Four questions are distinct:
1. Are both forms known?
2. Are both within power?
3. Which form is specified?
4. By what relation is it brought into existence?
The respective notions are knowledge, power, will and takwīn. This is an analytical illustration, not an attempt to model divine reality on the processes of a limited human mind.
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Divine Will: Eternity, Specification of Possibilities and Free Agency
Suppose a possible entity can be conceived in two alternative forms, and only one occurs. Four questions are distinct:
1. Are both forms known?
2. Are both within power?
3. Which form is specified?
4. By what relation is it brought into existence?
The respective notions are knowledge, power, will and takwīn. This is an analytical illustration, not an attempt to model divine reality on the processes of a limited human mind.