LessonsHuman Capacity: Power, Action, and ConditionsQuiz

وهي علة للفعل، والجمهور على أنها شرط لأداء الفعل لا علة
One account calls it a cause of the act, whereas the majority call it a condition for performance, not a cause.

A cause is not the same as a condition. In some theological descriptions, the former is understood as productive of the effect, while a condition is something whose absence prevents the effect but whose presence does not, by itself, produce it.

For comparison, a burning process and the presence of suitable fuel have different explanatory roles. The analogy clarifies the logical distinction; it does not make human action or divine power simply identical to natural combustion.

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Cause versus condition

Human Capacity: Power, Action, and Conditions

وهي علة للفعل، والجمهور على أنها شرط لأداء الفعل لا علة
One account calls it a cause of the act, whereas the majority call it a condition for performance, not a cause.

A cause is not the same as a condition. In some theological descriptions, the former is understood as productive of the effect, while a condition is something whose absence prevents the effect but whose presence does not, by itself, produce it.

For comparison, a burning process and the presence of suitable fuel have different explanatory roles. The analogy clarifies the logical distinction; it does not make human action or divine power simply identical to natural combustion.