LessonsProof of Mutual Hindrance: Divine Unity, Conflicting Wills and Eternity of AttributesQuiz

وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ
Some would have prevailed over others. (Qur’an 23:91)

This verse draws attention to supremacy and subordination in a hypothetical plurality of gods. If one genuinely subdues another, the defeated agent’s claim to absolute independent power is undermined. If neither can act independently where they conflict, sovereignty again becomes problematic.

The proof should not be equated with every rivalry among human rulers. Human rulers possess finite powers; the hypothesis under examination concerns beings purportedly unlimited in power and independent in their divine status.

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The argument from one power prevailing over another

Proof of Mutual Hindrance: Divine Unity, Conflicting Wills and Eternity of Attributes

وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ
Some would have prevailed over others. (Qur’an 23:91)

This verse draws attention to supremacy and subordination in a hypothetical plurality of gods. If one genuinely subdues another, the defeated agent’s claim to absolute independent power is undermined. If neither can act independently where they conflict, sovereignty again becomes problematic.

The proof should not be equated with every rivalry among human rulers. Human rulers possess finite powers; the hypothesis under examination concerns beings purportedly unlimited in power and independent in their divine status.