مال الإمام الرازي رحمه الله في هذه المسألة إلى التوقف
Imam al-Rāzī inclined toward withholding a definitive verdict on this issue.
Tawaqquf means declining to affirm or deny conclusively when the available demonstrations do not reach certainty. It is an assessment of the evidence, not simply abandoning thought.
Two lessons follow: 1. a persuasive argument is not necessarily a demonstrative proof; 2. withholding judgment on this specialized question does not suspend all other theological claims.
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The Indivisible Atom: Arguments, Infinite Division and Objections
مال الإمام الرازي رحمه الله في هذه المسألة إلى التوقف
Imam al-Rāzī inclined toward withholding a definitive verdict on this issue.
Tawaqquf means declining to affirm or deny conclusively when the available demonstrations do not reach certainty. It is an assessment of the evidence, not simply abandoning thought.
Two lessons follow: 1. a persuasive argument is not necessarily a demonstrative proof; 2. withholding judgment on this specialized question does not suspend all other theological claims.