LessonsVision of God: Possibility, Evidence, Objections and TranscendenceQuiz

فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي
If it remains in its place, then you will see Me. (Qur’an 7:143)

The address also connects the promised vision to the mountain’s remaining in place. The argument is that a conditional connection to a condition possible in itself may support the possibility of vision, even if that condition does not occur on the particular occasion.

The distinction requires more than repeating a logical maxim: the relationship between condition and consequent, the possibility of the condition, and its actual fulfilment must be kept apart. The mountain’s response does not establish a physical mode of divine vision; it belongs to the narrative’s special circumstances.

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Vision tied to the mountain’s remaining firm

Vision of God: Possibility, Evidence, Objections and Transcendence

فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي
If it remains in its place, then you will see Me. (Qur’an 7:143)

The address also connects the promised vision to the mountain’s remaining in place. The argument is that a conditional connection to a condition possible in itself may support the possibility of vision, even if that condition does not occur on the particular occasion.

The distinction requires more than repeating a logical maxim: the relationship between condition and consequent, the possibility of the condition, and its actual fulfilment must be kept apart. The mountain’s response does not establish a physical mode of divine vision; it belongs to the narrative’s special circumstances.