LessonsAcceptable Hyperbole: Tablīgh, Ighrāq, Ghulūw and Effective ImageryQuiz

“Kullu mumkin ʿādatan mumkin ʿaqlan, wa-lā yanʿakis”
Whatever is customarily possible is rationally possible, but not conversely.

That is why the classification contains three standard categories, not four. “Customarily possible but rationally contradictory” is not a distinct legitimate category: ordinary possibility presupposes rational coherence.

Rational possibility, however, does not guarantee customary possibility. Ighrāq relies on precisely this difference: the described event remains conceivable without contradiction while exceeding ordinary causal expectation.

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Why customary possibility implies rational possibility

Acceptable Hyperbole: Tablīgh, Ighrāq, Ghulūw and Effective Imagery

“Kullu mumkin ʿādatan mumkin ʿaqlan, wa-lā yanʿakis”
Whatever is customarily possible is rationally possible, but not conversely.

That is why the classification contains three standard categories, not four. “Customarily possible but rationally contradictory” is not a distinct legitimate category: ordinary possibility presupposes rational coherence.

Rational possibility, however, does not guarantee customary possibility. Ighrāq relies on precisely this difference: the described event remains conceivable without contradiction while exceeding ordinary causal expectation.