In ighrāq, the claim does not contradict logical possibility, but it goes far beyond what is customary or ordinarily conceivable in experience.
Its defining feature is extremity of degree, not internal contradiction. An achievement might be conceivable in principle while virtually unattainable in ordinary practice.
An adequate analysis specifies what makes the attributed degree unusually remote rather than merely calling it “very strong.”
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part II
In ighrāq, the claim does not contradict logical possibility, but it goes far beyond what is customary or ordinarily conceivable in experience.
Its defining feature is extremity of degree, not internal contradiction. An achievement might be conceivable in principle while virtually unattainable in ordinary practice.
An adequate analysis specifies what makes the attributed degree unusually remote rather than merely calling it “very strong.”