4) We Are Possible

The Possible

All of creation falls under the category of 'The Possible.' (mumkin / ja'iz الممكن / الجاءز )

Creation: us humans, earth, planets, the stars, the ocean, ideas, thoughts, feelings, colors, and understandings, angels, and demons,  everything that is created is something that may exist or may not exist. The Possibly Existent (ممكن الوجود  mumkin al-wujood )

Our existence falls under that which is possible. We are neither Necessary ( wajib واجب ) nor are we Impossible ( mustaheel مستحيل). Everything around us is possible.

However, the Possible is far wider in scope than that which actually exists around us.  For instance, it is possible for a phoenix to exist, but it does not. There is nothing about a phoenix that makes its existence impossible. Our minds are capable of imagining it.

So Possibles are:
- Something that is possible and does exist.
- Something that is possible but does not exist
- Something that is possible but has yet to exist
- Something that is possible that will never exist.

As stated in an earlier post, everything that is Possible is within the Knowledge of God. God has knowledge over all things possible. Our existence depends on the fact that God knows everything about our existence, because if God doesn't know something about our existence He would not be able to make it exist.

Therefore, our existence and the existence of all of creation is dependent upon God's knowledge.
Therefore, God's knowledge is something that is Necessary, while our existence is not necessary.

God can choose to make anything that is possible exist.

1) Categorizing Reality

Updated on April 14 2011
The reality of the universe around us is divided into three categories:
1- The Necessary    (واحب wajib)
2- The Impossible   (مستحيل mustaheel)
3- The Possible       (الممكن / الجاءز mumkin / ja'iz)




1- The Necessary is that which cannot not exist
2- The Impossible is that which cannot exist
3- The Possible is that which can or cannot exist.

Everything falls under 1 of the above.
Everything, so reflect on that.