Discover the meaning of the term Mahal (محال) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readWhat whose existence outward is impossible, as motion and rest joining in one part.
What whose existence outward is impossible.
Lexically: what swerves from the right side to other. As a term: what demands corruption from every face, as motion and rest joining in one locus, or your saying: « the body is white and black in one state ». Note: the difference between mahal and contradiction: the contradictory is not mahal, for the speaker may speak truth then gainsay it, his speech becoming contradictory, its end gainsaying its beginning, without being mahal, for truth is not mahal.
What whose existence outward is not conceivable.
What whose existence outward is impossible.
﴿وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِۦ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُمْ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْمِحَالِ﴾
« And the thunder exalts [Allah] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allah; and He is severe in assault. »
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