 Whether this argument shows al-Ghazālī to hold that it is possible that bodies have natures is a matter or dispute (Marmura 1981b; Frank 1992; Griffel 2009). Averroes takes the argument to concede the philosophers’ view that bodies have natures by which they function as causes of change (Averroes ITI: 330). Still, there remains a crucial difference between al-Ghazālī’s view and that of the philosophers. Even if al-Ghazālī allows that bodies may have natures, he also considers divine choice and action to govern particular events in the sublunary world. God can plan and execute particular events, which deviate from or accelerate the course of nature. The latter aspect of his view is incompatible with the philosophers’ accounts of God, as discussed above in  §3.3.