A Historical Analysis of Identification of Gods Will with Knowledge in Imami Theology

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AGHVAM KARBASI AKBAR

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Journal: NAQD VA NAZAR Year:2022 | Volume:27 | Issue:1 (105) Page(s): 114-136

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A Historical Analysis of Identification of Gods Will with Knowledge in Imami Theology

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Divine will

late Muʿtazilites

early Muʿtazilites

motive

knowledge of the interest (maṣlaḥa)

Abstract

A study of the history of theological ideas in the early centuries clearly suggests that Imami Shiite theologians of the period viewed the will as an incipient (ḥ â dith) entity, distinct from Gods knowledge and power. In the history of Islamic theology, the identification of Gods will with knowledge was first proposed by the theological trend of Iʿ tizâ l, but in the Imami trend of theology, such an account of the will was proposed by middleperiod theologians; that is, those belonging to the theological schools of Rey and Hillah. Imami theologians of the period identified the will as a motive (dâ ʿ î ), and identified the motive in turn as knowledge of the interest (maṣ laḥ a) within the action. Although the heritage of this group of theologians remains undecided as to whether the Divine will is incipient or eternal (qadî m), there is evidence to the effect that it had preferences for the incipience of the will. Drawing on the library method and the method of historical analysis, this article seeks to see how such an epistemic shift occurred in accounting for the Divine will. The conclusion of historical analyses of this phenomenon leads us to the idea that since the official theology in this period parted ways with the hadiths from the Household of the Prophet and turned to the late theological trend of Iʿ tizâ l, Imami theologians of the period endorsed theological analyses and accounts of Iʿ tizâ l as solutions to epistemological problems posed by the philosophical trend of thought, and introduced them to Imami theology.

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AGHVAM KARBASI, AKBAR. (2022). A Historical Analysis of Identification of Gods Will with Knowledge in Imami Theology. NAQD VA NAZAR, 27(1 (105) ), 114-136. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/962623/en

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AGHVAM KARBASI AKBAR. A Historical Analysis of Identification of Gods Will with Knowledge in Imami Theology. NAQD VA NAZAR[Internet]. 2022;27(1 (105) ):114-136. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/962623/en

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AKBAR AGHVAM KARBASI, “A Historical Analysis of Identification of Gods Will with Knowledge in Imami Theology,” NAQD VA NAZAR, vol. 27, no. 1 (105) , pp. 114–136, 2022, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/962623/en

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