History of Islamic Philosophy

History of Islamic Philosophy

Metaphysics of the Qur'an; The Ontology of Divine Word in the Theological System of Qadi Abu Bakr Al-Baqillani

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Fahime Davari 1
Qholamreza Zakiani 2
1 Student in Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/hpi.2024.445814.1061
Abstract
The Ash'arites, in contrast to the ideological and violent controversy of the Hadithists and the Mu'tazilites over the creation and non-creation of the Qur'an and the occurrence and step of the divine word, presented the intermediate theory of the word of the soul. The Ahl al-Hadith, and with the creation and the event of the word, agreed with the Mu'tazilites and resolved the conflict between the hadiths and the Mu'tazilites to a large extent, but like none of them, he did not see the word as one-dimensional and one-sided, but considered it as a two-dimensional matter. This intermediate theory, which was elaborated by Baqalani, is based on special metaphysics and ontology. This descriptive-analytical research tries to express the nature of Baqalani's theology and metaphysical approach to it in the form of several issues in a logical order. In short, Baqalani considers the word to be an existential, single, fixed and meaningful thing, which is the manifestation of the attribute of God's essence, and is non-historical in three philosophical, theological, and linguistic aspects. It also finds a non-historical aspect of religious knowledge and understanding. The word of the single soul has appeared in a specific language in each period, and the holy books of the Abrahamic religions are the linguistic forms of the word of the single soul, which in each period have found a new legislative form. and linguistic interpretations.
Keywords
divine word
Quran
ancient
uncreated
Baqillani

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 26 February 2024
  • Revise Date 28 March 2024
  • Accept Date 28 March 2024