Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Phd Student of Kalam and islamic theology, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding author)
2 Associate Professor of Philosophy, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The current article has been compiled to explain comparatively the issue of the temporal contingency of the material world according to the views of four Islamic denominations, Mu'tazila, Ash'arites, Matradaiyeh, and Shiites, in addition to Avicenna, the Muslim philosopher and the founder of the philosophy of peripatetic. First, the article addresses a preliminary statement about the meaning of temporary contingency and its opposite, namely the eternality and meaning of the Universe, as expressed by the heads of Sunni religious denominations, the Mu'tazilites and the Ash'arites and Materidiyya, by directly referring to the sayings of the heads of these denominations, then, in this article, the theory of Avicenna has been explained, and finally, the authors have judged these theories. Among the results of this paper is that the theologian rule for the contingency of the universe is failed. The problem of the creation of matter from nothing makes a problem for both philosophers and theologians. And finally, it seems that the theory of eternality of the universe is more reasonable.
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