javad nazari; shamsollah seraj; majid ziaei
Abstract
Denying any resemblances between the creator and creatures, Qazi Saeed Qomi sets his ideas apart from the typical cataphatic theology in Islamic discourse as well as the conventional theology of Shi’ism. This paper aims at investigating the relationship or lack of it between Qazi Saeed Qomi’s ...
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Denying any resemblances between the creator and creatures, Qazi Saeed Qomi sets his ideas apart from the typical cataphatic theology in Islamic discourse as well as the conventional theology of Shi’ism. This paper aims at investigating the relationship or lack of it between Qazi Saeed Qomi’s apophatic theology and the conventional predominant monotheistic perspectives of main schools of theology (i.e., Ash’arism, Mu’tazila, Shi’ism). Qazi Saeed’s theology is very different from the common rational theology of Ash’arites or Shi’ites, both of which emphasize the congruities between the creator and creatures. Although differentiating the aforementioned ideas appears to be difficult, unlike other theologists, Qazi Saeed does not believe in the theory of substituting the essence for attribute. In spite of the fact that at the first sights, Qazi Qomi’s theology brings a resemblance to rational-narrative-apophatic theological thoughts (e.g., al-Shaykh al-Saduq’s narrative-apophatic theology), our argument is that his ideas are reliant on the theoretical mystical thought (although they are still different in some ways). Qazi Qomi’s theology has been influenced by the theoretical mystical thought in terms of the following issues: believing in personal unity of existence, negating congruities between the essence and its manifestations, negating God’s essence from his attributes and believing in confinement of God’s names and attributes. The most considerable difference between them is that mystic theologists believe in being qua being principle, while Qazi Saeed Qomi fails even to accept this principle.
shamso"allah seraaj; somayeh monfared
Volume 18, Issue 1 , January 0, , Pages 21-36
Abstract
The identification of what and why of the combined three cognitive sources including intellect, intuition and revelation in Ibn Abi Jumhur’s system of thought makes the analysis of the cognitive achievements of this system of thought more effective. Ibn Abi Jumhur, as a figure who has an important ...
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The identification of what and why of the combined three cognitive sources including intellect, intuition and revelation in Ibn Abi Jumhur’s system of thought makes the analysis of the cognitive achievements of this system of thought more effective. Ibn Abi Jumhur, as a figure who has an important position in the integration of various theoretical branches in the light of the teachings of Imams, establishes his theory of cognition on a philosophical religious and mystical basis. This work was later completed by Mula Sadra Shirazi and was presented in the form of “cognitive unity of the of Quran content, Mysticism and logic” theory. In Ahsai’s thought system, there is a profound relevance and connection between intellect, heart and revelation. He believes that it is necessary to move from essential logical theorems to inherited divine perceptions. In that case, it is very likely to perceive secrets of sharia and understand the meanings of Sufism and truth. Intellect finds its way to heart through passing perfection. In fact, heart is another name for perfected intellect. Furthermore, about the relationship between sharia and intellect, he believes that religious law is external intellect and intellect is internal religious law. Therefore, they are not only associated with each other but they are also united.
