Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Law

Appropriation of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya 33 tests the significance of both authors, examining why Ibn al-Qayy- i ...

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Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought M. Sait Özervarli Ibn Taymiyya, although a follower of the t ...

38 M. Sait Özervarli ous works of mine I gave examples of Ibn Taymiyya’s critical approach in theology, on issues such as argume ...

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 39 order to act, or as being incomplete without the cause. M ...

40 M. Sait Özervarli The Muʿtazilīs overlooked the omnipotence of God in order to prove His justice, and the Ashʿarīs ignored ju ...

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 41 he argues, it would not be acceptable to reject it by hig ...

42 M. Sait Özervarli of their actions but only the acquirers of them.^14 The Māturīdīs have a similar approach by suggesting tha ...

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 43 activities of humans (al-irāda al-dīniyya al-amriyya). Th ...

44 M. Sait Özervarli cumstances are able to choose what to do, which makes them respon- sible for their actions.^24 Some of his ...

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 45 to this assumption, the actions can only be objects of Go ...

46 M. Sait Özervarli generally discussed using the Koranic term fiṭra.^33 The term is based on the Koranic phrase “the patterns ...

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 47 connected to the original neutral purity of human nature, ...

48 M. Sait Özervarli edge.^38 Muṭahhar al-Maqdisī emphasizes that, despite the differences in their traditions, communities, cou ...

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 49 tence of God is also regarded as the highest level of exi ...

50 M. Sait Özervarli respond to each other, neither in methods nor in objectives. Indeed the Koranic method indicates to us that ...

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 51 The ḥudūth argument may demonstrate the need for a Creato ...

52 M. Sait Özervarli hood and the rejection of it.^51 Every individual is aware of his or her knowledge or lack of it by the fiṭ ...

Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 53 emphasizes humans’ need to believe, trust, and pray. Like ...

54 M. Sait Özervarli In fact some modern philosophers including Immanuel Kant also chal- lenged ontological and cosmological arg ...