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A Textual-Critical and Hermeneutical Analysis of the Hadith «فارادة اللّه هى الفعل» from Imam Riḍā (as) Concerning the Distinction Between Divine and Human Will

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mustafa Faqih Esfandiari 1
Reza Salek aghajani 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Razavi University of Islamic Sciences. Mashhad Iran

2 Master’s student in Philosophy and Islamic Theology of Razavi University of Islamic Sciences. Mashhad Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/farzv.2024.458029.2000
Abstract
The issue of divine will, like many of God’s attributes, has always been the subject of debate and controversy among philosophers, theologians and orators. In the discussion that will is one of the divine attributes, there is no doubt or disagreement, and everyone considers it to be one of the attributes of divine perfection, but the difference of opinion is in the truth of will. The topic of discussion in this research is a famous hadith of Imam Reza, in which he explains the truth of divine will and the difference between it and human will. In this hadith, Imam Reza considers the divine will to mean “creation of action” and the human will as “inner song” and the result of previous thoughts and mentalities, and briefly explains their difference. In fact, when we are faced with the content of this hadith, we are faced with two main issues: the difference between the will of God and the will of man, and the attribute of essence or the attribute of the act of God’s will. In this research, we have explained the hadith of Imam Reza regarding the difference between the will of God and the will of man, and the attribute of essence or the attribute of action of God’s will.

Keywords

divine will
human will
essence attribute
verb attribute
Hadith

Subjects

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