Correction and research of the treatise on algebra and delegation by Mohammad Shafi Esfahani

What is presented in this treatise is the correction and research of the manuscript of “Jabrut Defeat” which has been written by Mohammad Shafi bin Mohammad Rafi Isfahani known as Qari Bihar. He lived in the late 11th and early 12th centuries AH. He is one of the scholars of the Theological School of Isfahan and one of the students of Allameh Majlisi. His treatise on algebra and delegation, in which he refutes the theories of algebra and delegation and proves the matter between the commandments using the verses and hadiths of the Imams (as), has been written in an introduction and five chapters. The author first denies the predestination and non-oppression of God and also criticizes the delegation and the limitation of the will, providence and power of God, and then goes on to explain and explain the view of truth, which is “the matter between things”, which is the test and the ability to afford. The ability that God has possessed the servants and enabled man to do it; According to what the Holy Quran has testified to it and the Imams of Abrar (PBUH) have obeyed it. Two copies of this treatise are available, both of which have been used to correct and research it. The purpose of this is, in the first step, to get acquainted with different theories about human free will and the role of divine judgment and predestination in it, to refute the theories of predestination and delegation and to express the view of truth and accepted by the Imams (as), Making one of the Quranic-hadith writings of the Imamiyya religion, which has not yet been adorned with ornaments; To present to enthusiasts and enthusiasts of such works. It should be noted that in the introduction of this work, a history of algebra and delegation, other writings of the theological school of Isfahan in this regard and the method of work is stated.