An inquiry into the Concordance of Muslim Sages’ Views with the Explanation of Religious Texts on God’s Love for Creatures

Author:
Zahra Jabari
Level:
Master
Field of study:
Islamic philosophy and theology
Language:
Farsi
Faculty:
Faculty of Philosophy
Year:
2022
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Mohammad Hadi Tavakoli

God Almighty’s love for creatures is certain according to the Holy Quran and there is no place for any doubt in the issue. What we are trying to investigate in this thesis is the concordance of the views of Muslim sages and religious texts on the issue of God’s love for creatures, which was done in a librarical and descriptive-analytical method. The findings indicate that the opinions of some Islamic sages in relation to God’s Love for creatures are not consistent with what is stated in the religious texts, and the opinions of some others are not in full agreement and they were unable to present a rational argument that led to the results obtained in religious texts. Considering the inconsistency between the sayings of sages and the religious texts on the one hand; and considering the course of development in the opinions of the sages in relation to the issue in question and also the availability of religious epistemological resources, on the other hand, it is concluded that the problems in reasoning have been removed by relying on religious sources and the extent of their placement, and there is a possibility of presenting  reasonable arguments based on the Text. Therefore, several proposed models have been presented in order to complete the theory of sages about God’s Love toward creatures, which include: considering the attribute of love as an attribute of action, solving the problem in an interdisciplinary way by relying on “Al-Mizan” and “Mufatih al-Ghaib”, changing the perspective regarding the concept of God’s love.