Analytic Examination of Mullā Ṣadrā's View about Lauh Mahfuz, Lauh Mahw and Lauh Ithbat with Philosophical Approach

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant professor at Ferdowsi University

2 Full professor at Ferdowsi University

Abstract

One of the issues which has believed that it is of branches of the issue of the knowledge of God is His active knowledge. In the verses of the holy Quran and hadiths, these hierarchies are mentioned such as the divine decree (qaḍā) and the predestination (qadar), pen (qalam), etc. Mullā Ṣadrā like other islamic scholars has tried to study these concepts with the philosophical approach to ontology. The outcomings of Mullā Ṣadrā's speeches are he claifies two ontological interpretations of the reality of the preserved tablet (al-lauh al-mahfuz), the tablet of effacement (al-lauh al-mahw) and affirmation (al-lauh al-ithbat) according to two principles of the ptolemaic heavens and gnostic notion of al-haqiqat al-Muhammadiyah (the Muhammadan reality). The author has attempted to analyze and study this attitude with analytic approach meanwhile presenting an accurate report of Mullā Ṣadrā's look.

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