Kazâ ve Kader Kavramlarına Felsefi Bir Katkı: Molla Sadrâ Örneği

• Main Author: Ahmet
• Format: Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Amasya University 2018-06-01
• Series: Amasya İlahiyat Dergisi
• Subjects: divine decree; predestination; pen; tablet; molla sadrâ
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/amauifd/issue/37323/415091

In Islam, the knowledge of God has more than one rank according to its divine nature. One of these ranks is divine decree (kazâ) and the other is a predestination (kader) concept. We can also add the concepts of pen and plate grades associated with these two concepts. Generally in academic works the concepts of divine decree and predestination are handled in the context of Islamic theology rather than a philosophical debate. Therefore, with the intention of offering a philosophical contribution to this issue, we tried to examine the concepts of divine decree and predestination in Molla Sadrâ's thought. Molla Sadrâ dealt with the concepts of divine decree and predestination on a philosophical ground in terms of metaphysics. He dealt with the concepts of divine decree and predestination in the context of the nature of God's knowledge, causality and theories of knowledge. As a matter of fact our philosopher tried to establish this subject on the basis of the understanding of unity knowledge which is his model of knowledge. Thus Molla Sadrâ defines the concept of divine decree as intelligible forms that can’t be thought of separately from God's person, while the concept of predestination is defined as the forms of beings in the world of spherical souls in a particular way.