A Review of the Theory of "Fa'aliyyat Bi al Tajalli" and its accordance by the "Fa'aliyyat Bi al inayat" Based on Mulla Sadra and Some of the Sadraian commentators

Abstract

Explanation of God's agency is one of the most important topics in philosophical theology. The causality through self-manifestation (Fa'aliyyat Bi al Tajalli) is perceived as Mulla Sadra's chosen point of view in his works. According to it, God, based on his knowledge of the creatures, which is the same to essence of God, but is the same to his knowledge to Himself, is the immediate creater of all creations, so that the creations are Dependent Creatures in their essense, and God is the only original being. However, Mulla Sadra in some of his works, discribtes the theory of causality through providence (Fa'aliyyat Bi al inayat), that is considered as Peripatetic philosophers' view, as his chosen theory in circumstance of God's agency. So, using this term by Mulla Sadra has led to this ambiguity that wht's the ultimate view of Mulla Sadra in this issue, and what's the different between Mulla Sadra and peripatetic philosophers in this topic. This article has describsed the solutions suggested by Sadrai Philosophers, and finnaly, has chosed Mulla Ali's view as a correct. Based on chosen solution, the term of (Fa'aliyyat Bi al inayat) isn’t specific for peripatetic philosophers, and their specifics views, aren’t inherent of this term.