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To Allah, the One, the All- 4. Devine Unity in Acts
Paramount”. (The Qur’an, Mu’tazilites considered that
40: 16) intelligent beings have full
authority in their acts, so they
So, in this theory, the have entire free will and
creation and destruction of liberty in all their activities;
things are nothing except their But according to Gradation of
appearance or disappearance. Existence, all contingents are
Mulla Sadra in his great copulative existences and God
book “Asfaar” wrote: is the nearest agent of all
The creation of God is the things.
disappearance of himself in According to the theory of
things and the manifestation Unity of Existence, this
of them. Destruction of perception proves more clearly
things (on the day of that God is the real and
Judgment) also means the effective agent in this
appearance of himself alone universe, and all others are
and paramountcy of him nothing except manifestations
above all things, where he of that one agent. They only
removes specifications and bring things closer to the real
features of all things and agent by moving them, not
makes them vanish, as the creating them, and all effects
Qur’an said, “Everything is belong to that agent. So,
to perish except His face. humans stand in constant
(The Qur’an, 28: 88)”. need of God, as the Holy
(Mulla Sadra, 1981, Vol. 1: Qur’an states:
261)
“O mankind! You are the
Thus, the Day of Judgment ones who stand in need of
is the day of the dominance of Allah, and Allah He is the
unity over multiplicity. All-Sufficient, the All-laudable”.
(The Qur’an, 35: 15)
