Abstract:

In the history of Islamic thought, basing the possibility of propethood constitutes one of the most important areas of activity. This issue is directly addressed in the works written about propethood, as well as examined in the independent Kalam works under the related title. Apart from theologians such as Baqıllânî and Shahrastani, one of the people who expressed their opinion on the subject was Kemaluddin al-Anbari. The author, after criticizing various concepts contrary to Islam in the subject of divinity, put in the matter of prophethood its opportunity and necessity first as a pre-acceptance, then examined the objections of Barâhima, who rejected prophethood through the sufficiency of reason and the doubts they have formed regarding miracles. He explained the possibility of the prophethood, by divine power; its necessity through lack of reason, emphasized that there will be no conflict between these two sources and drew attention to the need of reason for the institution of prophethood in general. At this point, the author, who gave Barâhima’s sixteen suspicions about prophethood, studied them meticulously, and responded to these objections objectively, without deviating from the subject. As the author has makes statements here that some religious practices or prohibitions that are claimed to be ugly are not so and has responded to the doubts alleged about the formation of the miracle and the allocation of the related person.

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