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The divine will (irādah) is one of the most discussed issues in the context of the relationship between God and the universe. In the tradition of kalām and philosophy, this problem has been discussed in a broad framework including various sub-problems such as the relationship of the will with the attributes such as omniscience (‘ilm) and omnipotence (qudra), the eternity of the will, togetherness of will and willed things (irādah-murād) and its role in the creation. In this study, the meaning given to the divine will by the theologians, who maintain that the universe was created from nothing and qualify the attribute of the will to Allah, and the Peripatetic philosophers such as al-Fārābī and Avicenna, who think that the world came into being out of God’s essence, will be considered comparatively and will be pointed out that the understanding of the will of philosophers is different from majority of the mutakallimūn. In this context, although he does not defend the theory of ṣudūr, Ibn Rushd’s views are also included due to his criticism of the theologians’ approach to will.

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