Al-Salimi, Abdulrahman (Author)
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
Volume: 23, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 117-134
The bulk of Orientalist research regarding Islamic theological literature has neglected Iba i theological opinions related to cosmology, which has led to an incomplete understanding of Islamic theology in the West and to a significant gap in Western scholarship. The omission of this important movement of Islam is understandable, considering the unavailability, lack of publication, circulation and translation of Iba i texts. Therefore, this study seeks to address some of these gaps in the scholarship on early Islamic theology. The goals of this article are: 1) to characterize the classical Iba i theological literature dealing with the atomistic theory of substance and accident; 2) to review the texts of Iba i scholars as they argued and engaged with other Islamic theological schools: pre-Bahshamiyya Mu tazilites (Abu Hashim al-Jubba i, d. 321/933) and Ash arites (Abu al- asan al-Ash ari, d. 324/936), in relation to the atomistic theory of substance and accident during the 3rd/9th century; 3) to survey the wide range of opinions among the early Iba i theologians, and to examine the specific sources and themes that may have influenced this multifarious school of thought. Likewise, it is the aim of this article to demonstrate the common features in the Iba i approach to producing theological literature during the formation of Islamic theology, and to explore how these early theologians may have gained access to cosmological themes that predate Islam.
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