Abstract
Abul-Hatheel Al-Allaaf is regarded as one of the founders of E tizali
thought and its five bases. This research deals with an issue that busied the
Greek and Arab philosophers; then it was treated by those who were called
Scientists of Speech particularly The Motazila who found that The Holy
Quran contained additional verses and many hints about the creation of the
World. In this research I have introduced definitions of some philosophical
terms such as Creation, Substance, Essence and others from the point of
view of Al-Allaaf himself.
I have explained the original source of the theory of the Single Essence
and discussed the different concepts of the scientists who believe that the source
of the theory was Greek, Indian or Bhudist. I explained their ideas and rejected
them showing my own opinion to explain the difference between the theory of
Epicure and that of Al-Allaaf. Then I introduced a detailed criticism of the
theory, particularly that part related to Al-Nazzam and Ibn Hazm. Moreover,
I have dealt with the concepts of the scientists who praised the theory and noticed that it contained great effort for putting an Islamic theory to explain the
Creation of the World.
- I have explained the proofs that Al-Allaaf gave to explain the Creation
of the World and the most important of these proofs is that of the Single
Essence, which he adopted. It also talked about the differentiation between the
Immortal, ALLAH and the Created, the World.