Abstract

In his the book, named as Risâletu Isbâti'l-vâcibi'l-cedide, Jalaladdin Dawani (d.908/1502) discusses about some topics such as the evidence of existence and unity of God, the relation between essence and attributes of God, the attributions of God, and the generosity of God (cud) in relation with the perfectness of the universe, and the wisdom of God. Dawani uses both the evidence of possibility and the evidence of creation (hudus). Moreover, he deals with the issue of circularity (dawr) and backward chain (teselsul) in terms of argumentation and brings about some types of demonstration to cancel the backward chain such as burhân-i tatbik, burhân-i muzâyefe and burhân-i arsi. Accepting as one or the same the essence and attributions of God, Dawani accepts that there is a perfect order in the universe. According to Dawani, the perfect order of the universe stems from wajib al-wujud, the authority of asset or God.

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