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Al-Ghazali’s Critique of Aristotelianism in Islamic Metaphysics Murtado, M Zaki
Journal of Islamic Thought and Philosophy Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): December
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/jitp.2025.4.2.301-319

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Metaphysics is often practiced a priori, the validity of this approach is limited to a naive conceptual framework. This methodology becomes inadaquate be­­cause the ambition of metephysics goes beyond the traditional model of catego­ri­zing relity. As the ideological heirs of Aristotle, Al-Farabi and Ibn Sina proposed the the­ory of emanation as a retional metaphysical model. Through Risalah fi al’Aql, Al-Farabi mapped the sequence of possible beings from necessary beings, while Ibn Sina, thourgh al-Shifa, emphasized the universe as process of necessary de­­ter­mi­na­tion, in which only God is free from external causality. However, the legi­ti­macy of metsphydics is now at the center of fierce debate: is this discipline we­a­ke­ned for the sake of scientific pretensions, or is it simply an object of ridicule for the traditional model of the ‘salafushalih’? This research goes beyond previous des­crip­ti­ve studies thet only describe the sequence of emanation in the metaphysics of Al-Farabi and Ibn Sina as heirs of Aristotle. Using Al-Ghazali’s critique in Tahafut al-Falasifah as an analytical tool, this study re-examines the validity of the theory of ema­nation (al-fayd). The findings show that the concept of the “necessary emer­ge­n­ce” of wajib al-wujud has fatal implications for the eternity of nature (qadim) and o­pens the path to pantheism, fundamentally weakening God’s position as a willful Creator.
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