<![CDATA[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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