Ibn Rushd’s Strategic Analysis on Mutakallimin’s idea of God’s Exsistence

Abstract

: The existence of God has been considered as a theological discussion existed since the days of ancient Greek Philosophers. In Islamic Tradition, Muslim Philosophers (Faylasuuf), Theologians (Mutakallim), and Sufis apprehended this topic in multiple approaches and methods elaborating God’s Existence (wujuud) scientifically. As one of well-known Muslim Philosopher, Ibn Rushd (520/1126590/1198) offered his idea to describe the nature of God’s existence through demonstrative (burhaniy) method combining reason, faith, and Qur’anic interpretation. This inquiry is initiated by criticizing previous Muslim Scholar’s methodology earlier before presenting his strategy, in a way that Ibn Rushd found that there was a conflict either between logical rhetoric method appropriated by Faylasuuf or dialectical discourse (jadaly) applied by Theologians. Accordingly, Ibn Rushd introduced his idea regarding God’s existence through advanced formulations they are: teleological argumentations (dalii al-I’naayah) and invention argumentations (daliil ikhtiraa’).