Abstract
The "word-creation" relationship, which has an important place in the tradition of Abrahamic religions, has found its expression in the context of the "kun verses" in the Qurʾān. Sharing the same opinion about God's creation of the universe from nothing, theologians have different views on the issue of how this creation took place and the role of the command "kun" in creation, according to their understanding of divine attributes. Since Abū Ḥanīfa, most of the Māturīdiyya scholars, who did not make any difference between the personal and the actual attributes, thought that the attribute of takwīn was necessary for the creation and they interpreted the related verses, thinking that the order of kun was an allegory from the speed of Allah's creation. But some of them did not ignore the idea that creation took place with takwīn, but they also thought that the order of kun was a kind of creation, adhering to the apparent meaning of the verses. On the other hand, the Ashʿariyya scholars, who think that creation takes place with the attribute of qudra, and who do not make any distinction between takwīn and mukawwan, regarded the order of kun as the eternal "creative word" of God. While the Māturīdiyya followed the method of ta'wīl in this issue, it is interesting that the Ashʿariyya applied the method of is̱bāt. Some of later Ashʿariyya scholars also criticized this approach and adopted the interpretation of the Māturīdiyya on this issue. In this article, the details of the dispute between the Ashʿariyya and the Māturīdiyya based on the order of "kun" are discussed and it is tried to determine which approach is more consistent in terms of the method of kalām.