al-Māturīdī and Atomism

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al-Māturīdī and Atomism

Abstract

This study aims to shed light on the position of Imām al-Māturīdī (d. 333/944) on atomism. It consists of three sections. The first section will delineate some theories of matter along with the meaning of certain pertinent terms, which were widely accepted during al-Māturīdī’s time. The following section will discuss whether Imām al-Māturīdī understood such notions as body (jism), substance (jawhar), and accident (ʿaraḍ) within the frame of traditional Islamic atomism. Moreover, this section will give some information on how al-Māturīdī approached the issues pertaining to physics and cosmology. The last section will cover the development of atomism in the Māturīdiyya kalām school after Imām al-Māturīdī.

Keywords

Kalam,Atomism,al-Māturīdīyya,al-Māturīdī,Accident

Thanks

I want to thank Zeliha Uluyurt and Ertul Ortabas for their contribution to the translation of the article into English.

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