A Critical Analysis of Al-Isharat commentarie's views on Divine Unity

Ibn Sina, in his Al-Isharat, presents an argument for the Divine Unity based on His Uniqueness. This argument has been the subject of different interpretations by the commentators of Al-Isharat. The first interpretation is whether Ibn Sina presented one argument or two for Divine Uniqueness. The second is whether his argument against the uniqueness outside God’s essence is one or two. There are also interpretations on what Ibn Sina meant by “… wa baqy al-aqsaam muhaal” (“ …Other options are impossible”). In this paper we will investigate all the three interpretations and propose the correct one in each case.