Contraction and Extension of the proof of motion in the Islamic Thought

Proof of motion is one of the most important and effective arguments in proving God. By adopting the principle of motion in nature, the Islamic scholars have proved the unmoved mover. The present research, using rational and narrated method, analyzes and describes the arguments of the movement and concludes that in addition to the fact that motion has been regarded contractedly and in its particular meaning, it may be regarded extendedly in its general meaning also. Such terms as creation, appearance, movement, change, decline, transfer, touring, descending, ascending, sending, going down, prostration of prayer, stooping down in prayer and tasbih confirm the domain of motion in the possible world. It is, therefore, said of the proof of the movement that there is found movement in the whole of the possible world; the movement comes from the unmoved and unchangeable mover, namely God that is free from limitation and everlasting and those denying the fact must agree with impossible consequences such as vicious circle.