Criticism and Analysis of Imam Khomeini's View about Making of Things

There are different viewpoints about the question that “what is the creation and making of things?” Among various theories about this question, decedent Imam Khomeini (peace be upon him) has special viewpoint. Imam believes to the mystic’s monotheism, (i. e. oneness of being) and according to this view it cannot be said that existence is acreature, because the result of this position is real multiplicity in being. In ئcontrast, Imam says that the made thing is quiddity, but this made thing is not the primary creature but is a kind of appearance following the appearance of the existence. He thinks that by adopting this view, we able to reconcile the theory of priority of existence and the viewpoint that made thing is the quiddity and also reconcile the position that “made thing is the existence” and the viewpoint that made thing is the quiddity. This view has been criticized by some scholars. In this article we criticize and analyze Imam’s view and some of its criticisms and conclude that the mentioned criticisms are not valid.