Comparison of Mulla Sadra’s View and Allameh Tabatabai’s about the Will of God Evaluation of Two Views According to Traditions

After evaluating and presenting an exact report of Mulla Sadra’s view and Allameh Tabatabai’s one about the will of God, the authors of the paper try to offer a theory closer to traditions. Mulla Sadra considers the will of God as the attribute of the essence and tantamount to the knowledge of the best order. Allameh Tabatabai, due to the philosophical weakness of the Mulla Sadra’s theory and also due to its conflict with traditions that regard the will of God as created, attribute of action and other than the knowledge and love of God, has offered another theory that considers the will of God as attribute of action and a prerequisite for the God's power. According to the third theory, which we think is concluded by the hadith, the divine providence, which is derived from divine wisdom, goes between the knowledge and power and the will of God. As a result the will of God brings about fate and destiny and consequently causes the external realization of an action. From a negative point of view, this theory is in consistent with the Allameh Tabatabai’s theory but is in contrary to it from a positive point of view.