An Analysis of the Relationship Between Life Attribute and Other Divine Attributes From the Viewpoint of Fakhr Razi

This study set out to answer the fundamental question on the relationship between the divine life attribute and other divine attributes from the viewpoint of Fakhr Razi. First, Fakhr’s concern with knowing the attributes was examined. His concern has been to achieve the complete knowledge or at least knowledge that enables the human to fulfill his intellectual liability for knowing the Creator. Then, the relationship of knowledge and power with life was investigated. The results showed that knowledge and power are two means of life, and life functions as their cause. In the next step, the relationship between volition and life was explored. It was revealed that Fakhr deems volition as subsequent to knowledge. Then the hearing and seeing attributes were scrutinized. It was discovered that Fakhr takes these two attributes as concomitant to knowledge or as means of it. In addition, the speaking attribute was examined, and it was found that speech reveals either knowledge or power, and this way connects to the essence. Finally, the eternity of the sublime God was found to be concomitant with His life. The overall finding of the study is that from the viewpoint of Fakhr Razi, the Divine Life is the central attribute connecting other attributes; without the life attribute, other attributes could not exist.