DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.8.NQ44573
Physics and causation among Muslims and theologians
hasan ali dhah
Abstract
We study the concept of causality as used by Islamic Theologians, the Mu’tazilites and the Ash’arites
and compare it with the current concept used in modern physics. In order to set the concept in its
historical context and see its connection with the development of the concept during the European
renaissance starting from Galileo, it was necessary to expose the Aristotelian understanding of
causality since it forms a common base for all other understandings. We also analyze the
implications of the new concepts that were developed by modern physics, namely quantum theory
and Einstein’s relativity theory that have drastically affected the understanding of causality. We conclude that the new concept of causality as it is in modern physics is much in agreement with that
which was proposed by Islamic Theologians.
Keywords
We study the concept of causality as used by Islamic Theologians
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