Ma`rifat Falsafi

Being committed to the philosophical rule of “any originated being is preceded by the potentiality of existence and the matter carrying it”, which necessitates the impossibility of creating an originated being from nothingness, is on the one hand opposing the religious texts and on the other hand causes suggestion of a very peculiar interpretation of some of the miracles narrated in the Holy Quran. Since interpreting religious texts contrary to their appearance without a definite reason is not permissible in Islamic Religious Law, it seems probable that the abovementioned rule is not based on the explicit reason and resulted from the completely rational argumentation. This important issue led the writer to conclude that not only the proofs of that rule are not complete, but also they – even if complete – are based on the theory of ‘generation and corruption’. The theory of essential movement – which is well known and popular for most scholars – not only leaves no instance for the subject of that rule, but also necessitates the impossibility of precedence of temporal origination to the matter. Thus, it is not necessary to interpret religious texts contrary to their appearance and accepting the peculiar interpretation for miracles.