“The issue of obligation and free determination had been subject
to polemics due to religious concerns. One group defended carbriyya
on the basis of the absolute sovereignty of God. While others
argued the idea of indetermination in terms of divine justice. After
explaining and critizing these thoughts, Molla Sadra gave explanation
to the opinions of the Ash’arites on the subject. And then
he formed the basis of a new theory called “theory of ahl-i yakin”
while getting inspired by the words of Ali b. Ebu Talib who says
“there is neither determination nor tawfiz, indeed it is between
these” So to speak, human acts are related to both human beings
and God.
