The Philosophical Foundations of Sadr al-Motallehin in Proving the Knowledge of All Creatures to God

Mulla Sadra has spoken of the knowledge all creatures to Allah in his works. This view has been established on the base of his special foundations in transcendental philosophy. Other than the principality of existence, which is the basis of transcendental philosophy in all matters, other foundations have been considered in this Gradual unity of existence, pure relevance of effect to cause, equality of knowledge with existence, and non-philosophical ways (verses and traditions). His explanations corresponding to the basics mentioned are different. He has explained his views in several ways that considering the rule of knowledge to effect just obtained through the cause and the simple knowledge is one of them. While he proves the knowledge of all creatures in Allah, sometimes negates the knowledge of material thing in God which is apparently paradoxical. Though Mulla Sadra has attempted to resolve this conflict, it should be said that according to his principles, such a conflict will not occur.