The Consistency between Religion and Philosophy on " God and His Creation" and " Eternity of the World", based on Fârâbi's and Ibn-Sina's Views

The relationship between religion and philosophy has been of concern to theologians and philosophers for a long time. Among the Peripatetics, Fârâbi and Ibn-Sina have extensively tried to show the consistency and integration between these two areas. The aim of this paper is to show the consistency between religion and philosophy in two important controversial problems, namely, “God and His Creation” and “eternity of the world”, based on the writings of some Peripatetics. In effect, this research is mainly based on the views of Aristotle, Fârâbi and Ibn-Sina which have been compared with the Abrahamic religious doctrines. So, we will first examine Aristotle’s views on these two issues, as the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy. Following that, Fârâbi’s and Ibn-Sina’s opinions will be compared with Islamic doctrines, based on some verses from the Quran, as the most reliable source of Islamic principles. Finally, this paper concludes with the fact that there is not a deep and fundamental disagreement between Islamic doctrines and philosophers’ views on the two aforementioned issues.