The Unity of Existence; The Infinity of God and Its Theological Consequences in the Intellectual System of Allama Javadi Amoli

One of the most important and fundamental philosophical issues with important consequences and implications is the individual unity of existence; Through it, philosophy enters the horizon of mysticism and thus all philosophical issues and discussions find a new taste.  In this article, based on the view of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli (fully qualified in philosophy, mysticism and exegesis), we prove the individual unity of existence and also criticize a conception of infinite truth (which is consistent with gradation of existence) by referring to the infinity of the Almighty. Then we will discuss the consequences and implications of this understanding of the infinity of God, some of which are: “transformation of gradation of existence into gradation of manifestations of existence”, “transformation of causality into manifestation of existence”, “the doctrine that things are signs of God”, “alteration in “rule of one” (qāʿida al-wāḥid)”, “increase in the types of predication”, “alteration in the rule that states: the Simple Reality is everything”, “impossibility of witnessing the essence and essential attributes of God”, “God’s equal relation to everything”, “impossibility of  God’s incarnation in and unity with the existents”, “alteration in the division of existence into independent and sheer dependent”, “impossibility of change in God”, “the fact that the illuminative relation is a kind of manifestation”, “transformation of temporality and eternity into appearance and hiddenness”, etc. Hence, this work can be considered as a strategic source for explaining important philosophical and mystical issues, as well as refining the border between the two and turning the former into the latter.