The Will of God from the Viewpoint of the Shia scholar Kolaini

There is a disagreement among the Muslim Philosophers inwhich wether "will" is an attribute of the "nature" or "acts" of the Almighty God. Mostly it is believed that it is one of the inherent attributes of God. But the well known Shia scholarsolaini, Mofid, Qazi saeid, Majlesi, and Tabatabai have considered "will" as an "act" of God. The criteria for such attributes have been "eternal existance" or "Creation". Some of the Divine attributes, that have been mentioned in "Kafi" as acts of God are Intention, will, wrath, satisfaction and anger. In this essay the traditions about the divine "intention" and "will" are studied and discussed. These two attributes are regarded as synonyms, or very similar. Divine's "Intention" ("will") occurs time to time; so it can not be an eternal and preexisting attribute of God. Again the criterion of Kolaini in recognition of the Divine preexisting attributes and acted attributes, and position. of "will" from the viewpoints of the Muslim philosophers and Theologists, according to the definitions and standards expressed by the scholars Kolaini and Allamah Majlesi, is explained.