Ibn Arabi and Mulla Sadra on the Unity of Actions

Unity of acts is one of the grades of tawhid (monotheism) and religious sound doctrines whose theoretical and practical dimensions leave impressive effects on the perfection of man and his spiritual elevation to the lofty peaks of mysticism and knowledge.In the light of two Muslim scholars, the great mystic Ibn Arabi and the great metaphysician Mulla Sadra, this paper goes to examine the unity of acts sheddinglight on different angles of the issue. Ibn Arabi believes in the unity of acts considering man as the manifestation of divine actions. Mulla Sadra’s view on the personal unity of being is tied up with Ibn Arabi’s view, mostly inspired by his manifestation theory. Furthermore, Mulla Sadra is attracted to Amr-un Bain-a al-Amrain (the intermediate realm theory) ascribing all actions to the divine encompassing subsistence.