LessonsThe Attribute of Takwīn: Reality, Eternity, Created Effects and RelationsQuiz

One position identifies takwīn with the mukawwan: the occurrence of origination and the thing originated are treated as two descriptions of one reality. Since the product is temporal, takwīn is then temporal too.

The Māturīdī answer distinguishes the Originator, the attribute of origination, and the originated object. Takwīn is an attribute of the Creator; the mukawwan is the object brought into existence. The product’s being temporal does not settle the temporal status of its Creator’s attribute.

Knowledge is not the same as the object known, though producing is not identical to knowing. The dispute needs a precise statement of what each side means by “takwīn.”

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Is takwīn identical with the created thing?

The Attribute of Takwīn: Reality, Eternity, Created Effects and Relations

One position identifies takwīn with the mukawwan: the occurrence of origination and the thing originated are treated as two descriptions of one reality. Since the product is temporal, takwīn is then temporal too.

The Māturīdī answer distinguishes the Originator, the attribute of origination, and the originated object. Takwīn is an attribute of the Creator; the mukawwan is the object brought into existence. The product’s being temporal does not settle the temporal status of its Creator’s attribute.

Knowledge is not the same as the object known, though producing is not identical to knowing. The dispute needs a precise statement of what each side means by “takwīn.”