Ma`rif Aqli

The principle "Al-Haqq Mahiyyatuhu Inniyyatuhu" is one of the foundational tenets in transcendent theosophy and Peripatetic philosophy, indicating the identity of quiddity with pure existence in the domain of the Necessary Being. According to this principle, the Essence of God—exalted be He—is free from any "abstract quiddity" and "existential composition." This principle serves as the key to understanding many issues in theology in the specific sense and it carries numerous epistemological and ontological implications and consequences, the analysis of which constitutes the foundation of rational theology. Its consequences include: "the absolute simplicity of the Essence," "the negation of the causedness of the divine Essence," "the negation of quidditative multiplicity," "the indefinability of the Necessary Being," "the negation of a peer and numerical unity," "the negation of likeness and similitude," "the transcendence of the Necessary Being from time and place," "the absence of passive attributes," "the impossibility of comprehending the inmost reality of the Essence and attributes," "the identity of attributes with the Essence," and "the unprovability of God's Essence." This article, employing an analytical-descriptive approach, seeks to explain and analyze these theological consequences based on the philosophical implications of the principle.