“Al-SAMAD”, a concept that denies the materiality of God as “Al-Ahad”

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate professor at Yazd University.

2 Ph. D student at Qom University.

Abstract

There are conflicts in interpreting the concept ‘Al-Samad’ that have made all interpreters take on active role in interpreting it. Despite the opponents’ belief that dismisses Imam Hossein’s saying "with no hole in Him" (la joufa lahu) as conveying the meaning of ‘making an analogy’, the latter which is an interpretive tradition, provides a specific background where because Imam’s saying complies with the object implied in the Sura, plays an effective role in the cohesive network in the Sura, is consistent with new discoveries in experimental sciences, as well as being evidenced with other Hadith traditions, the three meanings referred to by those who are against Imam Hossein’s interpretive tradition, are included a single meaning, where the claim of ‘making an analogy’ fall into oblivion by correcting the supposition made by the mentioned group.

Keywords