THE POSSIBILITY OF WAKĀLAH IN THEOLOGY/KALÂM


Man’s adventure on earth is not a result of his own will. With giving wakālah to the beings, Allah did an act. In other words, He created the beings and humans. He not only gave certain abilities to human beings, but also conducted them with the aim of creation. As a mercy, Allah sent messengers to humans. However, choosing the messenger from the same ontological category of human beings could not be evaluated properly by humans. The incorrect perception of the messenger caused not only negativities about prophethood but also misperception about other basic concepts. Aberration from the realisation of Allah and prophet affects the most basic concepts of religion such as the status, freedom and responsibility of man. It could be said that wakālah, the concept which we do not accept as valid in the theological area, could be accepted as valid in political and legal areas. However, the responsibility and freedom of man and human being’s creation aim should not lose their meanings. Allah is the Only Wakīl. Except for Allah, no one is the Wakīl. Prophets are just messengers. This process should not be prevented on behalf of wakālah. Muslims tried to solve the problems they faced in social, political, legal and theological areas by applying to tradition. It is not right to completely negation the tradition. But it is not right to give them divine, sanctity and time-honored by putting the solutions in a religious form in a tradition. It was not successful to build consciousness of being an individual. We must create a new theological language based on freedom and face problems with high responsibility and individual consciousness. Almighty Allah, for this, he wants us to support and to trust him. Because he's the sole regent.


Keywords


theology, messenger, wakâlah, responsible, freedom, individual

Author : Muhammet AYDIN
Number of pages: 219-235
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.22779
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Turkish Studies-Comparative Religious Studies
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