the doctrine of “bada” in the qur'an, shiite theological ideas and the works of rumi

“tashbih” and “tanzih” (immanence and transcendence of god) arethe most enduring dispute in great religions. in this regard, animportant question is: may god’s power, knowledge, and free-willalter like that of human beings. according to some holy religioustexts, it seems that a personal god is found to be subject to change.this paper indicates that, contrary to asharite determinism, molawibelieves in the infinite generosity of the lord which may perpetuallybe applied for creatures. molawi argues that lack of alteration in thedivine will, namely, “bada”, makes human’s praying useless. heregards resurrection as an arena of alteration in the divine will andhuman destiny and entitles the other world as a trade city. this sort ofbelief results in humans’ continuous and infinite hope and prayer.