University of Tabriz Journal of Philosophical Investigations 2251-7960 15 37 2021 12 22 A Comparative Study of the Quality of Previous Divine Knowledge and Possibility of Renovation in the Thought of Mulla Sadra, Abolhassan Sha'rani and Seyyed Mohammad Kazem Assar A Comparative Study of the Quality of Previous Divine Knowledge and Possibility of Renovation in the Thought of Mulla Sadra, Abolhassan Sha'rani and Seyyed Mohammad Kazem Assar 811 833 14289 10.22034/jpiut.2022.49707.3097 FA Jalil Jalili Assistant Professor, Farhangian University, Tabriz, Iran. Taher Karimzadeh Lecturer, Shahid Madani University of Azarbaijan, Tabriz, Iran. Journal Article 2022 01 01 In this article, we argue that Muslim scholars have divided divine knowledge into three categories including substantial knowledge, knowledge of the creatures before creation, and knowledge of creatures and objects after creation. In fact, there is disagreement among the Islamic thinkers over the divine knowledge, its quality, and features. The point of controversy revolves around the wide disagreements over the divine knowledge of the creatures and objects both before and after creation. Therefore, divine knowledge over creatures before and after creation has always been the point of ongoing and challenging rational and dialectical discussion and debate. We examine this issue comparatively between the three Islamic thinkers (Mulla Sadra, Shaarani and Assar). In this article, we argue that Muslim scholars have divided divine knowledge into three categories including substantial knowledge, knowledge of the creatures before creation, and knowledge of creatures and objects after creation. In fact, there is disagreement among the Islamic thinkers over the divine knowledge, its quality, and features. The point of controversy revolves around the wide disagreements over the divine knowledge of the creatures and objects both before and after creation. Therefore, divine knowledge over creatures before and after creation has always been the point of ongoing and challenging rational and dialectical discussion and debate. We examine this issue comparatively between the three Islamic thinkers (Mulla Sadra, Shaarani and Assar). https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14289_4cb2ce72016fbdb1c849d72be927f437.pdf