Free Will and Predestination in Islamic Thought

The subject of ¿human free will¿ versus ¿divine predestination¿ is one of the most contentious topics in classical Islamic thought. By focusing on a theme of central importance to any philosophy of religion, and to Islam in particular, this book offers a critical study of the intellectual imports offered to this discourse by three key medieval Islamic scholars: Avicenna, Gh¿z¿l¿ and Ibn ¿Arab¿.