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" Ḥāl (theory of “states” in theology) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Thiele, Jan

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1063231
Doc. NO	:	ALei3628
Main Entry	:	Thiele, Jan
Title & Author	:	Ḥāl (theory of “states” in theology) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Thiele, Jan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,582 words)
Abstract	:	The term ḥāl ( “state,” pl. aḥwāl ) was introduced into kalām (rationalist theology ) by the Muʿtazilī Abū Hāshim al-Jubbāʾī (d. 321/933). Modern scholarship has proposed various interpretations of its meaning and function. Ahmed Alami suggested that the concept of ḥāl was an element of a new ontology that broke radically with the conception of God as absolutely transcendent. There is, however, a broader scholarly consensus that the theory of ḥāl was an attempt to resolve the theological problem posed by God’s multiple attributes. 1. The theory of ḥāl
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3628.pdf