THE DESCRIPTION OF Movement and its introduction.

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The Proof of trans-substantial movementThe Interconnection between Oful and Hadus. (Disappearance and Origin)

Movement has been defined in many ways but two of them mentioned below are the best.

1. The Definition of Movement.

2. The existence of movement.

3. The essentials of movement.

4. The Sayings about  the movement

5.  The des c r i p tion of movement.

When the raindrops fall to the ground; when the grass grows or when fruits ripen their bodies stay in a certain condition of movement (according to the philosophers) but the body retains the power and capacity to change from one form to another. When it changes from one stage to another then due to the effect of happenings it has changed from one condition to another. But this does not mean that the movement is created from a stage of inertia that means stationary or that it has been composed from the many existence and non-existence. Movement has a fixed reality and its components are envisaged though intellectual analysis and proclamation.

From the above statement we learn that the entity which has total movement (in itself) and a necessary existence needs no change instead it is taken to mean the ruling or governing power. In another words we can say that movements occur in places where there is a deficiency therefore, there can be no movement in God.

2. The Existence of Movement

It is not difficult to prove the existence of movement for we see it commonly every day of our lives

 The arguments placed by philosophers like Xenon and his followers denying its existence have no truth. It is nothing but denying reality. We cannot accept that the water that flows in the river or the apple that is ripening on its branch or when we go from city to another are nothing but illusions and do not exist. We cannot accept this because this is the denial of that which is manifest and such things do not need proof. Yes we do agree that it is not possible to understand the movement of change without using our intelligence because movement or change cannot be discerned in just a few seconds because it is a continuous and graded event (so can be understood in stages.).

The essentials of Movement

The philosophers enumerate six stages of movement.

1. The origin.

2. The Purpose

3. The mover

4. The moved.

5. That in which the movement is created

6. The time in which the movement occurs.

We will explain later that time is the name of quantity of movement and we will also learn that these six components are according to the views of the philosophers because if we accept the trans-substantial movement then there would be no need for the subject of movement.

The sayings about activity.

According to the philosophers activities or movement occurs in two of the nine suppositions.

1. The movement is related to place i.e. the movement of raindrops or the movement of a car on a road.

2. The (Chemical) change in the matter like the growing of grass.

3. The movement of the matter itself like the orbit and rotation of the earth.

4. The change in condition like the change in color, fragrance and taste of any fruit.

The ancient philosophers believed that except for the four subjects, movement is not found in anything else and if had been so then there could be no trans-substantial movement as we will prove. The philosophers of Greece and the Muslim co-thinkers like Ibn Sena and others considered the trans-substantial movement to be impossible. They believed the moved to be a component of movement and believed that movement cannot take place until there is something stationary to be moved.

But the renowned philosopher of Islam Mulla Sadra presented a new idea. He said, “Nothing can be moved until there is trans-substantial movement; an atom is the core of all movement without which no movement is possible.”

Mulla Sadra says, “Where is the need to suppose the existence of a stationary subject? Why can’t we accept that substantial movement by itself? It is constantly in different stages of change. The trans-substantial movement by itself seems strange because it means that the moved and the movement are both one and that it moves by itself. Mulla Sadra however says, we will know that this is not strange if we reflect but is a necessity and we will find it pleasing.

Sadrol Mutaa’lihin Shirazi (Mulla Sadra) stresses that the basic idea of “trans-substantial movement” is present in the writings of the ancient philosophers and he has presented the verses of Qura’n as proof so that the opponents should not get the chance to create a discord taking this to be a new idea. Normally this is what happens to any new ideas. We may now consider that this idea is not something new but has fresh connotations.




1. there are nine categories 1. Quantity, condition, the parameters , time, place, be of use, doing something, Power etc details will be discussed at the proper place



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