The attribute and essence of will according to Abu'l Mu'in al-Nasafi

In this study, which deals with the will conceptually and in terms of its essence, especially with Abu'l Mu'in al-Nasafi, the conceptual framework of the will is first discussed and then, in comparison with scholars from different schools, Nasafi's understanding of the will of God and man is revealed, and the nature of the will, its relationship with attributes, accidents and actions are discussed. Theologians adopted a theory of the universe based on the basic principles of their schools and explained the nature of the universe, the meaning and characteristics of substance and accident, the autonomous nature of God, his relationship with the universe, the connection between the divine will and the partial will and the freedom of man on the basis of these basic principles. The real and metaphorical nature of the attribute of will, its existence and age, its connection with the essence, the effect of the accepted understanding of the universe of the period on the structure of the will, its being an accident or not, are evaluated. In the relationship of the will with the action, the relationship between the ancient and the hadith comes to the fore. This study, in which we explain the views of the Ahl al-Sunnah as a response to the Mu'tazila, who see the will of Allah and man as similar, provides the opportunity to understand how will is understood from the perspective of Allah and man in the context of the principles taken as basis in the Maturidiyya school of thought with the in-depth explanations of Nasafi, and to evaluate Nasafi's position within the school of thought within the framework of the subject of will.