ABSTRACT
This chapter compares the concepts of God, human nature and knowledge and the different forms of relationship between God and humanity in ‘Abd al-Jabbar, Ibn Sina and al-Ghazali. It evaluates the different ways of understanding the relationship between the human and the Divine. The essence of God is not subject to change, for change in this theological system happens through the succession of accidents in the body. The question of God's activities caused serious difficulties not only to the Muslims but also to the Greek thinkers, starting with Aristotle, who limited God's role to that of the Prime Mover, and ending with Plotinus, who saw emanation as the only possible way in which God could bring the world into existence without performing an act. God's activity is very important in determining the kind of relationship which might exist between Himself and human beings.
