ABSTRACT
The two next chapters will be devoted to the original thought of Averroës, as an astute interpreter of the Qur’an by virtue of his philosophical acumen, as well as being able to bring Aristotle’s philosophy to completion by virtue of the evidence his faith supplies for the existence of the Artisan of nature. The Book of Decisive Discourse which establishes the connection between revelation and philosophy is addressed to the political leaders of Andalusia, the Almohades, as well as all who wish to devote themselves to philosophical inquiry, with a view to elucidating the properly theological value of that inquiry. Contrary to Ghazali, Averroës is convinced that Qur’an verses cannot be adjudicated clearly without a rule of interpretation. For only those propositions are perspicuous which correspond with what is, yet it is philosophical method which directs our inquiry into beings, the method Aristotle provides to elucidate the warp and the woof of the all that is.
