Editing Divine simplicity (section)

==Islamic thought==
{{See also|Attributes of God in Islam}}
Views of divine simplicity were championed by the [[Mu'tazili]], which resulted in an [[apophatic theology]]. By postulating a distinction between existence and essence for all created beings, which was perceived to be uniquely absent in God, [[Al-Farabi]] established another model of divine simplicity. [[Avicenna|Ibn Sinā]] supported and elaborated this position; [[Al-Ghazali]] contested this identification of divine essence and existence, but saw divine attributes and acts as enveloped in (and indistinct from) the divine essence. This view of divine simplicity was shared with critics of Muslim philosophical writers such as [[Ibn Taymiyyah]].<ref name="arberry">{{Cite book | last = Arberry | first = A.J. | title = Revelation and Reason in Islam | publisher = Routledge | location = New York | pages = 104–108 | date = 2007 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf09FbPPt2YC&q=neo-platonic+influence+tauhid&pg=PA104 | isbn = 978-0415438872}}</ref>