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Lahiji has presented new ideas in issues such as "types of incidence (hudūth) and types of nonexistence", "the problem of divine will" and "the problem of essential priority".

Lahiji has peculiar views in the book—for instance, about the doctrine of the miracle (muʾjiza). In his view, what is responsible for the occurrence of the miracles—which belong to the category of acts—such as healing the sick, is the perfection of the motive faculty in the soul of the prophet resulting in the realization of whatever the prophet imagines and wills to happen. However, he also takes into account the possibility that in miracles, such as hearing the sands praising God, happen not because the prophet interferes in the external world; rather because he manipulates the imaginative faculties of the individuals.

'''Lahiji's view about the place of the Prophet (s)'s soul'''

Fayyaḍ Lahiji holds that at the beginning of his creation, the soul of the Prophet (s) is in the position of the Active Intellect (al-ʾaql al-faʾal) from which knowledge emanates, and at the end, he is in the position of the First Intellect (al-ʾaql al-awal). That the Prophet's soul is in the position of the Active Intellect in the beginning of his creation means that he is aware of everything.