metaphysics in the islamic world and the role of the arabic translations in islamic philosophy

abstract ontology s as a freestanding and distinct discipline came to be by aristotle’s metaphysics. in greco-arabic translation movement, metaphysics was one of the most important works to be translated. different translations were made from many parts of it, but many of them are not extant. however, we now do have a translation of the most of the parts of metaphysics. this translation survived through the unique manuscript of averroes’ grand commentary. on the basis of the knowledge we have from the translation of metaphysics, it is arguable that the arabic translations should be considered not only as the preliminary backdrop for philosophy in islamic world, but also as an important internal phase of it.