Following the lead of Alexander’s treatise On Providence, ‘Abd al-Latif introduces the problem of evil and places his examination of those aspects of the doctrine of providence that regard man and his actions within the framework of a discussion more of a cosmological nature. For this reason, though he favours Themistius’ solution whereby God knows all things in that he contains within him the ideas of all things, which he holds to be closest to the dogma of the Koran, ‘Abd al-Latif has recourse to Alexander concerning the problems of evil, man’s free will, and divine justice.