saldeh hasanzadeh; ali karbalaei pazoki; Jamal Babalian
Abstract
Using a descriptive and analytic method, the present paper has analyzed the rejection of Mûtâkâllîmūn’s theory of the mere spiritual perfectibility of man in the world of Purgatory, based on the innovative principles of Mûllā Ṣâdrā’s Transcendent Philosophy ...
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Using a descriptive and analytic method, the present paper has analyzed the rejection of Mûtâkâllîmūn’s theory of the mere spiritual perfectibility of man in the world of Purgatory, based on the innovative principles of Mûllā Ṣâdrā’s Transcendent Philosophy in Al-Shâwāhîd al-Rûbūbîyyâh. In this paper, we have tried to examine and explain the concept of purgatory perfectibility and to emphasize on the realization of purgatory perfectibility from the perspective of the Qur’an and the Islamic traditions, based on the certain religious doctrines. Then, we have considered “the true perfection of the Soul”, which is an inner journey “from Self to the Self”, and on this basis, we have examined the conflict between the views of Mûtâkâllîmūn and the Ṣâdrāean Transcendent Philosophy about the definition of the true reality of man and its degrees. Finally, we have discussed on the rejection of Mûtâkâllîmūn’s restricting the perfectibility to “the intellectual and spiritual perfectibility”, based on Mûllā Ṣâdrā’s four ontological and epistemological principles about the possibility of practical and bodily purgatory perfectibility, which include “the agency of the rational soul and its essential sufficiency”, “the place of the souls in having the most subtle substantiality and the most intense spirituality”, “the perfections and the sovereignty of the faculty of imagination in the world of Purgatory”, and “the subtlety and lightness of the rational soul”.
horan akbarzadeh; fateme asadi
Volume 19, Issue 3 , January 0, , Pages 111-134
Abstract
The issue of how human body is rebuilt in the hereafter has always been a challenging and important topic among the followers of the heavenly religions, theologians and faithful philosophers. The present study is aimed to provide a philosophical and theological explanation of the hadith known as the ...
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The issue of how human body is rebuilt in the hereafter has always been a challenging and important topic among the followers of the heavenly religions, theologians and faithful philosophers. The present study is aimed to provide a philosophical and theological explanation of the hadith known as the tail bone which means the decomposition of human body after death except the tail bone (the last vertebra of the spine). It is from this body part that the human body comes into being. In order to deal with one piece of the puzzle of physical resurrection, which is body reconstruction in the hereafter, we have adopted the method of library research to study the theologians’ opinions such as Khaje Nasir al-Din Tusi, al-Ghazali and others. The results of the study indicate the acceptance of the literal meaning of the narrative or the resurrection of the elemental body by the Muslim theologians, the rejection of the literal meaning of the narrative by philosophers such as Ibn Sina, and the interpretation of the narrative and the focus on its true meaning by Mulla Sadra. All of these opinions have a strong connection to the framework of mind of the philosophers who proposed them.
