Ayeneh Ma‘refat
Year:2015 | Volume:15 | Issue:42 |Papers Count:9

Mulla Sadra assumes two approaches toward the issue of the soul’s acquisition of absolute, thing-in-itself knowledge. In his general approach based on common sense, he sheds doubt on the ability of the soul in gaining knowledge of the true nature of things.....

The present paper is an attempt to discuss the nature of The Holy Spirit and its functions from the viewpoints of Philo and Paul. According to Philo, The Holy Spirit or The Divine Spirit is only an instrument through which God communicates with man and its only function is prophecy; a function which was part of the Jewish tradition....

The present paper aims at examining the issue of determinism and free will from the perspective of Faiz Kashani. The conclusion is that he is a proponent of the notion of meliorism; however, his delineation is different from the ones provided before him.....

In his works, Farabi expresses three viewpoints in defining Metaphysics; two of which based on being qua being are discussed in the present article. Farabi in Kitab al-] am' bayna ra’yay al-akimayn and al-Borhan, defines wisdom (or first philosophy) as the science of being qua being that includes particular sciences (Theology, Mathematics, Physics and Politics or Ethics)....

Over the past two decades, subsequent to the Muslim thinkers’ encounter with Christian theology and for the purpose of explaining some theological issues, some new theories on revelation have appeared in Iran's intellectual and cultural spheres. One of these theories has been formulated as the prophetic experience.....

One of God's attributes that has been referred to in the Holy Quran is speech. To provide argumentative answers to the questions raised about the reality of God's word, Muslim scholars have provided insights among which those of Molla Sadra and Fakre Razi depict their originators’ depth of thought....

One of the Quranic teachings that we are familiar with is the existence of spiritual realms for the universe called celestial worlds. Based on this theory, analysts of the celestial world believe in a heavenly phase for every creature. Through lexicographers’, sages’, and Gnostics’ viewpoints and based on Biblical interpretations and traditions we have come up with the idea that the celestial world is the true nature of the universe encircled by God in such a way that all beings act in the right way due the divinity and mightiness of God....