A Critical Study of Rajʻat and Miʻrāj in the Philosophy of ‘Allāmah Rafīe’ī Qazvīnī
Subject Areas : Studies on Mulla Sadra and the Transcendent Philosophy
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The bodily return of a group of humans to the material world in the era of the advent of Imām Mahdī (‘a) and before the Day of Judgment is known as “rajʻat (return),” and the bodily journey of the Prophet (ṣ) during his lifetime to the immaterial world is known as “Miʻrāj” (ascension). Some thinkers and scholars of the Islamic world reject rajʻat and consider its occurrence impossible; another group accept it without discussing its quality, and some seek to prove it using some rational arguments. The issue of Miʻrāj, however, is agreed upon by most Islamic thinkers, yet they differ on the way of its occurrence. ‘Allāmah Rafīe’ī Qazvīnī is one of the thinkers who has delved into the topics of rajʻat and Miʻrāj and was able to answer some of the questions following a rational approach. In this research, using a descriptive-analytical method and library resources, the authors have tried to answer the question of with which argument ‘Allāmah Rafīe’ī managed to demonstrate the occurrence of rajʻat and the physicality of miʻrāj. The findings of the study indicate that he emphasizes the corporeal occurrence of rajʻat through three rational premises: the soul's attachment to the material body, the necessity of the manifestation of the existential feature of the Prophet (ṣ) and the People of the House (‘a), and the impossibility of perpetual constraint. Regarding the discussion of Miʻrāj, he also believes in the corporeal and spiritual journey of the Prophet (ṣ) to the realm of dominion and has tried to prove it based on certain philosophical and rational principles.
