A Contemplation on the truth of wisdom from Mulla Sadra's perspective

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1 Homozgan

2 Associate Professor, University of Qom

10.22080/jepr.2025.29394.1283

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Wisdom in the Quran is introduced as the equivalent of abundant goodness and its allocation to individuals is a gift from God. There are many discussions among Muslim and non-Muslim thinkers about what true wisdom is and its characteristics and requirements. The effort of this article is focused on examining this issue to the best of its ability. Mulla Sadra pays attention to this characteristic in discussing the truth of wisdom, but he considers the acquisition of the conditions for enjoying it to be subject to certain requirements. According to Mulla Sadra, wisdom is not knowledge in common use. Having the conditions for its granting is very difficult and exhausting and is not imitation. Wisdom is not a factor in the transformation of man, but rather the determination and movement of the soul and the first perfection. Wisdom is the mechanism for becoming a man. Among the requirements for fulfilling the conditions for granting wisdom, Mulla Sadra considers adherence to religious ethics and association with the Quran to be more important than the other requirements. He considers true wisdom to be a given and specific knowledge of Allah Almighty and His attributes and actions in such a way that this knowledge results in the true faith of the individual. The possessor of jurisprudential knowledge and true faith, his knowledge of the oneness of God, the resurrection and its derivatives, and the truth of the Quran is very different from others. The great men of wisdom and great goodness other than God and the divine prophets, according to Mulla Sadra, are all people of God, people of witness, and people of the path of the divine prophets. The present study is descriptive and, by describing and analyzing the content fundamentally, attempts to present a systematic and appropriate explanation and analysis of the truth of wisdom.

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