The Influence of Ibn Arabi's Ontological Foundations on Formation of the Embodiment of Acts

Abstract

"The embodiment of deeds", or the ontological relationship of human actions and beliefs with pleasures and pains of afterlife, is one of the most important and complex issues raised in resurrection. Gnostics pointed to this issue before philosophers and explained their angles based on intuition and traditions. In this article, the ontological foundations of Ibn Arabi, those are involved (direct or even indirect) in the embodiment of deeds, have been examined and their relationship with the embodiment of acts has been clarified. The principles studied in this article are: unity of being, manifestation, the accordance of worlds and the renewal of likes. Among the above mentioned principles, the unity of existence and the manifestation have indirect influence on the idea of ​​embodiment, and on the other hand, the accordance of worlds and the renewal of likes have had a direct influence on the formation of this view. Based on these principles, nothing in the universe has been annihilated and death is due to the appearance of the manifestations, namely the transfer of the visible world to invisible world and the embodiment of acts is nothing but the appearance of the immanence. Therefore, human actions will not be lost and become visible in other worlds.

Keywords

• embodiment of deeds
• unity of being
• manifestation
• the accordance of worlds and the renewal of likes