Journal of Philosophical Investigations (Oct 2022)

A Comparative Study of the "Haghighat-e Muhammadiy" from the Perspective of Mulla Sadra and Adam Kadmon from Perspective of Muses De-Leon

  • ‍‍Nasrin Tavakoli,
  • Ahad Ganjalikhani,
  • Valiyullah Saki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.51442.3199
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 40
pp. 292 – 305

Abstract

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The purpose of this article is to examine the similarities and differences between the hagheeghat-e muhammadiya and Adam Kadmon, from the point of view of Mulla Sadra Muslim and Deleon Kilimi.The studies are based on the ontological attitudes of two Abrahamic religions. The research method is a comparative study with an analytical-descriptive approach based on the method of library studies. This research specifies, the hagheeghat-e muhammadiya and Adam Kadmon are both as the first manifestation of the divine essence.In Mulla Sadra's view, the hagheeghat-e muhammadiya includes the infinite lights of the names and attributes of truth.And he has matched it with the first issued and with the first intellect.But Muses Deleon's view is that Adam Kadmon has ten safiroth or ten lights of divine attributes.Adam Kadmon is the first manifestation of Ein-Suf. The result is that, In Islamic mysticism and also according to Mulla Sadra, the perfect human being is the manifestation of the the hagheeghat-e muhammadiya According to Deleon, the perfect human being is Adam Kadmon.And from the point of view of these two people, the the hagheeghat-e muhammadiya and Adam Kadmon are the origin and destination of creation. Of the important differences between these two views, The difference is in the number of names and attributes that make up the existence of a complete human being.

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