Another Reflection on Verses and Narratives Regarding Morality and the Embodiment of Deeds

Abstract

The fate of man after death is a fundamental human issue. This paper seeks to prove that the type of punishment of human is developmental and the outcome of each person’s deeds is proportional to his own actions, and no external factor leads to the heavenly reward or punishment by analyzing the rational and narrative verses and traditions. Also, the topic of the embodiment of acts has been discussed predominantly with the philosophical, theological and the Quranic approaches. But this paper tries to pay attention to this important issue with emphasis on educational and cognitive cues of these verses and hadiths and the division of symbolization of actions into "Inner" and "outer" dimensions, and also the fact that internal incarnation is the main factor of external incarnation. With regard to the effectiveness and formation of actions (the embodiment or representation of action), it should be noted that actions in addition to the formulation and depiction of the soul (morals) are effective in providing external elements and phenomena (external visualization) which is in fact embodied behind every good or bad act. The belief in this subject and paying attention to its epistemic, moral and educational points can have an effect on spiritual growth, interest in God and also to deter people from committing indecency and correct in the same way wrong beliefs about the quality and types of divine punishments.

Keywords

• soul
• depiction of spirit
• embodiment of acts
• punishment
• torments