A Study on the Meaning of Time and Place in the Intermediary World, Considering the Quranic Verses and Traditions

Time and place are two dimensions of the beings in the natural world. Commentators and Muslim scholars all agree on the fact that there is no time and place in the Resurrection, as there is no disagreement in the existence of time and place in the natural world. In the verses of the Qur'an and the traditions of Ahl al- Bait, time and place have also somehow been attributed to man in the intermediary world. Thus, using a comparative-analytical-critical method, this paper studies the verses and traditions that attribute time and place to the intermediary world. The purpose of this research is to resolve the conflict between rational and traditional arguments about time and place. The immaterial human soul in the intermediary world has no temporal and spatial dimensions. What is stated in verses and traditions in this regard can be interpreted as one of the meanings of imaginal time and place, connection with time and place in the natural world, control over time and place in the natural world, and so forth, so that the conflict between rational and traditional arguments is resolved and their initial opposition is settled.