practical function

In the Holy Quran, directly and indirectly, "intellect" is considered one of the sources and tools of knowledge and accordingly, human beings are invited to understanding (ta’aqquol). In some verses of the Holy Quran, the word intellect and its derivatives have been used directly and with a conforming indication, and in the other category, indirectly and with indication per nexum, in the form of words such as: heart (qalb), lubb, fuād and the like, and functions such as thinking, to study (tafaqqoh), intelligence, insight and realizing are referred to as the functions of intellect. These words in the Holy Qur'an are synonymous or related to the knowledge functions of the intellect. According to the verses of the Holy Quran, the intellect has different functions (related to knowledge or other than that). These functions are more apparent in humanities. Here, some functions of the intellect are classified and analyzed by the library method (in collecting information) and by the rational and narrative method and by emphasizing on some verses of the Holy Quran (in analyzing information). Based on the results, some functions of intellect such as theoretical and practical, natural and supernatural, source and instrumental, critical and methodological functions of intellect have been analyzed from the perspective of the Qur'an.

Main issue of this study may presented as: How much does Mulla Sadra's perspective on practical reason match with the Quranic verses and narratives? Therefore, this research studies two important questions: the what of Mulla Sadra's perspective on practical reason and what understandable from the Qur'an and hadith in the field. As made clear in the paper, according to religious teachings, reason has a scientific and perceptual function, and a practical and provocative function. On the contrary, some Islamic philosophers have considered the function of practical reason as perceiving affairs related to human action, and have not viewed any distinction between practical reason and theoretical reason with regard to perception, while others have viewed the function of practical reason as action and motivation different from that of the theoretical reason. Mulla Sadra's words in the field agree with both views, but somewhat different from what said of practical function of reason in religious teachings. The purpose in the paper lies in analyzing the words of Mulla Sadra in comparison to religious teachings of the field; therefore, the method of the study is analytical descriptive along with commenting the text of the verses and narrations