The Other-Worldly Matter and Faculty from the Perspective of Molla-Sadra

The other-worldly universe does not have any passive faculty and matter from the perspective of philosophy; but Molla-Sadra speaks of the other-worldly faculty and matter. This article will try to discover the meaning of these words of Molla-Sadra regarding the other world. Thus his words in this regard are investigated and it is clarified that the remote matter of the other world is human's soul and its proximate matters are human's faculty of imagination and his good or bad habits which are united with the soul. Indeed this matter is essentially different from the worldly matter. But this question arises: why does Molla-Sadra call the soul or the faculty of imagination as 'the other-worldly faculty'? Molla-Sadra's answer to this question clarifies his general outlook to the other world and its system. It is also explained that the meaning of faculty in the other-world, in his words, is existential power and ability which not only is not passive, rather it is not accompanied with any potentiality as well.