Mulla Sadra’s Role in the Intellectual Review of Mystical Ideas and in the Formation of a New Era of Islamic Mysticism

Mulla Sadra’s role in systematizing and providing evidences for mystical ideas is undoubtedly agreed upon by the intellectuals and metaphysicians. Following philosophers such as al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Khwaja Nasir al-Din Tusi and Dawani who harmonized mysticism and philosophy, Mulla Sadra rose to help it rise up to its peak unprecedented. Making use of traditions narrated from the Infallible Imams proposing Shiite mystical ideas such as perfect man divine guardianship and His vicegerent on the earth, Mulla Sadra aroused mystical inclinations among Shiite sages. Digesting mystical motifs in tune with the Shiite school, he restructured the issues of Divine Unity in a new particular plan. This article goes to illustrate Mulla Sadra’s role in the intellectual review of mystical ideas in their new life.