Philosophy of Philosophy of Religion

Searching for human’s specific perfection, Islamic philosophers has tracked his intellectual aspect dividing to practical and pure intellect. They believe that the result of practical intellect’s perfection and it’s dominance over animal faculties is only to open the way for human’s real perfection which occurs in the pure intellect. After passing material intellect, intellectus in habitu and actualized intellect, human being arrives at acquired intellect stamping the form of the universe on him. But Mullā sadrā holds that first after the arrival at acquired intellect’s stage the soul identifies with active intellect, then continues his perfection to arrive at “annihilation in God” which is very the knowing that the reality of the soul is pure relation to it’s creating cause. In this stage by knowing of his relational reality, gradient toward God attains intuitive knowledge of God. And because of knowledge of his pure poverty and God’s infinite independence in amount of his existential width it is called “annihilation in God”.