Reason...

Reason, as understood from within the scholastic tradition of Shī‘ī learning, is the sole standard to which appeal is made, and it is recognized that scriptural language is often used in figurative ways so that esoteric interpretation dictated by reason must finally be accepted to reconcile philosophy with religion. The Islamic philosophy defended is one that derives from the works of Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī (d.

1641), commonly known as Mulla Ṣadrā and usually referred to in this work by the honorific title, Ṣadr al-Muta’allihīn , the pride of the theosophists. Ṣadr al-Muta’allihīn was himself a sythesizer who built a system called Ḥikmah al-Muta’āliyyah…