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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Theological Instructions LESSON FORTY-FOUR: PROVING RESSURRECTION Introduction It was indicated in the beginning of this book that belief in Resurrection for every individual on the Day of Judgment is the most fundamental belief of the Divine religions. The prophets (a) and saints have emphasized upon this fundamental principle, endeavouring at lengths to establish it. The Qur’an regards this belief as being as important as belief in Divine Unity.

In various Qur’anic verses the words ‘Allah’ and ‘Day of Judgement’ have been used together. In the beginning the importance of investigating the issue of resurrection was discussed. We have already explained how a true understanding of resurrection is dependent upon the acknowledgement of the spirit, which is the criterion for the reality of man.

This reality is eternal in such a way that when he is raised on the Day of Judgment one would say that it is the same individual who had died and is raised back to life. We then established the proofs for this kind of spirit from the Qur’an, and presented an intellectual view so that the grounds for understanding the eternity of life for man are understood.

Now we have reached the point where it is time to establish the most important fundamental principle of belief, which will be proved in the similar manner utilized for proving the spirit. First we will discuss the intellectual reasons for resurrection and then we will convey the Qur’anic explanation in regard to it. Proving Resurrection through Wisdom In the section on theology we have explained that the creation of man is not meaningless or without aim.

God is essentially perfect and good, and His creation receives such goodness. We then recognised that God has the quality of Wisdom and we understood that the purpose of this was to recognize the purpose of creation, which was that creation would reach its own ultimate perfection.

Although the material world acts as an impediment and the goodness and perfection of the material existents conflict with each other, the requirement of Divine wisdom is that the achievement of perfection and goodness must surpass such imperfections. In other words: The circle of nature has been created in such a way so as to promote life.

The action and the reaction have been organized in such a manner that the earth encourages the growth of the plant, animal, and human (who are the most perfect of all) kingdoms.