Thus, the prophet's household, who are the companions of the...

Thus, the prophet's household, who are the companions of the Quran and the interpreters of the divine revelation, have given guidance in this field, and in order to be precise, we shall limit ourselves to point out two of their traditions:Imam Sadiq (p) says: "There are three considerable days kept for God, a day for the up raiser (p), a day for the return, and a day for the judgment." And in another instance says: "He is not considered one of us who doesn't believe in our return." It is worth mentioning to two points here: Philosophy of 'Rajaah' By contemplating the aims of the return, one can observe two of the sublime goals to this phenomenon, one is demonstrating the real majesty, and greatness of Islam, and the disgrace of infidelity; the other is rewarding the faithful and good-doers, and retribution of the infidels and oppressors.

Apparent distinction between "Rajaah" and reincarnation. It is necessary to mention that "Rajaah" according to the Shia, does not mean to imply to the belief in reincarnation, because the theory of reincarnation is based on denying the resurrection and considering the universe as having a continuous circulation, where each circle repeats the previous circle. According to this theory, the soul of any human after death, will again return to this world and move into another body.

So if the soul in the past was of the good doers, it will settle in the body where it shall have a blissful life, and if it was of the evildoers, it will move into the body where in the next stage it will have a difficult life. This return is considered his first resurrection!

Whilst believers of 'Rajaah' follow the Islamic religion correctly by believing in the resurrection and judgment; on the other hand, consider the transfer of a separate soul from one body to another as being virtually impossible.

They believe that only a group of people will return to this world before the day of judgment, and after attaining the wisdom and imbibing the interest concerned with this return, will once again come to the eternal world so that on the day of resurrection, they shall once again be resurrected along with the others; This is a state when not a single soul shall be separated form its original body and joined to another. (Baqara : 55, 56.) (Ale-Imran : 49) (Naml :82-83) Al-Dor Al-Manthor, vol.5 p.

177 in the interpretation of the verse 82 sure Naml. (Hud : 103) Al-Dor Al-Manthoor, vol.3 p. 349 has interpreted this day to being the Day of Judgment.