Theological Ideas And Thesis Of Mulla Mahdi Naraqi

The subject of this assertation would be “theological ideas and thesis of Mulla Mahdi Naraqi (1209 a.h). His theological ideas consist on philosophical as well as theological, because his era is called the era of combination and transmutation. Naraqi believes that creater’s existence does not need proving while knowledge of necessity existent needs. This is the reason for his two styles of writing, one the style of philosophers, the other according to the level of people. He advances methods of philosophers, theologians and sufis in his philosophical writings. He has divided monotheism in four branches including essential, attribute conditional, theological and existential. Naraqi speaks of escathology in two ways of spiritul and corporial which using of ethical aspects of pleasure and pain proves them by rational and litteral arguments. He rejects three kinds of transmogrification. Mulla Mahdi necessitates mission of the prophets by four reasons and by believes five reasons absolut innocent for them, but it is God who oversight the prophet. Naraqi, here, studies the way of knowing prophet and proves noble prophecy by different evidence from direct citation from old testament, thanks of his knowledge of hebrew language. Naraqi aknowledge imamat the bigest difference among Muslims and draws it on six aspects and defends Imamia’s beliefs in each part. At the end, he proves all Shiite Imams in three way of innocence, superiority and litteral.