Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Olum quran& hadith, theology faculty, meybod university,
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Associate Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Meibod University, Meybod, Iran
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Abbas Mowzoun ,Author ,Reasercher, and Documentary filmmaker of NDE. PhD in Coumminication and Media from Tehran University
10.22081/jqr.2024.68680.3971
Abstract
Muslims are unanimous in accepting the principle of intercession in the system of Divine providence and the reckoning and evaluating deeds. Intercession has a more distinguished position among Shi'ites, to the extent that it is mentioned in the books of the early scholars as one of the principles of Shi'ite dogmatic ideology. However, there is disagreement about the area of its emergence. ‘Allāma Ṭabāṭabā’ī studied intercession with a rational approach and deemed it as separate from superficial interpretations and perceptions, and presented a discourse that is a combination of interpretation of verses, narrations, rational argument, and the structuralism of the system of evolution about it. By delving into ‘Allāma’s views, it is possible to define the ontological nature of near-death experiences, including the greatest correspondence with the stage of the death throes and entering the world of purgatory. After summarizing and analyzing the views of this Shi'ite thinker, comparing them with the recorded results of one hundred near-death experiences of Shi'ites, a descriptive-analytical method was used to conclude that there is intercession in the stages of purgatory and its principles in near-death experiences in order to grant a chance for a renewed life. Since, according to some narrations, intercession, meaning forgiveness of sins deserving hellfire is specific to the Day of Judgment and does not include purgatory, some would like to give it the title of miraculous act and benediction. However, intercession means the providing assistance and annexation of the intercessed to the intercessor in a near-death experience in its manifestation of purgatory, which has the effect of returning them to the world and granting them the opportunity to make amends for some past actions, and has occurred repeatedly in these experiences.
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