معاد جسماني از ديدگاه ابن عربي

Physical Resurrection from Ibn Arabiʹs Point of View

The author in his article firstly reviews the principles and basic ideas of Ibn Arabiʹs mysticism dealing with physical resurrection, and then surveys five issues in his system of thought: 1. Human being is an immaterial being who goes through different stages and always contrives a body proportionate to that stage: a material body in the material world, an intermediary body in the intermediate world, and a very different body in the hereafter. 2. The hereafter has two residences: heaven and hell. An understanding of the nature and place of these habitations is necessary for understanding human condition in the hereafter. 3. The whole material world will transform to hell; therefore the residents of hell have a material, but transformed, bodies. 4. Heaven is located between the sphere of constellations (mukawkab) and the starless sphere (Falak Atlas). The residents of heaven, therefore, enjoy a body composed of pure matter. 5. As a result, resurrection happens with a physical body, which is different from this-worldly body.