Mulla Sadra između mistične filozofije i kur’anske interpretacije: na primjeru Mulla Sadrina tefsira sure ez-Zilzal
Mulla Sadra between Mystical Philosophy and Qur’anic Interpretation: through his Tafsir of Surah al-Zilzāl

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the interpretation of the Qur’an presented by Mulla Sadra (d. 1050AH/1640), a mystic philosopher of Ithna’ashari Shi’a Islam in Iran. First, in his Keys to the Unknown (Mafatih al-ghayb), we get to know the general mechanism of how reading the Qur’an realizes spiritual perfection. Mulla Sadra considers the Qur’an as the source of spiritual wisdom with a multi-layered structure of meaning. Through concentration on Qur’anic texts, a reader’s soul will be open to a deeper layer of meaning with an awareness of a higher level of spiritual perfection. As a specific example, we examine his commentary on the Chapter of Earthquake (Surah al-Zilzāl), which depicts the catastrophic events on the Last Day. In the literal meaning, or the surface layer of meaning, he introduces, as a hidden deeper meaning, the incessant re-creation and dynamic flux of existence towards perfection, which also explains different transformations of human beings in the hereafter. We find here another spirituality of Islam, which differs from that of the Islam built on the surface meanings of the Qur’an.

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