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نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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استادیار گروه معارف اسلامی، دانشگاه اراک، اراک، ایران
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
The issue of the "World of Dharr" (ʿĀlam al-Dharr) is one of the significant Quranic topics that has consistently attracted attention and sparked disagreement among Muslim scholars. The primary sources of this discussion are verses 172-173 of Surah Al-Aʿrāf, known as the "Covenant Verse" (Āyat al-Mīthāq), and numerous narrations concerning the "World of Dharr." Some Islamic scholars argue that the apparent meaning of this verse and related narrations indicates that before creating humans in this world, God fashioned them in a material realm with minuscule bodies (ajsām dharrīya), infused them with souls—and thus intellect and consciousness—and took their acknowledgment of His Lordship, thereby establishing His proof over all. Consequently, humans have no excuse for negligence or deviation in the Hereafter. This realm is referred to as the "World of Dharr." Other scholars, however, deny the existence of such a realm based on a series of objections they have raised against interpreting the Covenant Verse in this manner. In the present article, the theory of the existence of the "World of Dharr" is defended, and all these objections are comprehensively addressed.
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