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International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (28): 13-38, Serial Number 4, Autumn 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER
The Human Soul According to the Upanishads and the Transcendent Wisdom
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Zulfiqar Haider * Dr. Hamidreza Rezania

1. * Lecturer of Academic Departments, Faculty of Humanities, al-Hasanain International Institute,
Punjab, Pakistan, (Corresponding Author)

2. PhD in Comparative Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Theology
and Studies, University of Qom, Qom, Iran, hamid.rezaniya@yahoo.com

I appreciate Dr. Rezania as supervisor, for helping me to compile the thesis.
ARTICL INFO ABSTRACT
Article History: SUBJECT AND OBJECTIVES: The study of the human soul was

Received 23 February 2021 considered by philosophers since ancient times and eastern philosophers
Revised 11 September 2021 especially Indian had believed that the human soul is eternal and for
Accepted 14 November 2021 thousands of years transmigrates into various bodies and eventually it would
disappear in Brahma’s essence. The most important school of Upanishadic
Key Words: Indian philosophy that is called Vidanta has this theory about the soul.
Human Soul
Transcendent Wisdom Another school under study is the transcendent wisdom of Sadr al-
Muta'allehin. With this description, Are the theories of both philosophical
Upanishads
schools about the soul, the same or different? If there are differences, how
should the theories of the Upanishads be criticized on the basis of the
DOI:
10.22034/IMJPL.2021.13162.1041 Transcendent Wisdom?
METHOD AND FINDING: This article is a comparative one and is a new
DOR: work in this ground, and the main sources of this research are the four journeys
20.1001.1.26767619.2021.8.28.1.3 of the Transcenddent Wisdom of Mulla Sadra and The Sirri-Akbar of Dara
Shikoh. The Upanishads is the first and ancient book of Indian philosophy
explains; the soul is present in all parts of the human body and all body powers

are manifestations of the soul, and the soul has unity with its all powers. The
same claim is made by Transcendent Wisdom of Sadr al-Mute'allihin in

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Islamic philosophy He says: The soul in its unity, is the whole of the powers
and is present in all body.
CONCLUSION: This article will compare the theories of two schools and the
major ideas which will be discussed are; The Definition of the Soul, its Proofs,
The Immateriality of the Soul, The Relationship between the Soul and the
Body and its Powers, The Eternity and Creation of the Soul, The Immortality
and the Reincarnation of the Soul.
* Corresponding Author:
Email: Article Address Published on the Journal Site:
dr.zulfiqar.haider.zh@gmail.com http://p-l.journals.miu.ac.ir/article_6683.html
ORCID: 0000-0003-0016-4147

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12 2 (Pakistan, Iran)