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not mean to depreciate martyrdom; be no reward for them, and
I am just saying that the sixth they can’t protect us against
level is not the end of our the torment which has been
journey. As long as we are determined because of the evil
suffering from temptations, and unlawful intentions.
some signs of sin will show Prophet Muhammad says:
up; and these signs result in “people will be associated
the last gap between God and together [in the Resurrection
the believer. The soul is day] according to their
powered enough to claim that intentions”. (Ref: Sadr ul-Din
“I” will prove my holiness to Shirazi, 1984: 213)
God. So there will be nothing
• Human and Jinn Devils
and no “self” to be proved at According to Mulla Sadra
the next level. Reaching that
point is the last effort of a devil is not just Satan, rather,
it refers to any human or jinn
saint”. (Chopra, 2005a: 224)
who impedes human perfection.
2. Obstacles to Spiritual Principally, devils try to embellish
Perfection, according to unlawful beliefs and represent
Mulla Sadra them as the rightful ones in a
way that we cannot perceive
• The Intention of Sin whether they are really true
Not only Mulla Sadra introduces
the intention of sin as an and rightful or not. Besides,
devils represent unlawful deeds
obstacle to human perfection,
but also he believes that if we as lawful ones; (Ibid, 1961,
stop doing devil and unlawful Vol. 2: 13) as God, the most
deeds for any reason except highly, says:
for the sake of God, there will
