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primary matter; clay indicates a and assimilation, Jibrīl enhances
mixture of water and dust; speech and comprehension, and
quintessence refers to refined ʿĂzarʾēl oversees the change
clay; sticky clay denotes from physical to spiritual
malleable clay; sounding clay existence (Ibid; Tabatabai, 1997).
suggests air-molded clay; and the
last forms signify the effects 6. The Human Body's
of fire (Mulla Ṣadrā, 2000; Fate After Death
Ibid, 2001; Abdul Haq, 1972). To understand the fate of the
Ultimately, God completes human body in Transcendental
the human body by breathing Wisdom, one must explore the
His Spirit into it (The Qur’an, material body's nature.
15: 29; 38: 72). According to Ṣadrāians, the
Transcendental Wisdom posits body is a "Material body", a
that the creation, maintenance, composite of matter and form,
and reality of humans involve dependent on matter for
four supreme psychic forces or existence (Mulla Ṣadrā, 1981;
angels, namely Isrāfīl, Mīkā'īl, Azarian, 2021). It embodies
Jibrīl, and ʿĂzarʾēl. Isrāfīl metaphysical elements and
breathes life into human consists of conflicting parts that
bodies, while Mīkā'īl provides naturally tend towards
food and sustenance. Jibrīl separation and disintegration
conveys divine messages to (Mulla Ṣadrā, 1981).
The visible aspects of this
prophets, and ʿĂzarʾēl abstracts
forms from matter and body are transient, unreal, and
transitions souls from the subject to decay (Mulla Ṣadrā,
physical to the spiritual realm 1981; Zamaniha & Yavari, 2018).
(Mulla Ṣadrā, 2001). The soul is essential for
Each angel interacts with maintaining the body's
different human faculties: Isrāfīl balance and unity (Mulla Ṣadrā,
influences thought and 1981; Khademi et al, 2021),
imagination, Mīkā'īl aids memory acting as its vessel and
preserving its essence. Without
