analyzing the position of mystical intuition, imagination and reason in molasadra and ibn arabi theosophy

The discussion about mystical intuition, imagination and reason has been a main problem forphilosophers and mystics and some discussions has been made about the limits of understanding andperception of each concept. ibn arabi is one of the biggest islamic mystics and has remarkable views inthis field and his works in the field of mystic are of great importance. sad aldin shirazi, iranianphilosopher from the safavi era, known as mola sadra, which is one of the illuminated philosophers, hasdone lots of research about ibn arabi’s works. in this study, we compare the point of views of these twophilosophers and their perception about the understanding the nature of god, while analyzing the opinionsof them about reason, imagination and mystical intuition. we have concluded that mola sadra, as same asibn arabi, considers reason the first being and the mohhamadi truth and categorizes it and says that thereason of creatures is limited for understanding god. in his opinion, reason gets help from feeling andimagination to compensate for this flaw which helps it in the form of mystical intuition. therefore, reasonis not in contradiction with imagination and mystical intuition but mystical intuition grows with the helpof reason and imagination.