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Quiddity and specifications of Heavenly Dispensation Spirit (al-rūḥ al-amrī al-malakūtī)

Kavoos Roohi Barandaq1

Ali Haji-khani2

Ali Bidsorkhy3

The subject of spirit and its ranks is among complicated and important discussions dealt with in the Qur'an and the traditions quoted from the Infallibles (a.s). Among the ranks of the spirit is the Dispensation Spirit (al-rūḥ al-amrī) stipulated in the Qur'an in the surah Isrā' (17:85) and surah Shūrā (42:52). In addition, numerous traditions in virtue of its characteristics and quiddity have been mentioned in exegeses and hadith collections. This article analyzed the quiddity of the Dispensation Spirit in the light of the traditions narrated from the Infallibles (a.s) and has concluded that the spirit is a heavenly spiritual reality in the existence of the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s), and that the source of their divine knowledge with regard to all things from the aspect of existential rank is superior to (that of) all angels, and is the highest rank of spirit and is - by God's permission - the source of amazing effects.

Keywords: the Dispensation Spirit (al-rūḥ al-amrī), heavenly, ranks of human spirit, greater than the angels, traditions, the Infallibles (a.s).

Way of treatment with the traditions dealing with virtues and effects of Qur'anic chapters and verses

Ali Naseeri4

The traditions dealing with virtues and effects of Qur'anic chapters and verses are considered as a collection of interpretative traditions in which the position of the Qur'anic chapters and verses, as well as their effects in this world and the next have been explained. Regardless of occurrence of the phenomenon of distortion in this group of traditions they are usually misunderstood, a fact which has caused a negative approach towards them.

This article has introduced the expanse of the sources, explained their concepts and has also studied three rules to deal with this group of traditions: 1) one should be cautious in accepting the traditions dealing with virtues and effects; 2) virtues and effects play the role of preparation; they are not the sufficient causes; 3) the virtues of the Qur'anic chapters and verses should be proportional to their content. The first rule underlines the necessity of certainty with regard to issuance of this group of traditions, and the two other rules emphasize the way of understanding and interpreting them.

1.Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of the Qur'an and Hadith Sciences Department at Tarbiat Modares University (responsible writer) k.roohi@modares.ac.ir

2.Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of the Qur'an and Hadith Sciences Department at Tarbiat Modares University ali.hajikhani@modares.ac.ir

3.MA Graduate of the Qur'an and Hadith Sciences at Tarbiat Modares University

4.An Associate Professor, and a Faculty Member

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