القول بالمعاد الروحاني : عرض و مناقشة

الملخص EN

The followers of the heavenly religions do not differ in proving the eschatological return in general, the general Muslims agreed - except those who deviate from them- the saying that the return includes the return of the body and the soul together, however, there are those who said that this return is only for the soul alone, but for the body, it cannot return after entering the world of the pure nothingness, this is what is known by scholars as (spiritual return - or psychological return), some sects of Jews and Christians adopted this saying, it was also famous for Islamic philosophers to embrace it and say it, despite Ibn Rushd’s attempt to deny it.

This research deals with this important issue by presentation and analysis, it also shows the notables of those who adopted the saying of the spiritual return from the people of the Qiblah and others, mentions their most prominent evidences for what they went to - which is rational and logical evidences -, among the most famous of their arguments is their saying: by (refraining of returning the vanished in its same image), and that reaching the spiritual return and its conditions with mental evidence and standards is possible in contrast to the physical return.

The research was not limited to presenting what they clung to, but rather discussed it and showed the scholars’ answers to it and the methods they adopted in that.

At the same time, the research was keen to show the truth of the position of some of the people to whom it was attributed to say the spiritual return only, such as Ibn Rushd Al Andalusi and Sheikh Abu Hamid Al Ghazali.

Finally, the research concludes with a statement of the ruling of those who adopted the saying of the spiritual return, and the position of Islamic scholars towards them.