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Argument of the Righteous (Burhan-i Siddiqin) in the Transcendent Philosophy

The argument of the righteous is one of the most important and valid philosophical arguments propounded to demonstrate Godʹs Existence in Islamic philosophy and culture. According to Mulla Sadra, the only argument that deserves the title of the righteous is one in which the means and the ends are the same and one. Since Cod is Pure Being, we are obliged to deliberate upon the `reality of Beingʹ. In line with this idea and in his al-Asfar, Mulla Sadra develops an argument based on the principiality and gradation of existence as its two main pillars. This idea can he interpreted in two ways: the first is the unitarianist interpretation in which, from the two underlying elements of gradation of existence, the element. of unity is particularly emphasized; the second is the gradation-oriented interpretation in which, from the two elements of the unity and plurality of being, none is given superiority over the other. Although both interpretations are in conformity with the text of al-Asfar, unitarianist interpretations are preferred for the following reasons: first, they are in greater conformity with the general perspective and guidelines that Mulla Sadra initially portrays for his idea: second. some of the characteristics and advantages that Mulla Sadra refers to for his assertion are only justified on the basis of this interpretation.