A look at Political Thought of Mulla Sadra with emphasis on the Characteristics and Legitimacy of the Political Ruler

Abstract

Investigating the origin of the state, the legitimacy of the state and the type of government are among the general components of a political thought. In this article, after briefly explaining and explaining the aforementioned issues, we will discuss the matching of these issues to Mulla Sadra's political thought. From Mulla Sadra's point of view, the origin of the open government is quite natural. But this government must be divine and its ruler must be either a messenger from God or a divine caliph and a means to reach God's creation to God's pleasure. Based on Sadr al-Mutallehin, the legitimacy of the government is the divine legitimacy that has been rationalized by explanation and punishment. And the ruler of the government will not have legitimacy unless his scope of existence has entered the intellectual realm after going through the sensory and exemplary stages. Such a person is either the Prophet of God or the Caliph of God, who can be called the ruler of the Islamic society due to his position as the divine caliph.