Ma`rifat Kalami

One of the functions of esoteric interpretation is to interpret religious knowledge corresponding to its theosophical aspect. The focus of this article is to show that the abodes of the Hereafter have an anfosi (journey within one’s soul) esoteric interpretation in religious teachings and these interpretations are sometimes analyzed. In fact, the esoteric interpretation of the otherworldly religious propositions is that they represent the manifestation of what is compatible with the soul and also the habits of the soul in the afterlife. Human’s soul has different degrees and the soul has an intuition of itself at each level; the abodes of the Hereafter are the intuition of the soul from what it has obtained in this world. In the soul’s journey of perfection, the curtains and veils of the soul over its self-knowledge will be gradually removed and its self-awareness will gradually increase. This self-awareness manifests some matters for the soul at each degree, which is the result of his deeds in the world. This article tries to present an esoteric interpretation of the abodes of the Hereafter and adapt them to the degrees of the soul. One of the results of this research is to prove that the Resurrection is, in fact, a return to one's innermost layer, which has some outer effects as well. Another result is that the end of the soul’s journey is the intuition of itself being ‘ein al-rabt’ (the essence of relation with God) and being annihilated in the Creator (God). In addition, the soul is a manifestation of God’s names of Jalal (the Divine beauty) or Jamal (the Divine majesty). This article is based on the adaption of rational principles and revelational narrations to Molla Sadra’s psychology, using a descriptive-analytical method.