The Role of Liturgical Dimension in Worldly Felicity in the View of Allamah Tabatabaii

Using a descriptive-analytical method, the present paper delves into the domain of the functions of religion from the perspective of philosophy of religion and theological metaphysics and reviews Allamah Tabatabaii’s view about the effect of liturgical dimension of religion on man’s worldly felicity. First, explaining the conceptual fundamentals and providing Allamah's definitions of “religion”, “felicity”, and “worship”, it elaborates on Allamah’s view in this respect and rejects the opposing views. One of these views negates the principle of the effect of religion on worldly felicity, and the other does not relate this effect to liturgical dimension, though it does not negate the effect of religion on worldly felicity. Then, it discusses the direct and indirect aspects of the role of liturgical dimension of religion in worldly felicity. Among the aforementioned functions are the effect of acts of worship on worldly happiness through exerting influence on the personal and social promotion, fulfillment of worldly needs due to response to supplication, changing of mind (badӓ), transforming of worldly vengeances into blessings, finding a feeling of contentment, enjoying special pleasure and positive effect of religion on social life.