The Reality of Man and Death from the Viewpoint of Sayyed al-Murtaza

What is Death and how it occurs and what would be the final destiny of man? The answer to these questions, that are amongst the oldest and the most long-lasting philosophical-religious questions of man and mended to the meaning of life, depends on the nature of man. Sayyed al-Murtaza is one of the theologians that although had chosen a materialistic interpretation of man and regarded death as annihilation, strongly believes in life after death and tries to explain the state of purgatory (barzakh) and resurrection. In this paper it is tried to interpret his view on the nature of man and the nature of death in detail to be an introduction for his view on the quality of life after death which requires an independent chance.