A Critique of Ghiayath al-Din Mansour Dashtaki's Viewpoint about Corporal Resurrection

Ghiyath-al-Din Mansour Dashtaki, a philosopher of the ninth and tenth century, is the first to provide an intellectual proof for the corporal resurrection of an elemental body. He bases his views on transmitted sciences and intellectual reasoning to prove his claim. This paper seeks to study Ghaith al-Din's arguments in favor of in proving the resurrection of the elemental body. His intellectual proof is centered on the continuation of the soul's attachment to the body after death, a perception which is criticized by Sadr al-Muta’alehin and on his claim about the return of the soul to the material body after the formation of complete temperament in the Day of Resurrection, a view which is criticized by Aqaali Modarres. His recourse to Quranic verses for proving the idea of elemental body is not flawless. After criticizing and analyzing his viewpoint, we reach the conclusion that the rational and traditional argument he presents to prove the resurrection of the elemental body is incomplete.