Mulla Sadra And Allameh Tabatabai on Permanent residence of people of hell and heaven

There are several verses in Quran regarding the issue of Permanent residence of people of hell and heaven. According to those verses, some people have permanent residence in the heaven and enjoy its pleasers, while others endure tortures of hell. In this paper, we will concentrate on the meaning of permanent residence in the Hood chapter of Quran, verses 105- 108, and will analyze the range of permanent residence from the viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Allameh Tabatabai. There are debates and controversies between theologians about the purpose of permanent residence and permanent residence of people of hell and heaven. Mostly, they are regarded same as each other. Thus, it means endless residence of people in heaven and endless residence of people of hell in hell. In this context, the viewpoint of Allameh Tabatabaei and the extent of conformity between him and Molla sadra is of importance, since in some verses, permanent residence of people of hell and heaven are related to the persistence of the earth and the sky. Therefore, firstly, the meaning of earth, sky and their persistence is investigated and afterwards, the issue of permanent residence was scrutinized. We found that some people regard the sky and the earth as material, but Tabatabaei and Molla Sadra consider them as matters of the hereafter. ‌Allameh considers permanent residence as a endless one, but Molla Sadra believes that it is depended to what people believe, and to the quality and quantity of their tortures. According to the verses of Quran, because of divine justice, the permanent residence of people in the hell is limited and, on the other hand, because of divine grace, survival of people in heaven is permanent.