Investigating Haqiqah and Raqiqah Predication from the Point of View of Allameh Tabatabai

Predication is among the important issues in logic and philosophy. The special importance of predication is due to the fact that it is the interface between mind and object, knowledge and known, subject and predicate, and various beings. Identifying the relationship between objects is possible through predication which is a sign of it-is-it-ness, unity and identity. Without predication, no relationship can be perceived between cause and effect and subject and predicate. Without doubt, any change in the division or meaning of predication is a sign of a different philosophical viewpoint. Mulla Sadra, according to his particular philosophical system and the system of the gradation of being that he proposes, has proposed a different kind of predication, which is known as "Haqiqah and Raqiqah." He has not explicitly mentioned this type of predication in the classifications he has provided, although he has used them in other places. However, Sadra's glossarists, especially Allameh Tabatabai, have clear statements in this regard. In this study, we intend to review the statements of the late Allameh concerning this issue.