social-political pathology of safavids from mulla sadra’s points of view

mulla sadra, as the founder of the transcendental philosophy, has special viewpoints on society. unlike those who believe that mulla sadra ignored society and paid his mere attention to the spiritual issues, he cared about the social situation of his time and proposed certain pathological guidelines to reform the society. in his opinion, the real problem was that those who truly deserved to rule were not on the throne. he believes in government as the right of someone who has intimate the science of religion’s manifestation and latency, so if one lacks one of these aspects cannot be a leader.  according to mulla sadra, the real master of the society is the prophet, and after him, the imams and the muslim scholars (mujtahids) deserve to rule.  since mulla sadra thought the acquisition of knowledge as the main goal of the society, he tried to explain the religious teachings by reasoning and arguments. in this way, he opposed to those who merely concentrated on either manifestation or latency of the religion. therefore, it should be said that since mulla sadra had intended to correct the popular knowledge of the time, he was indeed a social thinker.