Kashan Shenasi

Kashan Shenasi

خوانش رواقی معراج السعاده ملا احمد نراقی، بررسی تطبیقی

Authors
1 Department of Quranic sciences and Hadith, Faculty of Humanities,Kosar University of Bojnord. Bojnord, Iran.
2 Associate Professor ,Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages Department: Religions and Philosophy
Abstract
"Mi'raj al-Sa'adah" by Mulla Ahmad Naraqi (d. 1245 AH) is one of the most systematic texts on virtue-based ethics in the Shiite Islamic tradition. The present article, using a descriptive-analytical method and a comparative approach, seeks to answer two questions: How and in what form are the five fundamental principles of Stoic philosophy reflected in "Mi'raj al-Sa'adah"? And what are the fundamental differences between these two systems at the level of teleology? The findings show that although Naraqi established his ethical system within the framework of Shiite theology and relying on verses and narrations, at the level of applied ethics and anthropology there is a significant overlap with Stoic teachings, and the three powers of the soul and the four main virtues (wisdom, courage, chastity, justice) have provided a common ground for dialogue. However, a fundamental distinction emerges in teleology: the Stoics see virtue as self-sufficient and harmony with the Logos as the ultimate goal of this world, while the Narcissists define true happiness in divine proximity and afterlife salvation under the law and consider reason insufficient without the guidance of revelation. The parallelism of the two ethical systems here means precisely that two different teleologies have arrived at a similar set of practical recommendations, largely from independent paths, although also drawing on the Greek tradition. Furthermore, this article also shows that practical wisdom, in the face of universal human questions, has a logic relatively independent of theological foundations and provides the capacity for intercultural dialogue.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 14 October 2026