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• Of the well-known prophetic
narrations that Muslim scholars of
tradition have reported is that the last
person to intercede is “the Most
Merciful of the merciful ones”. If we
comprehend this narration accurately,
we will understand the reality of the
Muhammadan Station of the Major
Intercession. This is because, as
understood earlier, the perfect Human
being is Khalīfat Allah (God’s
Vicegerent), and thus qualifies to
possess all the Divine Attributes. We
have already alluded to some
narrations from the Prophet’s
Household in this regard. One of the
Divine Names is God’s comprehensive
mercy, which actually is the Source of
His Grace on everything and all strata
of existence under its fold. It is also
through this Divine Name that all
levels of intercession transpire.
Therefore, since the Holy Prophet and
the Imams of his Infallible Household
are all proven to be the Divine
Vicegerents they also possess all the
Divine Names, including the Name al-
Raḥmān, which is the source of all
intercession. Hence, they are the final
interceders and it is only the likes of
them who have the highest level of
intercession which is termed as The Major Intercession was another
al-Shafāʿah al-Kubra.
Conclusion
In this paper, which considers the
perfect man’s relationship with the
creation the following three important
ontological dimensions have been
explained according to theoretical
mysticism and established through
Quranic verses and Ḥadīths of the
Holy Prophet and the Infallible Imams
of his Household:
1) Rūḥ al-ʿAlam (the spirit of the
universe)
2) Wāsiṭat al-Fayḍ (the intermediary
of divine grace)
3) al-Shafāʿah al-Kubrā (the Major
Intercession)
As for the ‘Spirit of the Universe’,
after presenting a mystical definition
of the same, which refers to the flow
of the universal man through all the
strata of existence, akin to the flow of
the spirit in the body, reference was
made to the Quran and Ḥadīth to
establish this important relationship.
Concerning the Intermediary of
Divine Grace, which reveals a
fundamental role of the universal man
concerning all the strata of existence,
after presenting its definition in the
mystical tradition, a discussion on
proving the necessity of an
intermediary was propounded, and
thereafter reference was made to Quran
and Sunnah to establish the same.
The Universal Man’s Station of
facet that was discussed in detail in
light of the mystical tradition. Matters
such as the kind of intercession,
conditions of intercession, and the
process of intercession were also