Anwar-e Ma`rifat

This article aims to elucidate human eschatology in Islamic mysticism by offering a mystical analysis of the Resurrection and the stages of the Day of Judgment. Using a descriptive–analytical method and drawing upon mystical sources and the works of Muslim mystics, the study first examines the nature of resurrection from a mystical perspective. In contrast to theological and philosophical approaches, which generally regard resurrection as the human being’s return after death or the reunification of soul and body, mysticism understands resurrection as a return to one’s particular Lord (Rabb al-khāṣṣ) and the manifestation of the human being’s inner reality. Within this view, death is not annihilation but a transition from the worldly realm and the non-manifestation of the elemental body in the intermediate realm (barzakh). According to this analysis, the stages of the Day of Judgment are, in truth, degrees in the unveiling of the inner dimensions of human actions and traits. Ultimately, upon reaching the abode of permanence—Paradise or Hell—each person will experience a spiritual–corporeal resurrection corresponding to their existential structure and inner spiritual journey.