University of Tehran Press Philosophy of Religion 2008-7063 19 2 2022 06 22 Explaining the Near-Death Experiences Based on Suhrawardi’s Imaginal World Theory Explaining the Near-Death Experiences Based on Suhrawardi’s Imaginal World Theory 267 292 88037 10.22059/jpht.2022.338955.1005886 FA Leila Firoozi Islamic Philosophy and Wisdom Graduate, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Asadollah Azhir Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran 0000-0002-7096-2200 Fatemeh Bakhtiari Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran 0000-0001-5973-4007 Journal Article 2022 02 22 So far, there have been different and sometimes paradoxical theories about near-death experiences. Nonetheless, each of these theories has been unsuccessful in justifying some components of these experiences. This article suggests that Suhrawardi’s Imaginal World theory can provide a more reasonable explanation of these experiences. In the Imaginal World theory, a world is depicted whose qualities have many similarities to the qualities of near-death experiences. Thus, based on this theory and sometimes through getting help from other theories of Sheikh al-Ishraq – such as Illuminative Knowledge, Dominant Lights, and World of Memorial– we can give in an acceptable explanation of the near-death experiences. So far, there have been different and sometimes paradoxical theories about near-death experiences. Nonetheless, each of these theories has been unsuccessful in justifying some components of these experiences. This article suggests that Suhrawardi’s Imaginal World theory can provide a more reasonable explanation of these experiences. In the Imaginal World theory, a world is depicted whose qualities have many similarities to the qualities of near-death experiences. Thus, based on this theory and sometimes through getting help from other theories of Sheikh al-Ishraq – such as Illuminative Knowledge, Dominant Lights, and World of Memorial– we can give in an acceptable explanation of the near-death experiences. https://jpht.ut.ac.ir/article_88037_9d9f60360904b00abd4308b2d279c406.pdf