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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 18:32, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi

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• ... that according to some Shi'i Muslim authors who wrote under the name of al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi, unbelievers will reincarnate into animal, vegetable, or mineral bodies? Source: Asatryan, Mushegh (2017). Controversies in Formative Shiʿi Islam: The Ghulat Muslims and Their Beliefs. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 150–153.
  * Quote from Asatryan 2017, pp. 150–151: "The lower degrees of transformation are described in a detailed manner in Kitāb al-ṣirāṭ. According to its author, while good deeds move the believer up that Path and closer to God, unbelief and the rejection of His call result in continuous rebirth into human or sub-human forms. Souls which do not merit the ascent to the higher realms become reborn in a material form – human, animal, plant or mineral."
  * Quote from Asatryan 2017, pp. 152–153: "In its version of the teaching about reincarnation, Kitāb al-haft follows a similar scheme, introducing a further nuance. The discussion here is based on the two premises that, first, 'women are inferior to men' and, second, that believers only become transformed into 'shapes that are better, and move to stations that are higher', while unbelievers only descend into lower forms. [...] The text then moves on from humans that have moved from one sex to another to animals. Here, however, the logic is different: whereas in humans, male is better than female, in animals edible is better than inedible. Hence the better, edible, animals are reborn as the opposite sex of the same species to preserve this superior quality of theirs, whereas the bad and inedible ones are reborn as the same sex in increasingly lower forms."
  * The fact that Kitāb al-ṣirāṭ and Kitāb al-haft are Shi'i works attributed to al-Mufaddal can be verified online in Asatryan, Mushegh (2000–2012b). "Mofażżal al-Joʿfi". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Quotes: "None of the available Mofażżal texts contains any conclusive proof of his authorship, and indeed most are later compositions, written between the 9th and 11th centuries. [...] The Ketāb al-ṣerāṭ [...] was likely composed in Kufa between the two Occultations, that is, the years 874 and 941. Its key doctrines are the idea of the path (ṣerāṭ) which leads the believer to God [...], the possibility of transmigration of souls (tanāsoḵ, nasḵ) and reincarnation (masḵ, mosuḵiya), [...] The Ketāb al-haft wa'l-aẓella [...] was composed roughly between the 8th and 11th centuries."
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  • Comment: only "some" because this is based on two texts while many other texts of very different doctrinal natures were also attributed to al-Mufaddal; left out human bodies because according to one of the two texts (Kitāb al-haft) unbelievers only descend into lower forms, and because it's hookier

Improved to Good Article status by Apaugasma (talk). Self-nominated at 22:51, 9 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Wow, comprehensive, well written and well referenced, a fine article. AGF on offline sources, but I have no trouble with this given the author's record. Hook is interesting and referenced, QPQ is not required. Good to go. Constantine ✍ 08:29, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
  • tick for posterity theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 09:40, 13 February 2023 (UTC)