Document Type : Original
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Corresponding Author, Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Theology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Rehabilitation Sciences and Social Health, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The Holy Quran presents numerous ontological claims while preserving the identity of universal and absolute expressions that possess maximal generalizability and universality. Given that the Quran’s language and approach are faith-based and its method is revelational (wahyānī), the Quran does not engage in a logical intermediate process of argumentation when presenting its claims. In other words, a mediating link between claim and conclusion is not explicitly depicted; hence intermediate proofs and syllogisms are rarely found within the Quranic text. Conversely, Quranic scholars and revelation scholars view divine revelation, illumination, and prophetic cognition as harmonious and united with reason. Allameh Tabataba’i, having mastery over both philosophical-mystical discourse and Quranic exegesis, has skillfully bridged faith-based and rationalistic discourses, achieving conformity, similarity, and convergence between them. The Quran explicates universal and stable rulings about existence in several verses, revealing the requisites of a universal ontology, close to Islamic philosophical principles such as the primacy, simplicity, and gradation of existence (asalat al-wujud, basāṭat al-wujud, tashkīk al-wujud). Allameh Tabataba’i, emphasizing sequentiality, structural coherence, and compatibility guided by the “necessary concomitant” argument (al-burhān al-innā malāzim), demonstrates the progression from the intuition of existence (badahet al-wujud), to the notion of shared existence (ishtirāk al-wujud), onward to the increase in existence (ziyādat al-wujud), then to the primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud), and subsequently to the gradation (tashkīk al-wujud), unity of existence (wahdat al-wujud), and simplicity (basāṭat) of existence along with its expanse. This article, employing a library research method and a descriptive-analytical approach, explores and comparatively interprets the universal verses of the Holy Quran alongside the philosophical and wisdom-based views of Allameh Tabataba’i.
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