Anthropomorphism in Quran according to Allāme Tabātabā i and Fakhr Rāzi's views: A Comparative Study

Anthropomorphism is a topic in classical Islamic theology. It is concerned with the question as to whether God resembles human beings in his features (attributes), actions, and emotions. The issue was raised in debates about statements in the Quran and hadith. This article is a survey of Quranic text and its exegeses. We will follow a thematic analysis of various Quranic exegeses, which will address Anthropomorphic understandings of God .In comparing and analyzing various exegeses representing various periods in Islamic history from the Middle Ages to modernity and expressing various doctrinal, intellectual, theological and philosophical positions, we will investigate how the nature, meaning and understanding of the Muslim scripture changed through history and in particular, how it was understood metaphorically by two grate scholars of Imam ul-Ashāira Fakhr Rāzi and Shia Allāme Tabātabā’i. They both believed that these verses could not be taken literally, though Allāme Tabātabā’i used verses referring to transcendent God and Reason while Fakhr Rāzi has shown tendency to submission of its full understanding to God Himself.