An Inquiry into Conditions for the Formation of Allamah Tabatabaii's Scientific and Religious Personality as the Grounds for Achieving Religious Knowledge

'Allamah Tabatabaii is a famous and great thinker who, through deliberating on the manifest religion of Islam, presented to the world different methods of understanding religion. Reviewing the past of this godly figure, and the works left by him and his students, the present paper examine the conditions of the development of the deep religious knowledge of this godly scholar. Also, his personality traits and kind of education which he received and which serves as a good example of Islamic education, have important role in this regard.Using a descriptive-analytical method, the author views that there are several influential factor behind the formation of 'Allamah Tabatabaii's religious and scientific personality and refers to the effects of his family, teachers and companions as the more salient factor, apart from the aid of the Unseen which had especial significance in his life. Cultural and epistemological contexts of his time also contributed to orientating his movement towards religious knowledge.