The Nature of Ambiguous and Unambiguous in Allamah Tabatabaii's View

The question of nature of ambiguous and unambiguous is twin with the Glorious Quran and researchers of the Quran have long searched for its proper answer. In the meantime, Allamah Tabatabaii is one of the scholars who have admirably answered the question. Using a descriptive analytical method, the present paper recounts and criticizes late Allamah Tabatabaii’s view with the aim of reviewing his views and theories about injunctions, ambiguity and its analysis. Allamah believes that ambiguity means several ambiguous significations in which real intention is hidden. Having established the principle of mixture of hidden and heavenly descends with impurities after descending on the earth, Allamah thinks that the existence of ambiguity in the Quran is natural and unambiguous verses which are well-grounded, solid and as Mother of the Book should determine the real intention of ambiguous verses. He believes that this view is resulted from deliberation on the Quran and interpretive school of Holy Prophet’s Household (peace be upon them).