A Review of the Implication of the Verse of Mithaq(Convention) to Man's Natural-Intuitive Knowledge of God with Emphasis on Allamah Misbah's View

One of the ways of knowing the Glorified God is intuitive knowledge of Him. The Holy Qur’an points in some verses to this kind of knowledge. Muslim scholars including interpreters of the Qur’an have presented many views about the meaning of the verses relating to this issue. Using an analytical method, the present study seeks to investigate the most important of these views, emphasizing on Ayatollah Misbah’s view on the interpretation of the two verses of Surat A’raf (172 and 173), and it comes up with the following the verses in Surat al-A’raf are indicative of the principle of man’s encounter and intuitive knowledge of God, but its characteristics, time and place is neither known to us nor mentioned in the verse. Also, the narrations of the Prophet’s household (pbuh) emphasize on the personal aspect of intuitive knowledge to which the stated verses refer. Man’s intuitive knowledge of God is not more than his limited existential capacity, and he can never be acquainted with the essence of God. Apart from the essence of God, man has intuitive knowledge of such attribites, like His being a Creator, Lord and Provider.