Tafsir al-Mizan and another Reading of the Philosophy of History for the Progress of the Community

The progress of the society and the achievement of societies and civilizations to happiness and perfection is the long-standing desire of mankind. "Idea of Progress" has been defined differently by social sciences thinkers, and has various examples.
The development and influence of the idea of society progress require its building on firm theoretical foundations such as "philosophy of history." The "nature of history" and "motive forces of history" are two important components of the philosophy of history. Philosophers of history and sociologists have regarded the "matter" as the nature and subjects of race, geographic factors, God's will, heroes and economy as the most important motive forces of history. Based on honorable al-Mizans, a Qur’an interpretation book, and using an analytical-descriptive method, this paper intends to analyze and explore one of the most important types of theoretical foundations of "the idea of social progress," namely "philosophy of history," and, by presenting important reasons, it aims to introduce "the controversy" as the nature and "religion" as the motive force of history.