The Celestial Throne and Chair from the Viewpoint of Allameh Tabataba'i

Among the facts that have been mentioned in the Holy Quran, and have attracted the attention of many scholars is the Celestial "Throne" and "Chair". Allameh Tabataba'i is one of the thinkers who has explained these facts in the light of "reason" and "narrations". From his point of view, the Celestial "Throne" and "Chair" are a single truth, which is divided into two degrees in terms of "undifferentiation and "differentiation", and "non-manifestation" and "manifestation"; in a way that the conspectus of whatever is in the Throne is manifested in the Chair in a differentiated way. These two facts are abstract beings, and are among the realities of the realm of intelligence, and they are two levels of God's active knowledge. The forms and icons of all creatures are in the Throne and the Chair, and the control of the universe's affairs as well as the control of all incidents and their means lead to the Throne. The Throne and Chair in the world and the hereafter have some carriers. The various attributes and different names are also mentioned for these two truths in the law.