The What of the Knowledge of the Soul and Its Role in Attaining the Status of Monotheism from the Perspective of Allameh Tabatabai

Self-knowledge is the best way to reach the knowledge of God and achieve perfection and happiness. The purpose of this research is to explain and analyze what self-knowledge is and how to go through the stages of self-knowledge until reaching the status of monotheism of actions, attributes and essence. This research, with a descriptive and analytical approach and a library-based way of gathering, has been performed with the aim of extracting and analyzing the what of self-knowledge and its role in attaining the status of monotheism from Allameh Tabatabaichr('39')s point of view. Man realizes through cognition and intuition of the soul that there is no action or attribute except for God. This is the attainment of the status of monotheism of actions, attributes and essence. One`s becoming close to the principle of truth is as great as its existence and the truth that has emerged in it, and God is the ultimate truth of every perfection. Introducing the knowledge of the soul to the audience, especially the young generation, is the best and closest way to acquire Divine knowledge and reach the core of the truths of the universe and achieve perfection.