A Comparative Study of the Concept of Reason in the Qur'an from the Perspective of Mohammad Arkon and Allameh Tabatabai

The use of intellect to explain the divine knowledge has long been considered by thinkers. In the Holy Qur'an, the use of intellect is emphasized. In many verses of the Holy Qur'an, the words: reason, contemplation, etc. have been used to express attention to this divine power. It seems. Considering the importance and position of reason in Islamic teachings, the present article collects library information in a contemporary way and examines rationalism in the Qur'an from the perspective of Arkon and Allameh Tabatabai. The result of this writer's research is that Arkon considers the meaning and concept of reason in the Qur'an as opposed to argumentative reason, and by categorizing Islamic reason into three periods: the formation of Islamic thought, Islamic classical and the scholastic period; Islamic reason follows revelation, the word reason in the Qur'an expresses emotional and permissible expressions that can not be argued in any way. And in the ages after the revelation of the Holy Quran, the divine knowledge was transmitted to the next generation by the heads of religions and is devoid of argument, but Allameh Tabatabai interprets the Quranic wisdom in the sense of being in accordance with human nature.