A Comparative Study of Imam Khomeini and Allameh Tabatabai's Views on the How of Gabriel Representation

The two famous sayings of the objective representation and the imaginary representation of Gabriel for Maryam (a) as two competing theories have supporters among contemporary researchers who state reasons for their position and against that of their opponents. In this research, the opinions of Imam Khomeini and Allameh Tabataba'i were selected as representatives of the theorists of objective representation and imaginary representation. The issue of this research lies in a comparative evaluation of their opinions, with intellectual arguments, mystical foundations, and narrative evidence. In this qualitative research, the library method was used to collect data and the comparative analysis method was used to explain the data. The findings of the research show that the explanation of topics such as intended creation, correspondence of the rules of the ascending arc with those of the descending arc in the possibility of becoming spiritualized and reincarnation and the rule of the possibility of what is higher, ashraf, are efforts towards a better understanding of the preference of Imam Khomeini's opinion on objective representation over the theory of imaginary representation from Allameh's point of view. According to this research, the theory of imaginary representation has problems such as the impossibility of justifying joint interaction and the orderly entered objective effects on this inner experience.