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A new reflection on human responsibility in the interpretive perspective of Allamah Tabatabai
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Mohammad Sedghi *   |
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Abstract: (1443 Views) |
| According to the Quranic verses human beings are independent and responsible in taking their deliberate actions and determining their destiny. Contrary to that, some argue that human beings’ felicity and misery are inherently predestined. Recently, the Muslim scholars having different perspectives, and Allamah Tabatabai with his interpretive way, have attempted to resolve this seemingly inconsistency. The new theory of Allamah Tabatabai has prompted other writers to explain his theory in comparative and philosophical methods. This article expresses his interpretive opinion in resolving this contradiction with the descriptive-analytical method. The result of the article indicates that Allamah Tabatabai has chosen two methods to resolve the contradiction: according to the law of causality, human nature is considered free from felicity and misery and with verses such as the verse of propagation and ... relates human’s fate to his deliberate actions. Hence, the reasons that suggest human beings’ inherent felicity and misery calls attention to the conditions not the final cause. Allamah Tabatabai while accepting the authenticity of the issuance of hadiths which indicate to human being’s inherent felicity and misery, explains them in categories that do not contradict another view. The view that highlight the importance free will and deliberate actions in one's destiny. |
Article number: 4 |
| Keywords: Theological interpretation, human responsibility, inherentness, felicity, misery Allamah Tabatabai. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2019/08/7 | Accepted: 2020/09/13 | Published: 2021/04/4
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