The Truth of Doctrinal Monotheism in the View of Allameh Tabatabai and Alusi Baghdadi "A Critique of the Ideas of Wahhabism"

Doctrinal monotheism is an important manifestation of monotheism and the religious figures in all Islamic sects have always been in agreement on it. However, there is no common understanding and agreement among them on the truth of religious monotheism or the meaning of polytheism in worship. Since this disagreement is mainly rooted in different understandings of the concept of worship. In this study, in the light of two major Shiite and Sunni commentator, namely Allama Tabatabai and Alusi Baghdadi, at first we have tried to explain the truth of worship through conceptual analysis of the term worship in the Quran.Then, having proved the inadequacy and insufficiency of each of those meanings, we have demonstrated that true worship is combinatory. That is, in addition to an act indicative of humility and inner modesty, other components, such as the belief in the divinity and deity of God and independence in divinity and deity, are effective in making an act of worship.