The Origin of Guardianship (Velayat) in the Intellectual System of AllamehTabatabaii

Mankind is a level of possibilies’ existence that is in absolute poverty and need of its true cause (the most high necessary existent); however, perhaps because of belonging to the earth, love of this world and the influences of the material world, he neglects remembering God and forgets his origin. In his precious works, “Al-Mizan” commentary and “Resala Al- Valayah” ,AllamehTabatabaii proves that by separang from physical body and aenon to its inherent poverty, soul can remove the veils and obstacles that deprives him of the beauty and glory of God and move from the posion of servitude towards the posion of divinity. The posion of “guardianship” is the posion of perfecon and power that God’s servants gain as the result of devoon, sincerity and true worship. Reviewing the works of AllamehTabatabaii and using a descripve-analycal approach, the present research deals with explaining the “origin of guardianship” from the viewpoint of Allameh. Hence, in the first part, the principles and foundaons of guardianship including “nearness to God” and “aenon to outward and inward life” are invesgated and then in the second part of the study, the origin of guardianship, that is the “total manifestaon of God’s names and aributes,” is explained.