Opposition of Rational Proof and Revealed Proof from Viewpoints of Allama Tabatabaie and Ibn Taymiyya

Ibn Taymiyya maintains that in judging the opposing arguments from reason and revelation one should give priority to the revealed proof. While he praises reason he sets forth some arguments for the weakness of rational proof which is incapable of being rival to revealed proof. This article is an attempt for critical analysis of Ibn Taymiyya by referring to Allama Tabatabai’s viewpoints, explaining weak points of Ibn Teimiya and his misunderstanding in reducing the status of reason to a kind of instinct as well as his view on the multiplicity of reason which is subject to the most serious objection.