A Criticism of the Bases of Separation School from the Perspective of Allameh Tabatabai

The relation between reason and revelation is one of the most fundamental discussions of philosophy and theology in all religions. It is necessary to determine the relation between the principles of human's reason and the revelational knowledge which has a substantial role in understanding human sciences and the Divine sciences. Many rational and social arguments are due to misunderstanding the relation between reason and revelation. One of the great Muslim scholars, Allameh Tabatabai, believes revelation is based on dialectical reason. He believes strengthening rationality results in strengthening piety. The most important questions of the believers of the theory of separation will be posed in this article and Allameh's answers to these questions will be briefly explained. Allameh shows that the method of Quran and the tradition of Ahl-ol-Bait (PBUT) increases human's rationality and does not have any incongruity with the true human awareness.