Theological Principles of Relating Natural Causes to Monotheistic Verses from the Perspective of Allameh Tabataba'i and Ibn Arabi

In Ibn Arabi's view, which has an Ash'arite theological basis, it does not give any role to man and natural causes in the world system; And this is because of his belief in algebra. Allameh Tabataba'i has a Shiite view and for natural causes, not only did he not consider it roleless, but he also considered it a longitudinal role, and the longitudinal role is not algebra, and what is algebra is a transverse role; Therefore, wind, rain, and the like are natural causes that play the role of agents in the system of the universe and have no contradiction with monotheism. But Allameh Tabataba'i interprets monotheistic verses in the same way that he considers natural causes as longitudinal causes and considers them exactly in accordance with monotheism and is not opposed to the issue of monotheism. In this research, consciously or unconsciously, these two scientists, according to the influence of their theological principles, have adopted such two different methods for a subject. This article has studied the written works of Allameh Tabataba'i and Ibn Arabi in a library-documentary manner and has summarized the contents in the form of a partial comparative method according to the theological principles of relating natural causes to monotheistic verses.