Examining the Innocence of the Prophets from Errors and Mistakes in Tafsir Mustafa Tabataba’i

Mostafa Hosseini Tabataba’i, one of the commentators of the Salafist movement of the Qur'anists, in his commentary entitled Expression of Meanings in Divine Words, considered the infallibility of the Prophets (pbuh) limited to the transmission of revelation, and considered errors and mistakes on their part permissible. Then, by interpreting the verses of rebuke, he considered the forgiveness of the prophets as a reason for committing errors and mistakes, and accused the beloved Prophet (pbuh) of being hasty in matters of guidance. Since the relationship between infallibility and the authenticity of the speech and behavior of the Messengers of Allah the Almighty has made this discussion extremely sensitive, in this article, in a descriptive and analytical method, after stating the degrees of infallibility of the prophets as well as the degrees of patience and mistakes of the prophets, Mostafa Tabatabai's basic problems were discussed, such as not paying attention to the rational and narrative arguments of infallibility, not distinguishing the degrees of infallibility of the prophets, not paying attention to the direct and intuitive knowledge of the prophets, wrong translation of some words of blames in the Qur'an.