Comparative analysis of Quranic verses regarding divine attributes according to Allame Tabatabaee and Rashid Redha

Quranic verses regarding divine attributes are a kind of Motashabeh verses describing divine attributes (which is a controversial topic) on the one hand and on the other hand, they are related to the Motashabeh verses which are too difficult to comprehend. This topic has created the groundworks for creation of different Islamic religions. As the nature of Islam is a religion of unity, this topic needs to be assessed. Hence, his paper compares and analyzes the viewpoints of two prominent Shiite and Sunni scholars,i.e. Alame Tabatabaee and Rashid Redha.There are two general methods concerning such Quranic verses: 1- Mothbatein (salaf): emphasizing on proving Khabari attributes which are available in these Quranic verses about God; 2- Mo’avalin (khalaf): emphasizing on God’s lack of such attributes After comparing Quranic verses concerning divine attributes in the two Quranic exegeses, it can be concluded that none of these authors believe in God’s physical body. Rashid Redha relies on the understanding of the majority of the followers of the Prophet and believes in Revayat’s authenticity and accepts the method of proving the acceptable (Esbat-e Maqbul) which is a type of Tafvidh. In Tafsir-e Al-Mizan- he follows Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) and considers the concept regardless of text format (method of ethbat-e Maqbul which is a Tasdiqi type). However, since these two authors have the same opinions in terms of principles and basics, we witness that they apply allegory and figurative meanings in entire verses in Al-Mizan and the majority of verses in Al-Menar.