VISION OF GOD ACCORDING TO FAKHR-AD-DIN AR-RAZI AND 'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I

Abstract

Among theological discussions is vision of God, especially in the next life, upon which Imamites, Asharites, and Mu`tazila have a difference of opinion. Whereas Asharites maintain that vision of God is possible Imamites reject the possibility of seeing God in the hereafter. They both offer arguments to prove their own view; one argument presented by both of them is the Qur’anic verse 6:103 (“the eyes attain Him not, but He attains the eyes”). The author in this article is going to deal with the explanation and examination of two Islamic thinkers’ viewpoints, ‘Allamah Tabataba’i and Fakhr ar-Razi, as well as to criticize the latter’s opinions.