Allamah Tabataba’i

The late Islamic scholar, thinker, and philosopher, ʿAllāmah al-Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī came from the celebrated Ṭabāṭabāʾī family of Tabriz... ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī was born in Tabriz on 17 March 1904. After completing his early religious education, he traveled to Najaf, one of the most important centers of Shia scholarship... In Najaf he studied under great scholars including Shaykh Muḥammad Ḥusayn Nāʾīnī and Shaykh Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Iṣfahānī... Later he moved to Qum where he became one of the most influential teachers of philosophy, ethics, and Qur’anic exegesis until his death in 1981.

Philosophical and theological approach. He explained the Qur’an **through the Qur’an itself**, combining rational analysis with traditional interpretation.

- Authored the monumental **20-volume al-Mīzān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān** - Developed the method of explaining the Qur’an with the Qur’an - Combined philosophy, theology, and spirituality in tafsir - Authored comparative works on Islamic philosophy and modern thought