The Comprehensiveness of the Qur'an in Giving Meaning to Life with a Glimpse at Allameh Tabataba'ei's Viewpoints

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1 Al-Zahra Society (s.A)

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Because of his curious nature, humankind is always looking for the cause of phenomena. The questions about the nature of universe and its origins and ends are the most fundamental issues to which the correct answer makes life meaningful, keeps one from falling into the trap of nihilism. Nihilists limit life to this world because of their inability to explain the final cause of phenomena, and create the bitter fate of annihilation and mortality for human. Through explaining the goal of the system of existence in general and human life in particular, the Holy Qur'an negates any kind of emptiness and aimlessness in the system of existence. This paper, with a look at the Allameh Tabataba'ei's viewpoints, while proving the meaning of life through demonstrating it, explains the fact that the Qur'an provides the most comprehensive responses to the raised questions about the nature of humankind via mentioning verses from the purposefulness of the system of creation. The research method in the present paper is rational-revelatory, which has processed the data in an analytical-descriptive manner. Some of the most important results of this research are proving the meaning of life by presenting four arguments and documenting them in Qur'anic verses, freeing human beings from absurdity and meaninglessness of life in the light of revelatory teachings of the Qur'an such as providing a comprehensive and rational worldview about beginning and end of human and system of the universe.

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