The relation between reason and Quote (Naql) in the thought of ibn Taymiyyah and criticism on it according Ayatollah Javadi Amoli’s paradigm

Analysis and examining of foundations and principles of thoughts of Ibn Taymiyyah as representative of literalism and javadi Amoli as representative of Rationalism in according with relation between reason and definitive text and it´s critique on the basis of their thought´s  paradigm have major consequences. Dwelling on the literal meanings of religious texts (even when they are about beliefs), he believes philosophers and theologians differ because the reason they rely on is not intrinsically and independently authoritative. He gives priority but not to reason (when there is a conflict between reason and revelation). A true believer, according to him, must only believe in Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He terms reason as ‘accident’ reducing it thus to the level of an instinct and public reason. Confusing reason with revelation, he always gives priority to revelation. Believing in the variety of reasons and admitting epistemic relativity, he tries to find a solution for the conflict between reason and revelation. He assumes that the cancellation of one reason does not amount to the cancellation of all kinds of reason. Believing that reason and revelation have the same status, Jawadi, however, holds that reason and revelation are supportive of each other. He separates revelation from transmitted traditions. He thinks that transmitted traditions are, like reason, prone to error. He defends ‘interpretation’ as a tool for overcoming the conflict between reason and revelation. According to him reason is superior to an unclear transmitted document. In his view, the outcome of empirical reason, empirico-abstract reason, pure reason is authoritative provided it leads to certainty among rational agents. Considering reason as different from the behavior of rational agents, he says that rational proof is part of knowledge and is thus intrinsically authoritative. He is of the view that the principles of jurisprudence must deal with the question of reason and revelation and the religious epistemic issues related to it. Ayatollah Javadi’s approach towards the relation between reason and revelation has its own epistemic consequences. They help us solve the conflict between reason and revelation, explain the nature of religious knowledge, Islamize sciences, refute secularism and reject the theory of separation.