University of Zanjan Philosophical Meditations 2228-5253 Articles in Press 2025 09 24 The Potentials and Limitations of Professor Javadi Amoli's Viewpoint on the Position of Reason and Naql The Potentials and Limitations of Professor Javadi Amoli's Viewpoint on the Position of Reason and Naql 729568 10.30470/phm.2025.2059854.2683 FA Ali Harati PhD graduate, Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Qom University, Qom, Iran 0009-0001-2762-4871 Abbas Izadpanah Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Qom University, Qom, Iran 0009-0002-2885-1475 Nafise Sate Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Qom University, Qom, Iran 0009-0000-9340-8547 Journal Article 2025 05 05 Professor Javadi Amoli is a contemporary thinker who has presented one of the most refined and coherent systems of religious epistemology. In his view, religion is not confined merely to the enclosure of naql (Quranic verses and narrations), nor are rational achievements considered purely human and unrelated to religion. Instead, Professor Javadi Amoli posits a theory that situates reason alongside naql, not in opposition to religion. According to his theory, if authentic naql is "what God has sent down" (mā anzalahu Allāh), then demonstrative reason is "what God has inspired" (mā alhamahu Allāh), and both are sources of religious knowledge. This article, written using an analytical and library-based methodology, explains the presuppositions and arguments of Javadi Amoli while examining his intellectual system regarding the position of reason and naql from two perspectives: one that identifies the potentials and strengths of his thoughts, and another that considers their limitations and weaknesses. In summary, the notions that the "reality of revelation" can never be fully captured by either rational or traditional scholars, and that various types and meanings of reason are recognized, are considered among the potentials of his thought. However, his encyclopedic expectation of naql is identified as a limitation of his intellectual framework. Professor Javadi Amoli is a contemporary thinker who has presented one of the most refined and coherent systems of religious epistemology. In his view, religion is not confined merely to the enclosure of naql (Quranic verses and narrations), nor are rational achievements considered purely human and unrelated to religion. Instead, Professor Javadi Amoli posits a theory that situates reason alongside naql, not in opposition to religion. According to his theory, if authentic naql is "what God has sent down" (mā anzalahu Allāh), then demonstrative reason is "what God has inspired" (mā alhamahu Allāh), and both are sources of religious knowledge. This article, written using an analytical and library-based methodology, explains the presuppositions and arguments of Javadi Amoli while examining his intellectual system regarding the position of reason and naql from two perspectives: one that identifies the potentials and strengths of his thoughts, and another that considers their limitations and weaknesses. In summary, the notions that the "reality of revelation" can never be fully captured by either rational or traditional scholars, and that various types and meanings of reason are recognized, are considered among the potentials of his thought. However, his encyclopedic expectation of naql is identified as a limitation of his intellectual framework.