What is considered in this article is the definition and expression of what religion and reason are, the position and basis of religion and reason according to the words of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) in various cases. Also, the application and efficiency of both in the life system and the relationship between reason and religion, its quality and manner in understanding religious issues and in discovering the cause of divine decrees, strengthening religious foundations on the one hand, and reforming and refining the original and pure religious decrees from biases and Distortions, presentation of religious issues and topics by reason, elimination of conflict between religion and rationality, guidance and stabilization in discovering the truths and understanding of human needs issues by reason in the light of the lights and illuminations obtained by religion, avoiding intellectual and anthropological concerns and Epistemological, on the other hand, along with the interaction and mutual influence of rational understanding and religious belief
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"When a person pays close attention to this long speech, he clearly understands that in the view of Imam Ali, peace be upon him, the intellect is not placed in the ranks of other beings in the world, because it has a luminous and bright essence, and it is the source of the emergence and discovery of the truths of the world, just like true light, it also manifests itself. and it also becomes the source of the emergence of other truths, for this reason, its source is from the source of the divine world and from the truth of God's created lights and is equal to knowledge, and if the intellect becomes a living embodied being, knowledge and consciousness are the same thing; understanding is the soul and His soul, asceticism is his head, which is the best of human virtues, modesty is his eyes that discover the affairs and truths of the world.Wise and wise work is like language, compassion, and mercy, which are the source of giving and accepting divine truths from the world above. Basically, in the school of Imam, peace be upon him, the thought of contradiction and conflict between rationality and religion, reason and religion, originates from the lack of knowledge of reason and religion and the presentation of a wrong definition of religion and reason. And the intellect should be placed in its true position and use reasonable, natural and logical methods and should be placed alongside religion as an intellectual support and should guide the affairs and powers of the group wherever there is a need to express opinions and correct things. And dealing with deviations and loose words, even if it is in religion, he enters and makes the necessary reforms.