Ja'far Sobhani

Ja'far Sobhani
Born 1929 April 8
Tabriz, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Ethnicity Azerbaijani
Occupation Marja'
Era Modern era
Known for Iranian Twelver shia marja

Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani (Persian: آیت الله جعفر سبحانی) was born in Tabriz on 8 April 1929.[1] Ja'far Sobhani is an Iranian Twelver shia marja, influential theologian and writer. Also, Sobhani was a former member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and founder of Imam Sadiq Institute in Qom.[2][3][1]

Education

Ja'far Sobhani learned Arabic literature, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence in the Islamic Seminary. In 1946, he went to Islamic Seminary in Qom. In the Islamic Seminary, he took part in famous teachers' classes of Fiqh, Usool, Tafsir, and philosophy. Sobhani's important teachers were Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Imam Khomeini, and Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai near 15 years.[4]

Activities

Books

He has several Arabic and Persian books that are categorized in seven fields as Fiqh, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Tafsir, Ilm al-Kalam, Philosophy, History of Islam, and Biographical evaluation. In 2001, Doctrines of Shi'i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices book (ISBN 1860647804) was translated into English and published by I. B. Tauris.[5] Some of his books include:

# Subjects Books
1 Fiqh
  • Religious precepts of travel
2 Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
  • The four theses
3 Tafsir
4 Ilm al-Kalam
  • Understanding the attributes of God
  • Introduction to principles of Islam
  • Resort
  • Wahhabism
5 Philosophy
  • Knowledge in Islamic philosophy
  • An analysis of Marx's philosophy
6 History of Islam
  • History of Islam
  • Biography of Imams in simple language
  • Light of Eternity
7 Biographical evaluation
  • General in Biographical evaluation
  • Biography of Shia leaders
8 Others
  • Password win famous men
  • Questions and responses

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Biography of Ja'far Sobhani". hawzah.net. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "H.E. Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani". themuslim500.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. "Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani". iis.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Sobhani، Ayatollah Ja'far". ijtihad.ir. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  5. "Doctrines of Shi`i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices". amazon.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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