Ja'far Sobhani

Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani (Persian: جعفر سبحانی) (born 9 April 1929 in Tabriz)^[1] is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja, influential theologian and writer. Sobhani was a former member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and founder of Imam Sadiq Institute in Qom.^[2][3][1]

Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani آيت الله العظمى جعفر سبحانى
Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani
Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
Constituency	East Azerbaijan Province
Personal details
Born	(1929-04-09) 9 April 1929 (age 95) Tabriz, Imperial State of Persia (present-day Iran)
Political party	Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Other political affiliations	Muslim People's Republic Party (1979)
Children	Saeid Sobhani
Website	http://tohid.ir/
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Twelver Shīʿā
School	Jaʿfari
Main interests	Theological work

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, Khomeini, and Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai near 15 years.^[4]

Activities

• Qom Islamic Seminary's lecturer and scholar in Fiqh, Principles of Fiqh, history, and theological studies^[4]
• Founder and director of Maktabe Islam magazine^[4]
• Founder and director of Kalaame Islami magazine^[4]
• Established an institute for theological research known as Imam Sadiq Institute^[2]
• Participated in writing the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran^[1]
• Writer of a thematic interpretation of the Quran^[1]
• Fighting with Wahhabism^[1]
• Established the field of Ilm al-Kalam^[1] in the seminary of Qom
• Published more than 300 researches^[2]

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	Manshur Jawid - in Persian in (14 vol.), (Mafahim al-Quran - in Arabic in (10 vol.)). [Thematic Exegesis] Muniat al-Talbin fi Tafsir al-Quran al-Mubin - in Arabic in (21 vol.)). [Consecutive Exegesis]^[6] Tafsir tartibi (Consecutive Exegesis) - in Persian Interpretation of Surah Ar-Ra'd Interpretation of Surah Al-Furqan Interpretation of Surah At-Tawba Interpretation of Surah Al-Munafiqun Interpretation of Surah Al-Hadid Interpretation of Surah Al-Hujurat
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 Who is Muhammad?,^[7] also known as The Message
7	Beliefs	Doctrines of Shi'i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices
8	The Beliefs and History of the Islamic Sects	Al-Milal wa al-Nihal - in Persian and Arabic (8 vol.)
9	Biographical evaluation	General in Biographical evaluation Biography of Shia leaders
10	Others	Password win famous men Questions and responses

References

1. "Biography of Ja'far Sobhani". hawzah.net. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
2. "H.E. Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani". themuslim500.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
3. . iis.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
4. . ijtihad.ir. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
5. Sobhani, Ayatollah Ja'far (27 September 2001). Doctrines of Shi'i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 1860647804.
6. "التفسیر".
7. "Who is Muhammad?". avapress.com. 18 September 2013.

 

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