Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani آيت الله العظمى جعفر سبحانى | |
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 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,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 | TwelverShīʿā |
| School | Jaʿfari |
| Main interests | Theological work |
Grand AyatollahJafar Sobhani (Persian:جعفر سبحانی; born 9 April 1929)[1] is an IranianTwelverShiamarja, influentialtheologian and writer. Sobhani was a former member of theSociety of Seminary Teachers of Qom and founder ofImam Sadiq Institute inQom.[2][3][1]
Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani learnedArabic literature,Principles of Islamic jurisprudence in theIslamic Seminary. In 1946, he went toIslamic Seminary in Qom. In the Islamic Seminary, he took part in famous teachers' classes ofFiqh,Usool,Tafsir, andphilosophy. Sobhani's important teachers wereSeyyed Hossein Borujerdi,Khomeini, andMirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai near 15 years.[4]
He has severalArabic andPersian books that are categorized in seven fields asFiqh,Principles of Islamic jurisprudence,Tafsir,Ilm al-Kalam,Philosophy,History of Islam, andBiographical 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 |
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| 1 | Fiqh |
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| 2 | Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence |
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| 3 | Tafsir |
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| 4 | Ilm al-Kalam |
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| 5 | Philosophy |
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| 6 | History of Islam |
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| 7 | Beliefs |
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| 8 | The Beliefs and History of the Islamic Sects |
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| 9 | Biographical evaluation |
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| 10 | Others |
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