Ja'far Sobhani

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]

Qom Islamic Seminary's lecturer and scholar in Figh, Principles of Figh, 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]

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	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?^[6]
7	Biographical evaluation	General in Biographical evaluation Biography of Shia leaders
8	Others	Password win famous men Questions and responses

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1 2 3 "H.E. Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani". themuslim500.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
↑ "Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani". iis.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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↑ "Doctrines of Shi`i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices". amazon.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
↑ "Who is Muhammad?". http://avapress.com. External link in |website= (help)

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