Ayatollah
Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیتالله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Etymology
The title is originally derived from Arabic word p ...
Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi ( fa, ابوالقاسم وافی یزدی), born in 1935, in
Hoseynabad, Yazd, is a Shia cleric and member of the
Assembly of Experts
The Assembly of Experts ( fa, مجلس خبرگان رهبری, majles-e khobregân-e rahbari), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme ...
. He was also one of the representatives of the city of
Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...
in the first and the second terms of the
Islamic Consultative Assembly in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
Education
At the age of five, Wafi began to learn the
Quran
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , s ...
and then went to school and later to high school. Afterwards, he went to the seminary in Yazd and completed the preliminary courses as well as some courses of "Sath" (meaning level or surface). In 1957, he went to Qom to further his studies at "Sath". Then he went to Qom seminary to study Kharij courses.
Professors
Abolghasem Wafi met with many different teacher during his academic years including:
* Sheikh Ali Panah Ishtihardi
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Naser Makarem Shirazi
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (, born 25 February 1927 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Shia '' marja and religious leader.
Biography
He was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran. According to his website, his father was Ali Mohammad, his g ...
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Hossein Noori Hamedani
* Tabatabai Soltani
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Hussein-Ali Montazeri
Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri ( fa, حسینعلی منتظری ; 24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was an Iranian Shia Islamic theologian, Islamic democracy advocate, writer and human rights activist. He was one of the lea ...
* Reza Sadr
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Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi
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Morteza Haeri Yazdi
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Ruhollah Khomeini
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Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
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See also
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List of Ayatollahs
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List of members in the Fifth Term of the Council of Experts
References
Members of the Assembly of Experts
Iranian Shia clerics
1935 births
Living people
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