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The Ostad Jafari Institute

Allameh ''Allāmah'' ( ar, عَلَّامة, Urdu and , meaning "learned"), also spelled ''Allāma'' and ''Allama'' and “ Allameh “, is an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and erudition, or a great ...

Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari ( fa, علّامه محمّدتقی جعفری) (15 August 1925 – 16 November 1998) was an Iranian

scholar A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researche ...

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

intellectual An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or a ...

, and

islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

theologist Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the s ...

. Ja'fari was a

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

and thinker in the recent time. He was expert in various fields such as history, logic, metaphysics, philosophy, literature, mysticism, jurisprudence, and philosophy of science.

Biography

Mohammad-Taki Ja'fari was born on 1923 in

. He graduated from elementary studies in Tabriz and continued his education in the Talebieh Seminary. Mohammad-Taghi then went to

Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

and

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Seminaries for benefiting from religious scholars of the time. Thereafter he left Iran for 11 years to attend the School of Theology in

Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...

. He achieved his

Ijtihad ''Ijtihad'' ( ; ar, اجتهاد ', ; lit. physical or mental ''effort'') is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a le ...

degree when he was 23 years old. Ja'fari returned to Iran and taught in Qom and Tehran.

Works

* Interpretation and Criticism of

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

Masnavi The ''Masnavi'', or ''Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi'' ( fa, مثنوی معنوی), also written ''Mathnawi'', or ''Mathnavi'', is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi. The ''Masnavi'' is one of the most ...

(15 volumes) * Translation and Interpretation of the

Nahj al-Balagha ''Nahj al-Balagha'' ( ar, نَهْج ٱلْبَلَاغَة ', 'The Path of Eloquence') is the best-known collection of sermons, letters, and sayings attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, fourth Rashidun Caliph, first Shia Imam and the cousin and so ...

(27 volumes) * Pioneer Culture to the Rescue of Mankind * The Mystery of Life * The Conscience * Positive Mysticism * Imam Hossein's Prayers at the Arafat Desert (Arabic) * The Coordination between Science & Religion (Arabic) * The Conscience * Religion and Moral Ethics * Mabda' A'ala * From One Sea to Another (An Index to the Mathnavi, 4 volumes) * Three Poets – Hafiz, Sa'di and Nizami * An Analysis of Khayyam's Personality * An Interpretation, Review and Analysis of Rumi's Mathnavi * Rumi and Ideologies * What Makes Rumi's Words So Fascinating * The Relationship between Man and the Universe * Ideals of Life and the Ideal Life * Philosophy and Aim of Life * Man and Creation * Man in Elevating, Evolution Life * Man Seen in the Koran * Motion and change as seen in the koran * A Study and Critique of David Hume's Thoughts on Four Philosophical Issues * A Study and Critique of the Russell-Wyatt Dialog * A Study and Critique of Selected Thoughts of Bertrand Russell * A Study and Critique of The Adventures of Ideas * Human Rights from Islamic and Western Viewpoints * Islam's Political Philosophy * Mysticism and Gnostics * Positive Mysticism * A Legal and Jurisprudential Study of the Human Genome Project * Speculative (Systematic) Theology and Its Modern Forms * Fatalism and Free Will * The Philosophy of Religion * Jurisprudential Sources * Al-reza'a * Worship and Wisdom in Islamic Jurisprudence * Ta'avon –uddin val-elm * Nahayat-ol-edrak al-vaqe'ee bain-ol-phalsafat-ol-qadima va al-hadisa * A Study of the Philosophy of Science * Science and Religion in Reasonable Life * Recognition and Knowledge Seen in Science and the Koran * Al-amr Bain-ol-amrain * Fatalism and Free Will * The Philosophy of Religion * Imam Hossein's Prayers at the Arafat Desert * Imam Hossein, the Martyr of Human Pioneer Culture * A Complete Translation of the Nahj-ol-balaqeh * The Exploration of Thoughts (2 volumes) * In Presence of Wisdom * Reasonable Life * A Compilation of Articles * The Message of Wisdom * Pioneer Culture to the Rescue of Mankind * The Mystery of Life * A Plan for Cultural Revolution

Death

Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari died in London on 16 November 1998 and was buried in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

in the vicinity of Imam Reza Shrine.

References

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