Mohsen Qara'ati ( fa, محسن قرائتی) is an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

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 ...

cleric who was born in 1945 in the city of

Kashan Kashan ( fa, ; Qashan; Cassan; also romanized as Kāshān) is a city in the northern part of Isfahan province, Iran. At the 2017 census, its population was 396,987 in 90,828 families. Some etymologists argue that the city name comes from ...

, and his father was Ali Naqi (Qara'ati). Mohsen Qara'ati who is commonly known as "

Ayatollah Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an Title of honor, 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 ...

Qara'ati" or "

Hujjat al-islam Hujjat al-Islam (from ''ḥujjat-u l-Islām'') (also Hojatoleslam) is an honorific title meaning "authority on Islam" or "proof of Islam". Sunni Islam Its first recorded use was in a Sunni context, as a title for the 11th-century theologian al- ...

Qara'ati," was appointed as the representative of Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini (the founder and previous leader of Islamic Republic of

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) at the "literacy movement organization" in

in 1981. Mohsen Qara'ati who is also known as "Haj Aqa Qara'ati (Persian: )", has been appointed as the chief of "Setade Eqame Namaz" (the headquarters of prayer presenting)". Among the most famous characteristics of this Shi'a clergy is that he tries to follow timely jokes in his lectures, which makes his speeches more interesting from the view of the listeners. He has also suggested making a "

Halal ''Halal'' (; ar, حلال, ) is an Arabic word that translates to "permissible" in English. In the Quran, the word ''halal'' is contrasted with ''haram'' (forbidden). This binary opposition was elaborated into a more complex classification kno ...

laughing site" (to pass free times by Halal ermissiblelaughing). He has stated in his sermons that anyone that declares themselves to be a Baha'i must be killed.Mohsen Qaraati anyone who walks around and says I am Bahai must be killed
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Books

* Familiarity with prayer * 114 points about prayer * Interpretation of prayer * Principles of Islamic beliefs * Oneness * Justice * Prophecy * Imamate * Resurrection * Gnahshnasy * Hajj * The human and world in the Quran * Enjoining good and forbidding wrong * Minutes with the Quran (taken from the interpretation of light) * Quranic questions and answers * Important questions, short answers using examples * Tafsir Noor (10 full volume commentary of the Quran)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qara'ati, Mohsin Iranian ayatollahs Kashan Kashan County 1945 births Living people Iran's Book of the Year Awards recipients