Mohammad Taqi Jafari

Mohammad Taqi Jafari was an Iranian philosopher, scholar and Islamic theologist.

Biography

Muhammad-Taqi Ja'fari was born on August 15th in Tabriz, Iran. He was an expert in various fields such as history, logic, metaphysics, philosophy, literature, mysticism, jurisprudence, and philosophy of science. Alame Jafari received his Ijtihad degree at the age of 23.

He died in London on November 16th, 1998 and was buried in Mashhad in the vicinity of Imam Reza Shrine.

Education

elementary studies in Tabriz
education in the Talebieh Seminary
education in Qom and Tehran Seminaries for benefiting from religious scholars of the time
education in the School of Theology in Najaf for 11 years

Career

Teaching in Qom and Tehran university

Books

Interpretation and Criticism of Rumi's Masnavi (15 volumes)
Translation and Interpretation of the Nahj al-Balagha (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 Qoran
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, 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

Articles

Understanding the universal Abrahamic religion
The essence of evolutionary culture
The Imam Husayn’s concepts of religion and leadership
Theocracy and democracy

His vision towards Karbala

In one of his articles called “The Imam Hussain’s concepts of religion and leadership”, he explained the philosophy of martyrdom in detail. At the end of the article, he introduced the tragedy of Karbala and the martyrdom of Imam Husayn on Ashura as a crucial role in the history of Shi’ism to inspire Muslims to support the truth and stand against injustice.

In another work, he published a prayer book called “Imam Hossein's Prayers at the Arafat Desert”. You can read Imam Hussayn’s prayers during the tragedy of Karbala. Imam said this prayer in the Arafat desert.

In one of his books called “Imam Hossein, the Martyr of Human Pioneer Culture”, he explained Imam Hussayn characteristics well and this book is considered as one the best books about the tragedy of Karbala and Imam Husayn's character and personality. In another work, he published a prayer book called “Imam Hossein's Prayers at the Arafat Desert” in which You can read Imam Hussayn’s prayers during the tragedy of Karbala and the prayers said by him in the Arafat desert.

In one of his books called “Imam Hossein, the Martyr of Human Pioneer Culture”, he explained Imam Hussayn characteristics well and this book is considered as one the best books about the tragedy of Karbala and Imam Husayn's character and personality.