Mohammad Taqi Jafari
Mohammad Taqi Jafari was an Iranian philosopher, scholar and Islamic theologist.
Muhammad Taqi Jafari | |
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| Born | 15 August 1925 Tabriz, Iran |
| Died | 16 November 1998 London |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Occupation | Professor and Author |
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| Institutions | The University of Tehran and Qom |
BiographyEdit
Muhammad-Taqi Ja'fari was born on 15 August 1925 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.
EducationEdit
- 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
CareerEdit
- Teaching in Qom and Tehran university
BooksEdit
- 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
ArticlesEdit
- 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 KarbalaEdit
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.