Ali Qazi Tabatabai, also known as "Allamah Qadi" and "Ayatollah Qazi" (1866–1947 CE; 1285–1366 AH), was an Iranian alim (Islamic scholar) and mystic. He was the son of Husseyn and was born in Tabriz, Iran.[1] He was born on 29 April 1866 in Tabriz.[2] His father Sayyed Hosein Qazi was a prominent pupil of the grand Mirza Shirazi. His maternal grandfather, Mirza Mohsen, was a great jurist.[3]
Ayatollah Allameh Sayyed Ali Aqa Qazi Tabatabaei | |
|---|---|
 Sayyed Ali Qazi | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1866 |
| Died | 8 February 1947 (aged 80) |
| Resting place | Wadi-us-Salaam, Najaf |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic philosophy, jurisprudence, mysticism |
| Muslim leader | |
| Disciple of | Mirza Mousa Tabrizi, Muhammad Ali Qarcheh Daghi, Sayyed Hosein Qazi, Mirza Muhammad Taqi Tabrizi,Muhammad Kazem Khorasani ( Akhoond Khorasani), Mirza Fathollah Shariati, Mirza Hosein Tehrani, Sheykh Muhammad Kazem Yazdi, Fazel Sharabyani, Sheykh Muhammad Bahari, Sayyed Ahmad karbalaei |
Teachers
editHe learned under supervision of great scholars. Some of them were: Mirza Mousa Tabrizi, Muhammad Ali Qarcheh Daghi, Sayyed Hosein Qazi, Mirza Muhammad Taqi Tabrizi.[4] Muhammad Kazem Khorasani ( Akhoond Khorasani), Mirza Fathollah Shariati, Mirza Hosein Tehrani, Sheykh Muhammad Kazem Yazdi, Fazel Sharabyani, Sheykh Muhammad Bahari and Sayyed Ahmad Karbalaei.[5]
Students
editSome of his Students included: Allameh Sayyed Muhammad Hossein Tabatabaei,[6] Sayyed Muhammad Elahi Tabrizi,[6] Sayyed Hasan Masqati,[7] Muhammad Taqi Amuli,[7] Sheykh Abbas Qouchani,[7] Muhammad Taqi Bahjat, Sayyed Yousef Hakim, Sayyed Muhammad Hoseini Hamadani, Sayyed Abdolhossein Dastgheib Shirazi, Sheykh Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi, Sayyed Muhammad Hadi Milani, Allameh Muhammad Rez Muzaffar, second Qazi r.a(Qazi saani r.a) Sayyed Ahmad Rizvi Kashmiri, Sayyed Abul Ali Sabzevari, Mirza Ali Qaravi Aliyari, Sayyed Shahab Al Din Marashi Najafi, Sayyed Abul Qasim Khoei,[8] Hajj Sheykh Abul Fazl Khansari, Sayyed Hashem Haddad and Sayyed Abdul Karim Keshmiri.
His Teachers in Mysticism
editHis teachers in Shi'i irfan were Ayatollah Sayyed Ahmed Karbala'i (d. 1913) and Sheikh Mohammad Bahari, who in turn were the students of Mirza Mulla Hossein Qulli Hamadani.[9] Mulla Qulli was a student of Ayatollah Haj Sayyed Ali Shushtari.[10]
Islamic Studies
editSayyed Ali Qadi started his Islamic studies in his hometown, Tabriz. There, he studied under his father Sayyed Hosein Qazi as well as Mirza Mousa Tabrizi and Muhammad Ali Qaracheh Daghi. Then around 1895 he travelled to Najaf to continue his higher studies and to attain the status of Ijtihad. In Najaf, he studied under Muhammad Kazem Khorasani ( Akhoond Khorasani) and Mirza Fathollah Shariati.[11]
Authority (Ijtihad)
editHe received the degree of authority or Ijtihad when he was 27 years old. He also memorised nearly 40,000 Arabic words.[12]
Characters
editThe description of his characters is not easy. We just refer to some of his mystical aspect in summary.
Mystical behavior
editAllameh Tabatabaei about the Mystical character of Aqa Ali Qazi says that: he sometimes was appeared between us while sometimes he was absent and disappeared.[13]
Night prayers
editSayyed Ali Aqa Qazi emphasized more on the night praying. He already advised his pupils to the night praying. Allameh Tabatabaei says that: he told me if you want both of the world and after world, you have to exercise the night praying.[14]
Works
editHe wrote several books, including a partially completed tafsir of the Qur'an, which is a commentary up to verse 91 of Surah al-An’am.[citation needed] He wrote some notes and commentary. Some of them are as follows:
Death
editThe grand mystic Allameh Aqa Ali Qazi Tabatabaei died in 1947 in Wadi-us-Salaam Cemetery in Najaf.
See also
editExternal links
edit- About Sayyed Ali Qazi (In persian).Seyyed Ali Ghazi Tabatabaei
- Seyyed Ali Ghazi tabatabaei
- http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/madkhal2.php?sid=7298
Internal link
editReferences
edit- ^ Shining Sun [in Memory of Allamah Tabataba'i (A translation of Mihr-i-Taban)], by Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani; Translation: Tawus Raja;- Publishers: ICAS Press, UK (2011), Page 19.
- ^ .( Aqa bozorg Tehrani, vol.1. part:4.p.1565)
- ^ .( Aqa Bozorg Tehrani, vol.1, part:2,p:529)
- ^ ( Osveh Arefan, by Muhammad Taqi Maraqi and Sadiq hasanzadeh, Ale Ali Publication, Qom,2001,P.15)
- ^ ( The Seas of Mysticism , Hadi hashemian, Cuitural institute of Taha , Qom, 2000,p.20)
- ^ a b Shining Sun [in Memory of Allamah Tabataba'i (A translation of Mihr-i-Taban)], by Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani; Translation: Tawus Raja;- Publishers: ICAS Press, UK (2011), Page 18.
- ^ a b c Shining Sun [in Memory of Allamah Tabataba'i (A translation of Mihr-i-Taban)], by Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani; Translation: Tawus Raja;- Publishers: ICAS Press, UK (2011), Page 19.
- ^ حسینی طهرانی, سید محمدحسین. مطلع انوار ج۲ (in Persian) (2nd ed.). Iran: مکتب وحی. p. 86.
- ^ Kernel of the Kernel (concerning the Wayfaring and Spiritual Journey of the People of Intellect; Compiled, Edited and Expanded by Sayyid Muhammad Hossein Hosseini Tehrani; Translation: Mohammad H. Faghfoory; Publishers: State University of New York Press, Albany; Page xvii.
- ^ Shining Sun [in Memory of Allamah Tabataba'i (A translation of Mihr-i-Taban)], by Sayyid Muhammad Hossein Hosseini Tehrani; Translation: Tawus Raja; Publishers: ICAS Press, UK (2011), Pages 19, 20.
- ^ Husayni Tihrani, Sayyid Muhammad Husayn. Mihr Tabnak (in Persian). p. 55.
- ^ ( Mehre Taban, p.27)
- ^ .(Simaye Farzanegan, Reza okhtari,p:77)
- ^ ( Mehre Taban, p.:25)
- ^ (Qazi, 1358 solar,p.2-3)
- ^ (Moshar, vol:5.p:769)
- ^ ( Yadnameh Of Great Mystics,p.2)
- ^ (Aqa Bozarg,vol:1,part4)
- ^ (Osveh Arefan,p.121)