Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani (Persian: جعفر سبحانی) (born 9 April 1929 in Tabriz)^[1] is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja, influential theologian and writer. Sobhani was a former member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and founder of Imam Sadiq Institute in Qom.^[2] ^[3] ^[1]

Education

Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani learned Arabic literature, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence in the Islamic Seminary. In 1946, he went to Islamic Seminary in Qom. In the Islamic Seminary, he took part in famous teachers' classes of Fiqh, Usool, Tafsir, and philosophy. Sobhani's important teachers were Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Khomeini, and Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai near 15 years.^[4]

Activities

Qom Islamic Seminary's lecturer and scholar in Fiqh, Principles of Fiqh, history,rijal and theological studies^[4]
Founder and director of Maktabe Islam magazine^[4]
Founder and director of Kalaame Islami magazine^[4]
Established an institute for theological research known as Imam Sadiq Institute^[2]
Participated in writing the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran^[1]
Writer of a thematic interpretation of the Quran^[1]
Fighting with Wahhabism^[1]
Established the field of Ilm al-Kalam^[1] in the seminary of Qom
Published more than 300 researches^[2]

He has several Arabic and Persian books that are categorized in seven fields as Fiqh, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Tafsir, Ilm al-Kalam, Philosophy, History of Islam, and Biographical evaluation. In 2001, book was translated into English and published by I. B. Tauris.^[5] Some of his books include:

	Subjects	Books
1	Fiqh	Religious precepts of travel
2	Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence	The four theses
3	Tafsir	Manshur Jawid - in Persian in (14 vol.), (Mafahim al-Quran - in Arabic in (10 vol.)). [Thematic Exegesis] Muniat al-Talbin fi Tafsir al-Quran al-Mubin - in Arabic in (21 vol.)). [Consecutive Exegesis]^[6] Tafsir tartibi (Consecutive Exegesis) - in Persian Interpretation of Surah Ar-Ra'd Interpretation of Surah Al-Furqan Interpretation of Surah At-Tawba Interpretation of Surah Al-Munafiqun Interpretation of Surah Al-Hadid Interpretation of Surah Al-Hujurat
4	Ilm al-Kalam	Understanding the attributes of God Introduction to principles of Islam Resort Wahhabism
5	Philosophy	Knowledge in Islamic philosophy An analysis of Marx's philosophy
6	History of Islam	History of Islam Biography of Imams in simple language Who is Muhammad?,^[7] also known as The Message
7	Beliefs	Doctrines of Shi'i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices
8	The Beliefs and History of the Islamic Sects	Al-Milal wa al-Nihal - in Persian and Arabic (8 vol.)
9	Biographical evaluation	General in Biographical evaluation Biography of Shia leaders
10	Others	Password win famous men Questions and responses

Web site: Biography of Ja'far Sobhani . 17 May 2015 . hawzah.net.
Web site: H.E. Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani . 17 May 2015 . themuslim500.com.
Web site: Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani . 17 May 2015 . iis.ac.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100416/http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_person.asp?ID=60&type=auth . 18 May 2015 . dead .
Web site: Sobhani، Ayatollah Ja'far . 17 May 2015 . ijtihad.ir . 18 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094515/http://www.ijtihad.ir/ScholarDetailsen.aspx?itemid=353 . dead .
Book: Doctrines of Shi'i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices . 1860647804 . Sobhani . Ayatollah Ja'far . 27 September 2001 . Bloomsbury Academic .
Web site: التفسیر.
Web site: Who is Muhammad? . avapress.com. 18 September 2013 .