Ali Tabatabaei

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. He was born on 29 April 1866 in Tabriz..( Aqa bozorg Tehrani, vol.1. part:4.p.1565) His father Sayyed Hosein Qazi was a prominent pupil of the grand Mirza Shirazi. His maternal grandfather, Mirza Mohsen, was a great jurist..( Aqa Bozorg Tehrani, vol.1, part:2, p:529)

Teachers He learned under the supervision of great scholars. Some of them were: Mirza Mousa Tabrizi, Muhammad Ali Qarcheh Daghi, Sayyed Hosein Qazi, Mirza Muhammad Taqi Tabrizi.( Osveh Arefan, by Muhammad Taqi Maraqi and Sadiq hasanzadeh, Ale Ali Publication, Qom, 2001, P.15) Muhammad Kazem Khorasani ( Akhoond Khorasani), Mirza Fathollah Shariati, Mirza Hosein Tehrani, Sheykh Muhammad Kazem Yazdi, Fazel Sharabyani, Sheykh Muhammad Bahari and Sayyed Ahmad Karbalaei.( The Seas of Mysticism, Hadi hashemian, Cuitural institute of Taha, Qom, 2000, p.20)

Students Some of his Students included: Allameh Sayyed Muhammad Hossein Tabatabaei,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. Sayyed Muhammad Elahi Tabrizi, Sayyed Hasan Masqati,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. Muhammad Taqi Amuli, Sheykh Abbas Qouchani, 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, Hajj Sheykh Abul Fazl Khansari, Sayyed Hashem Haddad and Sayyed Abdul Karim Keshmiri.

His Teachers in Mysticism His 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.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. Mulla Qulli was a student of Ayatollah Haj Sayyed Ali Shushtari.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.

Islamic Studies Sayyed 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.

Authority (Ijtihad) He received the degree of authority or Ijtihad when he was 27 years old. He also memorised nearly 40,000 Arabic words.( Mehre Taban, p.27)

Characters The description of his characters is not easy. We just refer to some of his mystical aspect in summary.

Mystical behavior Allameh Tabatabaei about the Mystical character of Aqa Ali Qazi says that: he sometimes was appeared between us while sometimes he was absent and disappeared..(Simaye Farzanegan, Reza okhtari, p:77)

Night prayers Sayyed 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.( Mehre Taban, p.:25)

Works He 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. He wrote some notes and commentary. Some of them are as follows: Incomplete explanation on Samat Dua(Qazi, 1358 solar, p.2-3) Correction of the book of Ershad(Moshar, vol:5.p:769) Notes on fotuhat and fosus(Yadnameh Of Great Mystics, p.2) Commentary on The Holy Quran(Aqa Bozarg, vol:1, part4) Mystical letters and recommendations(Osveh Arefan, p.121)

Death The grand mystic Allameh Aqa Ali Qazi Tabatabaei died in 1947 in Wadi-us-Salaam Cemetery in Najaf.

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