Tag: irfan

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Shaykh Bahjat

Grand Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat Fumani, known to be the greatest 'Arif in contemporary history, resided in Qum, Iran. He was a student of the greatest teacher of 'Irfan in recent history, Sayyid 'Ali Qadhi Tabatabai.
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An Introduction to Irfan

'Irfan is one of the disciplines that originated within the realm of Islamic culture and developed there to attain a high level of sophistication. But before we can begin to discuss 'irfan, we must realize that it can be approached from two viewpoints: the social and the academic.
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Sayyid Ali Qadhi Tabatabai

Sayyid Qadhi (RA) was a scholar of the highest caliber in Najaf in the last century. He taught akhlaq, aqaa’ed and ‘irfan, and was also well versed in falsafah and fiqh. Many of the great mystics were his students, such as Shaykh Bahjat, Sayyid Kashmiri and Sayyid Tabatabai.
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A Glimpse At The History Of The Hawza

One of the greatest Shi'ah scholars to have lived was Shaykh al-Tusi (385 AH/995 CE – 460 AH/1067 CE). He established the Hawza 'Ilmiyya in Najaf (Iraq) which remained the main centre of learning for the Shi'ahs for over 1000 years until its decline in the last century.
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