The Concepts of 'Irfan, Sufism, Hikmat and Philosophy.In the cosmic realm, human beings are like balls released into space which have within them a hidden potential energy for flight into an infinitely sublime world. But the gravitational attraction of worldly pleasures draws them toward the depths of the material world, as a result of which they fall and become degenerate; and the selfish tendencies and Satanic temptations which have become embodied in materialistic civilizations and cultures increase the speed of their downfall. Amidst all this, there are a few individuals and groups of people the eyes of whose hearts are open to spiritual truths and the ears of whose souls have become familiar with divine messages who have the resolution to turn aside from the pollution of their animalistic desires, who open their wings to the illuminated horizon of the angelic domain and in the course of their evolution they begin an ascent to the origin of all beauties, splendours, powers, and raptures and the infinite source of perfections, and in a word, ascend toward God. Like balls which have bounced down to the ground, they are disillusioned with the dead‑end of materialism and once again, with the same speed with which they descended, they move in the opposite direction and rise toward the sublime world. It is quite likely that this process will recur repeatedly This reaction may be well observed, nowadays, among groups of people who have become disillusioned with corrupt Western culture and who feel within themselves a great thirst and longing for spiritual values, and wander to and fro in order to find the fountainhead of this lucid water. But, alas, most of them fall into the traps laid by sorcerers who in place of the nectar of gnosis pour the poison of perdition down their throats. They lead them from pitfall to abyss, and through a rear door to the realm of ruin and destruction.

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Islamic Gnosis (Irfan) and Wisdom (Hikmat)

A paper analyzing the features of Islamic law from a Qur'anic perspective. It explains how, according to Islam, politics, morality and worldly affairs cannot be separated from religion.

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Provisions for the Journey (Mishkat), Volume 2

INVESTIGATIONS AND CHALLENGES: Discourses on Current Cultural, Sociopolitical and Religious Issues

The link between the theological seminary and the university is a blessed phenomenon which bears significant and numerous wholesome fruits. On the contrary, the separation of these two culture-building and influential pillars for the society always entails heavy losses. In the attempt to foster this blessed and auspicious connection, many years prior to the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, some individuals from both the seminary and the university have always been active in this field and by understanding the importance of this issue and its strategic standing, they have always tried in many ways to expand and consolidate this connection.

Investigations and Challenges

The present book is a collection of moral lessons that are eloquent expositions of the well known Hadith al-Miraj, as recorded in Daylami’s Irshad al-Qulub and Majlisi’s Bihar al-Anwar. This Divine tradition offers a course in Gnosticism and Islamic philosophy, with practical instructions in ethics and spirituality, unequalled by any other material available.

Journey of Love An Exposition of the Mi'raj Tradition

This work contains a number of speeches, articles, books, and question-and-answer sessions of the erudite professor, Haḍrat Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi (may his sublime presence endure), which have been compiled, edited and published by the author on the subject of Wilayat al-Faqih. We believe that in the current status of our society, wilayat al-faqih constitutes the central pillar of Islam, and its safety contributes to the splendor of Islam and Islamic laws and values in the society. As such, we have decided to elucidate this theory, support it academically and logically, and enlighten the general public, particularly the young generation of our country who probably know very little about this theory and its ramifications, and thus discharge a small part of our religious duty. Likewise, we have tried to deal with all the aspects of this theory to address the subjects which we find significant and controversial. However, things like the brevity of content and the readers’ patience and the time that they have been taken into account as far as possible.

A Cursory Glance at the Theory of Wilayat al-Faqih

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In the Presence of the Beloved

Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi (born on: 1935) is a mujtahid, philosopher, Qura'nic exegete, and a professor in the Islamic Seminary of Qom. He has been the head of Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, a member of the Assembly of Experts of Leadership, a member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, a member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, and the head of the Supreme Council of Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly.

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His teachers include Ayatollah Burujirdi, Imam Khomeini, Allama Tabataba'i, and Ayatollah Bahjat. He rejects the possibility of different readings of the religion and believes that the clergy are authorities in the interpretation of the religion. He believes that the Islamic culture is not compatible with the Western culture. Misbah Yazi has been one of the most important theoreticians and defenders of the theory of Absolute Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist in Iran in the last decades.

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Misbah Yazdi wrote several books concerning Islamic disciplines, such as Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic philosophy, and Islamic doctrines. His works include Amuzish falsafa (Teaching philosophy), Akhlaq dar Qur'an (Ethics in the Qur'an), and Islamic political theory.
<h1>Biography and Education</h1>
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Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi was born in Yazd in 1935. After finishing his primary education, he began studying religious sciences in Shafi'iyya Seminary School in Yazd under the influence of one of his relatives, Shaykh Ahmad Akhundi. He studied preliminary seminary courses in Yazd. Along with formal seminary courses, he also studied modern sciences, such as physics, chemistry, and physiology, as well as French, with a clergy called Muhaqqiqi Rashti.

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He then moved to Najaf to continue his seminary studies. However, he returned to Iran after six months because of financial hardships his family was facing.

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After a while, Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazidi migrated to Qom and studied al-Makasib in jurisprudence, Kifayat al-usul in principles of jurisprudence, and Sharh-i Manzuma in Philosophy. He then attended advanced lectures of jurisprudence taught by Ayatollah Burujirdi and Imam Khomeini. In this period, he met Allama Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i and attended his philosophy and ethics lectures. He also attended the lectures of Ayatollah Bahjat for fifteen years. During his education, Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi was friends with some of his classmates such as Muhammad Husayn Bahjati Ardakani, Ali Bahjati, Ali Pahlavani, Mirza Hasan Nuri, and Ali Akbar Mas'udi Khomayni.

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Muhammad Ali Nahwi

Abd al-Husayn 'Ajamayn

Sayyid Ali Rida Mudarrisi

Mirza Muhammad Anwari

Shaykh Murtada Ha'iri

Shaykh Abd al-Jawad Jabal 'Amili

Imam Khomeini

Ayatullah Burujirdi

'Allama Tabataba'i

Muhammad Ali Araki

Muhammad Taqi Bahjat

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<h1>Teaching</h1>
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Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi began teaching Qur'anic exegesis, as well as ethical and training issues in Haqqani Seminary, where he taught Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Sadr's Falsafatuna (Our Philosophy) and Iqtisaduna (Our Economy). In the next years, he taught al-Asfar al-arba'a and al-Shifa' in Dar Rah-i Haqq, Baqir al-'Ulum, and Imam Khomeini Institutes.

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Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi began teaching since when he was a seminary student and he still continues to teach.

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Ghulam Rida Fayyadi

Mahmud Rajabi

Murtada Aqa Tihrani

Abbas Ali Shamili

Sayyid Ahmad Rahnamayi

Muhsin Gharawiyan

Akbar Mirsipah

Sayyid Muhammad Gharawi

Muhammad Ali Shumali

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<h1>Scholarly Activities</h1>
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In 1967, Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi joined the Haqqani Seminary at the request of Ayatollah Bihishti. At first, he was part of the school's administration, but later, he rested content with teaching Qur'anic exegesis, philosophy, and Islamic jurisprudence. Since 1974, there was a serious dispute between proponents and opponents of Ali Shari'ati in Haqqani Seminary. Ayatollah Misbah and a group of seminary students were opponents of Shari'ati, since they found his interpretations of Islam to be deviated, while others were proponents of Shari'ati's ideas. Because of the tensions, Ayatollah Quddusi, the headmaster of Haqqani Seminary, fired a number of the opponents and proponents from the school, and then Ayatollah Misbah left the school.

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When the educational department of Dar Rah-i Haqq Institute was established, Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi was invited to join the institute. The institute aimed to provide replies to skepticisms about religious doctrines. The educational department of the institute began by admitting a number of seminary students, aiming to train seminary students so that they would be able to reply to such skepticisms. With the expansion of the activities of the educational department, "Baqir al-'Ulum Cultural Foundation" was founded, which was administered by Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi.

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In 1995, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute was founded with the goal of deploying Islamic doctrines in different branches of human sciences and training researchers in Islamic doctrines and human sciences. The institute was administered under the supervision of Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi.

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Since summer 1996, the "Wilayat Project" was launched under the supervision of Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi in cooperation with the Basij. The goal of the project was to introduce university professors and students to principles of the Islamic thought. The texts of courses taught in this project were summaries of the views of Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi and his students.
<h1>Dialogues and Debates</h1>
For years now, Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi's ethics lectures have been held in Ayatollah Khamenei's office in Qom.

In 1981 when Marxist groups had increased their propagations and cultural activities, Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi participated a debate with Ehsan Tabari, Farrokh Negahdar, and Abdolkarim Soroush. In this debate, Misbah Yazdi and Soroush criticized Marxist views. The debate was broadcast on IRIB TV. Ayatollah Misbah continued to criticize Marxism, which cultivated in writing six volumes under Pasdari az sangar-hayi idi'ulujik (Protecting ideological trenches). The volumes consist of his critiques of Marxist views, the first volume of which was published in 1981 and the other five volumes were published in later years.

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After May 23, 1997 (Khordad 2, 1376), Misbah Yazdi attended a TV debate with Muhammad Jawad Hujjati Kirmani. The debate was centered on the cultural policies of the government at the time (the government of Seyyed Mohammad Khatami). Ayatollah Misbah attended the debate as a critic of the governmental policies.
<h1>Official Positions</h1>
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When the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution was established, Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi joined it as a member. For the goal of the Islamization of university textbooks, the Office for Hawza and University Interactions was founded, where Misbah was a main member.

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Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi was a representative of people of Khuzestan in the second term of the Assembly of Experts of Leadership, and a representative of people of Tehran in its third and fourth terms.

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From May 1997 through November 2012, Ayatollah Misbah was the head of the Supreme Council of Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly.

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In 1997, Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi delivered lectures before the sermons of the Friday Prayers in Tehran. The lectures were later published in two volumes under Nazariyya-yi siyasi-yi Islam (Islamic political theory).

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Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi is also a member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.

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From 2011, a group of Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi's students and advocates founded a political organization under the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (Paydari). They introduced Ayatollah Misbah as a member of the Council of the Jurists of their organization. Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi has endorsed their statue and still gives them advice, but he has never accepted an official membership in the organization.
<h1>Works</h1>
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Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi's works are concerned with the exegesis of the Qur'an, Islamic philosophy, Islamic beliefs and Theology, ethics, and Islamic political thought.

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The Secret of Ashura’s Immortality

In the Presence of the Beloved

The Qur’an As Reflected In Nahj Al-Balaghah

Investigations and Challenges

The Status of Women in Islam

Provisions for the Journey (Mishkat), Volume 2

Provisions for the Journey (Mishkat), Volume 1

A Cursory Glance at the Theory of Wilayat al-Faqih

Self-Recognition for Self-Improvement

At-Tawhid or Monotheism

Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi

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