Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi
Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi Mazandarani | |
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| Born | 10 November 1483 |
| Died | 18 February 1546 (aged 62) |
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| Title | Allameh Nouri , Khatamalmohaddesin , Muhaddis Noori |
| Parent(s) | Mohammad Taqi Noori دورهٔ نوزایی , عصر نوزایی , دورهٔ نوزایش شیعه اسلامی |
Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi (Persian: میرزا حسین نوری طبرسی, Arabic: الميرزا حسين النوري الطبرسي) (1838 - 1902) popularly known as Muhaddis Noori / Al-Mohaddith Al-Noori, was a top Shi'a Islamic cleric and father of Islamic Shi'a Renaissance.[1]
He came from the town of Noor, Northern Iran in province Tabarestan. He died at the age of 66 years in Najaf and was laid to rest on the right side of the entrance to the Mausoleum of Imam Ali.
Life
Noori was born on 18th of the Islamic month of Shawwal in 1254 AH at the northern Iranian city of Nour in Mazandaran. Following the completion of his preliminary studies, he strove to scrutinize the vast hadith literature and became an authority in this regard. Allameh Sheikh Agha Bozorg Tehrani,[who?] considers him to be one of the most eminent, honorable, and precedent companions of the great Mirza Shirazi. The documents remaining from the Tobacco Movement he was prominent in that movement.
Education
Noori studied in Iraq under leading scholars including Ayatollah Shaikh Morteza Ansari and Mirza Mohammed Hassan Husseini Shirazi. He was an authority on Islamic sciences, including hadith, exegesis of the Holy Qur'an, theology, and biography of ulema.
Noori’s masters were:
- Clergyman Mola Fatholah Soltan Abadi
- Molla Shekh Ali Khalili, the jurisprudent
- Mo’ez aldin Seyed Mehdi Ghazvini
- Mirza Mohammad Hashem Khansari
- Ayatollah Haj Molla Kani
Works
Noori was an authority on Islamic sciences, including hadith, exegesis of the Holy Qur'an, theology, and biography of ulema. He groomed numerous students, including Shaikh Abbas Qomi, the author of the famous prayer and supplication manual, "Mafatih al-Jinaan" (Keys of Paradise). He wrote numerous works in both Persian and Arabic, many of them were translated to other languages including English and Urdu. His works include:
- Mustadrak al-Wasāʼil wa-mustanbaṭ al-masāʼil. One of the Shia Hadith-collection books comprising approximately 18 volumes.[2]
- An-Najm Al-Thāqib fī Aḥwāl Al-Imām Al-Ḥujja Al-Ghāʼeb (translated to English as the Shooting star). A comprehensive book regarding the twelfth Imam of Twelver Shias,[3] written originally in Persian, and was translated lately to English, Arabic and Urdu. English Translation of: The Shooting Star - An-Najmus Saaqib Fee Ahwaal-e-Imaamul Ghaaeb in PDF format [4]
- Kashf Al-Astār ʿAn Wajh Al-Ghāʼeb ʿAn Al-Abṣār. A refutation to Sunnis regarding the twelfth Imam too, written in Arabic.[5]
- Jannat Al-Maʼwā fīman Fāz Biliqāʼ Al-Ḥujja fī Al-Ghayba Al-Kubrā. A collection of tales of those who claim to met the twelfth Imam during the Major Occultation period, and it was written in Arabic.[6]
- Nafas Ar-Raḥmān fī Faḍāʼil Salmān. A biography of Salman the Persian.[7]
- Al-Fayḍ Al-Qudsī fī tarjamat al-ʿAllāmah al-Majlisī. A comprehensive biography of the 17th century renowned cleric Muhammad Baqir Majlisi, and it was printed with Biḥār al-Anwār, and lately printed again separately.[8]
- Dār As-Salām fīmā Yataʿallaq Bi Ar-Ruʼyā wal Manām. A treatise on dreams interpretation.
- Faṣl al-khiṭāb fī ithbāt taḥrīf kitāb Rabb al-arbāb.Meaneing "final argument in the distortion of the book of God of gods". On distortion of Qur'an. This book is his masterpiece and also the most controversial. this book's content was, anyway, disputed by some Shia clergymen while some other have been silence or even defends the very argument and resources of the book.[9] PDF Format : Columbia University City of New York, Digitized by Google [2]
- LoʼLoʼ va Marjān dar Shart-i Aval-u Dovom Roze-Khōnān. Includes recommendations to preachers.[10]
Death
Noori died on 27th of the Islamic month of Jamadi as-Sani in 1320 AH, aged 66, in Najaf. He was buried on the right side of the entrance to the Mausoleum of Imam Ali (AS).
Allameh Mohaddes Nouri University
Allameh Mohaddes Nouri University or AMNU (Persian: دانشگاه علامه محدث نوری), formerly known as Institute of Higher Education, is a non-gonvernmental and non-profit university which was founded in 1996 in the town of Noor, Iran through an official license from Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) with the mission to advance knowledge, science and technology, and train competent and creative talents at undergraduate and graduate levels. It was named after Noori's name.[11]
Notes
- ^ in Persian: دورهٔ نوزایی شیعه اسلامی , عصر نوزایی شیعه اسلامی , دورهٔ نوزایش شیعه اسلامی
- ^ Agha Bozorg Tehrani (1983). adh-Dharīʿa ilā tasānīf ash-Shīʿa - volume 21 (in Arabic) (Hardcover ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adwaa’. p. 7.
- ^ Agha Bozorg Tehrani (1983). adh-Dharīʿa ilā tasānīf ash-Shīʿa - volume 24 (in Arabic) (Hardcover ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adwaa’. p. 69.
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- ^ Agha Bozorg Tehrani (1983). adh-Dharīʿa ilā tasānīf ash-Shīʿa - volume 18 (in Arabic) (Hardcover ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adwaa’. p. 11.
- ^ Agha Bozorg Tehrani (1983). adh-Dharīʿa ilā tasānīf ash-Shīʿa - volume 5 (in Arabic) (Hardcover ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adwaa’. p. 159.
- ^ Agha Bozorg Tehran (1983). adh-Dharīʿa ilā tasānīf ash-Shīʿa - volume 24 (in Arabic) (Hardcover ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adwaa’. p. 264.
- ^ Agha Bozorg Tehrani (1983). adh-Dharīʿa ilā tasānīf ash-Shīʿa - volume 16 (in Arabic) (Hardcover ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adwaa’. p. 408.
- ^ Agha Bozorg Tehrani (1983). adh-Dharīʿa ilā tasānīf ash-Shīʿa - volume 8 (in Arabic) (Hardcover ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adwaa’. p. 20.
- ^ Agha Bozorg Tehrani (1983). adh-Dharīʿa ilā tasānīf ash-Shīʿa - volume 18 (in Arabic) (Hardcover ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adwaa’. p. 37.
- ^ "About the University". Allameh Mohaddes Nouri University Website. Retrieved 1 February 2015.