Ja'far Sobhani

Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani
آيت الله العظمى جعفر سبحانى
Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani
Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office
15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
ConstituencyEast Azerbaijan Province
Personal details
Born (1929-04-09) 9 April 1929 (age 95)
Tabriz, Iran
Political partySociety of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Other political
affiliations
Muslim People's Republic Party (1979)
ChildrenSaeid Sobhani
Websitehttp://tohid.ir/
ReligionIslam
DenominationTwelver Shīʿā
SchoolJaʿfari
Main interestsTheological work

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]

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  2. ^ "H.E. Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani". themuslim500.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani". iis.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.