‘Allamah Tabataba’i was very affectionate with his children, as well as his grandchildren. Sometimes he would spend an hour of his valuable time listening to our chatting, or teaching us how to...
Read More »A Message from Allah to Allamah Tabatabaei
I am Shah Husayn Wali! God says [to you] “in these 18 years when have I ever let you go hungry that you have now abandoned your studies and fallen into the thought that until when will the relations between Iraq and Iran remained strained and when will they send …
Read More »Book: Shining Sun: In Memory of ‘Allamah Tabataba’i
Shining Sun (a translation of Mihr-i Taban) is a tribute to the life and thought of the renowned Islamic scholar, Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba’i, written soon after his death by...
Read More »The Strange and Miraculous Story of ‘Allama Tabataba’i’s Burial
This story is told by the studious historian, Dr. Rasool Ja’farian in his Maqalat va resalat-e tarikhi (Daftar-e chaharom), quoting from Hujjat al-Islam Mohammad Hossein Ash’ari, son of late Ayatollah Ali Asghar Ash’ari Qomi, one of the...
Read More »Why Allama Tabatabaei Did not Invite Guests?
He lived in a rented house and I remember that he moved from one house to another several times. His house was very small and humble that he could not even receive his...
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