Late Prof. Mahdavi Damghani zealously defended AhlulBayt (a.s.) School in the West

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Monday, 04 July 2022

About the late Professor Mahdavi Damghani, Ayatollah Ramazani stated, “That student of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) school, worked very hard in promoting religious values, insisting on the authentic Islamic teachings, defending the Revelation teachings, especially answering the doubts raised by some so-called intellectuals in the scientific societies of the West, and his efforts has been certainly influential and blessed.”

The late Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani, a pioneer writer and scholar, was born on September 5, 1926, in Mashhad and died on Friday, June 17, 2020, at the age of 95.

Among the works of the deceased are: “Learn sincerity from Ali”, “A Treatise on the Prophet Khidr”, “Noble Princess Shahrbanu”, “In the Paradise of Light”, “Excerpt from Hadiqa al-Haqiqah”, “Excerpt of Saadi’s pomes in Arabic”, “Nasmah Assehr Bezikri Man Tashayyaa wa Sh’er” (edited and researched), “Diwan Khazan” (by Abdullah Ibn Ahmad Khazan) (edited and researched), and Al-Wahshiyat (by Abu Tamam).

Professor Mahdavi Damghani was living in the United States since 1987 and taught in the doctoral and postdoctoral programs at Harvard and Pennsylvania universities in the fields of Islamic studies, Arabic and Persian literature, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Tafsir (Quran’s exegesis), and some other Islamic sciences.

Ayatollah Reza Ramazani, Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in a note titled “Late Prof. Mahdavi Damghani zealously defended AhlulBayt (a.s.) School in the West” expressed some of the characteristics of the deceased.

This note is as follows:

Late Prof. Mahdavi Damghani zealously defended AhlulBayt (a.s.) School in the West

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By Ayatollah Ramazani

July 5, 2022

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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The demise of the learned scholar and professor in knowledge and ethics, the late Dr. Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani (r.a.) caused great grief. In the many meetings I had with him during the years when I was living in the West, the affection and love of the blessed deceased for the Pure Infallibles (a.s.), especially Imam Reza (a.s.) was completely evident.

The last time that I met him was at the Sorbonne University in Paris in a defense session of doctoral thesis of a Shia researcher, and the late Damghani’s passionate defense of Imam Mahdi (a.s.), and the statement of the noble truths of the teachings of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) School in response to the controversies of one of the French professors at the session, was very valuable and important for me.

The late Damghani, the student of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) school, worked very hard in promoting religious values, insisting on the authentic Islamic teachings, defending the Revelation teachings, especially answering the doubts raised by some so-called intellectuals in the scientific societies of the West, and his efforts has been certainly influential and blessed.

I offer my condolences on the loss of that intellectual scholar, to the seminary and academic community of the country, as well as his family and students, and I ask Almighty God for infinite mercy and forgiveness for the deceased.

Reza Ramazani

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