All the great individuals in the religious seminary ( hawza...

All the great individuals in the religious seminary ( hawza ‘Ilmiyah ) of Qum who have currently taken upon the task of teaching the principles of the Ja’farī school of thought were his students. His excellent Tafsīr Al-Mīzān that is the cause of pride in the intellectual world is one of his precious literary monuments and the mother of all his works. Ayatullah Hasanzādeh Āmulī Story n.

5 From the time that I received Al-Mīzān, I no longer used the rest of my library, for this book was always on my studying table. Imām Mūsa Sadr narrated from Shaykh Muhammad Jawād Mughniye Story n. 6 ‘Allāmah stayed up on the night of Qadr researching and studying the verses of the Qur’ān and finally completed his tafsīr on this auspicious night, which is the equivalent of 1000 months.

At last at the end of Al-Mīzān he wrote: “With the praise and grace of God the writing of this book has come to an end on this blessed night, the 23rd night of the Holy month of Ramadhan…” Ayatullah Hasanzādeh Āmulī Story n. 7 One day he (‘Allāmah) called for me and said, “I would like Al-Mīzān to be translated and I believe you should do this” .

I accepted the offer and translated the first volume which was in Arabic – and contained very precise and condensed information – into two volumes [of Farsi]. One day I visited him and said, “Agha! You are a learned scholar but I am someone who cannot resort to others (taqlīd) in certain matters.

Therefore as I translate your discussions do I have your permission to write any difference of opinion I might have in the footnotes?” He replied with one meaningful sentence, “ Let us discuss and criticize between ourselves first, and not among the public.” Accepting my point of view is an indication of his academic justice and noble spirit. From then on whenever I had an objection to make I would first discuss it with him, and if I was not satisfied then only would I write it in the footnotes.

Ayatullah Makārim Shīrāzī Story n. 8 One day I met ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī and said to him, “This great tafsīr [Tafsīr Al-Mīzān] has not yet been recognized in the religious seminary ( hawza ) as it should be, nor have people realized its true value.