5 One of ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī’s eminent teachers in Najaf was...

5 One of ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī’s eminent teachers in Najaf was the great Ayatullah Hājj Sayyid Mīrzā Alī Aghā Qādhī Tabrizi, a Gnostic of great dignity, a jurist of elevated status, and one who enjoyed spiritual disclosures ( mukāshafāt ). Ayatullah Hasanzādeh Āmulī He, Sayyid Mīrzā Alī Aqā, was the son of Mīrzā Husayn Tabātabā’ī Tabrīzī Qādhī. He was a pious, moral, learned scholar and a jurist ( mujtahid ), whose friendship and acquaintance I had for tens of years.

I saw him thus: That he had steadfastness and forbearance when it came to the path and method of akhlāq, and that his behavior was noble and magnanimous… From among the memorable sayings of the late Qādhi is the following: “It is befitting if an individual spends half of his life searching for insāne kāmil (one of the special friends ( awlīyā ) of God)”. ‘Allāmah Shaykh Aghābuzurg Tehrāni There are numerous accounts of the spiritual disclosures ( mukāshafāt ) of the late Qādhī.

For example, he used to prepare the hearts of his students for accepting inspirations from the unseen ( ilhāmāte-ghayb ) by providing them with directives according to Islamic Law. He used to have a room in Masjide Kūfa and Masjide Sahla, where he would occasionally spend the night alone.

It is sufficient to narrate this one sentence from ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī, who was himself such a great scholar and commentator, about his teacher the late Qādhī, in order to understand Sayyid Qādhī’s position: “Whatever I may have, I received it from the late Qādhī, for it is either that which I learnt from him and gained from his presence, or it is that which I attained from this path which I also learnt from the late Qādhī”. ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī Story n.

6 One of ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī’s admirable characteristics was his acknowledgement of the efforts and work of men who contributed to the culture of pure Islām (Shī’ism), even if his own views were not in accordance with their views. ‘Allāmah often highly praised his late teacher Ayatullah Hājj Mīrzā Alī Qādhī Tabātabā’ī and repeatedly used to say whatever we might have, it is from the late Qādhī .