The Eternal light
The eternal light is one of the works of the Prolific Iranian author Ayatollah Sobhani.
It is the most comprehensive book about the Holy Prophets life composed based on the most historical Shiite reliable documents.
The author
Ayatollah Jafar sobhani Tabrizi ,contemporary Iranian scholar. Born in 1930, in Tabriz into a religious family. He studied in Persian literature, the books “ Nasaab al- sebyan” , Abwab al- Jenan “ (the doors of paradise) , “ Mo jam History” in the presence of “ Mirza Mahmud Fazel”. Then he continued his studies in “ Tableiyeh school” in Tabriz he was trained into presence of great scholars : Ayatollah Ruhallah khomenini, sheikh Hasan Nahwi and Mirza Muhammad Ali Modems khiyabani Ayatollah sobhani is the founder of “ the center of Islamic theological studies” and also one of the great teachers in “ Qom seminary.
His works
1- Theological books and Mujam al- Mutakallemin
2- Mosoueh
3- The eternal light
4- wahhabism. etc.
The book structure
The following are some of the subjects considered in the book:
1- The Arabian peninsula as the cradle of Islamic revolution
2- Arab people before Islam
3-the state of Iranian and Roman empires
4- The Prophets is ancestors
5- The Prophets is birth
6- The Prophets is child hood
7- The Prophets is youth
8-Acting as a shepherd and being a merchant
9- From his marriage to his Prophetic mission (Be'sat)
10- The first revelation
11- The general invitation
12- Quraysh's judgement about the Koran
13- The first emigration
14- The economic block ad
15- Abu Taleb's death (The Prophets paternal uncle)
16- Me raj (the Ascension) according to history, the Koran
And Hadiths
17- Travelling to tae f
18- Aqaba convention
19- The history of the emigration (from Mecca to Medina)
20- Changing the kiblah
21- Conquering Mecca
22-Ahzab Battle
23- Badr Battle
24- The last haj of the Prophet
25- Idolatry in Arabic Peninsula
26- The Prophet’s mission, etc.
The eternal light was published in 1972 in Qom – Iran.
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