An Outlook on the Article “Theoretic Contraction and Expansion of Religious Law” (written by Dr. Sorush)

This is another work of Allameh Tehrani.

The author
Allameh Seyyed Muhammad Hossein Hosseini Tehrani, outstanding scholar, theosophist, philosopher, theologian and literary man in the 21st century. He was born in 1926 in Tehran. Allameh had studied mechanics successfully and could go abroad, continue his eduacation and work, but he started studying religious sciences. Allameh went to “Qom Hawzeh” and studied philosophy, commentary ####and theosophy in the presence of great philosopher; “Allameh Tabatabaei” and other masters for 7 years. Then he went to Najaf at the age of 27 to continue his studies. He studied jurisprudence (Fiqh), methodology (Osul) and Hadith under great jurisconsults and scholars. Allameh was also trained in the presence of great scholars and theosophists: Sheikh Abbas Qochani, Seyyed Jamal al-Din Golpayegani, Sheikh Muhammad Javad Ansari and the prominent theosophist; “Seyyed Hashem Mousavi Haddad” who was one of the greatest students of “Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Qazi Tabatabaei”. “Haddad” had a profound effect on Allameh’s life. Allameh Tehrani passed away in 1995 in Mashhad.

Structure of the book
- The authenticity and eternity of the divine religion and limitation of human’s comprehension
- The greatness and superiority of the Islamic sciences over the modern sciences
- The Quran and mysticism as the bases of seminaries
- Temperament as the genesis way of perfection
- Logic of the Quran is the validity of the intellect and certainty, not imaginary theories, etc.

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