Eternal Manifestations
‘Allāmah and the Qur’ān
Story n. 1
‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī was a live, moving manifestation of Sūra Al-‘Asr
from the Qur’ān. The reality of Sūra Al-‘Asr had settled in him, and he
had a special connection with this blessed chapter of the Qu’rān
(sūra). In Tafsīr Al-Mīzan, he says about this sūra: “God Almighty has
elucidated all the learnings of the Qur’ān and all the divine truths and
truths about mankind in the small sūra.”
Ayatullah Hasanzādeh Āmulī
Story n. 2
‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī was extremely humble and modest in relation to the
Qur’ān. He would usually recite verses of the Qur’ān from memory and
would tell us in which chapters (sūwar) those verses were located, and
would also recite verses that were related to that particular verse. The
sessions of Qur’ānic discussion of that late Sayyid [‘Allāmah] were
extremely interesting and informative.
‘Allāmah Tehrānī
Story n. 3
I remember once I had the Holy Qur’ān in my hand and a tafsīr in front
of me. I wanted to open another book and at the same time I did not want
the pages of the Qur’ān to close. As a result I placed the Qur’ān behind
me on the ground. ‘Allāmah immediately picked up the Qur’ān and kissed
it and then said to me, “next time don’t repeat this action”.
Hujjatul Islam Mūsawī Hamadānī
Story n. 4
‘Allāmah would keep awake all the nights of the blessed month of
Ramadhān, and he used to have a great desire to recite the Qur’ān and
would try to recite it out loud.
‘Allāmah’s daughter