Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani آيت الله العظمى جعفر سبحانى | |
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![]() Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani | |
Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution | |
In office 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979 | |
Constituency | East Azerbaijan Province |
Personal details | |
Born | Tabriz, Iran | 9 April 1929
Political party | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom |
Other political affiliations | Muslim People's Republic Party (1979) |
Children | Saeid Sobhani |
Website | http://tohid.ir/ |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Twelver Shīʿā |
School | Jaʿfari |
Main interests | Theological work |
Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani (Persian: جعفر سبحانی) (born 9 April 1929 in Tabriz)[1] is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja, influential theologian and writer. Sobhani was a former member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and founder of Imam Sadiq Institute in Qom.[2][3][1]