Abdollah Javadi-Amoli

عبدالله جوادی آملی

b. 1933 · Iran · Shia marja, philosopher and Qur'an commentator in Qom

Abdollah Javadi-Amoli was born in Amol, on Iran’s Caspian coast, in 1933. He began religious study in Amol, first with his father, a religious scholar, then continued in Tehran from 1950 in jurisprudence, legal theory, philosophy and mysticism. In 1955 he moved to Qom, where he studied with Hossein Borujerdi, Ruhollah Khomeini and Muhammad Husayn Tabataba’i.

He taught in the Qom seminary for decades and became known as a scholar who joins jurisprudence with the Islamic philosophy and gnosis of the Mulla Sadra tradition. From 1976 he gave lessons in Qur’anic exegesis, which grew into his large commentary Tasnim. He served as Friday prayer leader in Qom until he resigned in 2009 and carried Khomeini’s letter to Mikhail Gorbachev in January 1988.

Much of his output consists of lecture series published as books in Persian and Arabic on philosophy, theology, the Qur’an, ethics and society. English translations by Shia publishers include works on theistic arguments, the environment, nobility in the Qur’an and the understanding of the Qur’an.

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Archived 19 October 2026 · Biography sources: en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · archive.org

Works

Books 5

BOOK 2002 · English

A Commentary on Theistic Arguments

A discussion of arguments for the existence of God and the nature of knowledge, in an English translation published by Ansariyan.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Javadi-Amoli, Abdollah. A Commentary on Theistic Arguments. 2002. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/a_commentaryon_theistic_arguments. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/abdollah-javadi-amoli/#abdollah-javadi-amoli-a-commentary-on-theistic-arguments

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BOOK 2008 · English

Islam and the Environment

A study of Islamic teaching on the natural world, human responsibility for the earth and the use of resources.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Javadi-Amoli, Abdollah. Islam and the Environment. 2008. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/islamandtheenvironmentjavadiamuli. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/abdollah-javadi-amoli/#abdollah-javadi-amoli-islam-and-the-environment

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BOOK 2016 · English

Nobility in the Qur'an

A study of the Qur'anic idea that true nobility lies in God-consciousness, drawing on verses and reports of the Imams.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Javadi-Amoli, Abdollah. Nobility in the Qur'an. 2016. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/jawadi-amuli-nobility-in-the-quran-isra-2016. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/abdollah-javadi-amoli/#abdollah-javadi-amoli-nobility-in-the-quran

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BOOK 2018 · English

On the Journey towards Understanding the Qur'an

A work on how the Qur'an is to be approached and understood.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Javadi-Amoli, Abdollah. On the Journey towards Understanding the Qur'an. 2018. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/jawadi-amuli-on-the-journey-towards-understanding-the-quran. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/abdollah-javadi-amoli/#abdollah-javadi-amoli-on-the-journey-towards-understanding-the-quran

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BOOK English

Wilayat in Quran

A study of the Qur'anic basis of wilayat (guardianship) in Shia thought.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Javadi-Amoli, Abdollah. Wilayat in Quran. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/jawadi-amuli-wilayat-in-quran. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/abdollah-javadi-amoli/#abdollah-javadi-amoli-wilayat-in-quran

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