Abdolmohammad Ayati ( fa, عبدالمحمد آیتی) was an Iranian author, translator and researcher in the field of philosophy, history and

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literature. He was born on 5 May 1926 in

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, Lorestan Province,

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and died on 11 September 2013 in

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, Iran. He was selected at the second

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for Arabic to Persian translation of the book History of Arabic Language Literature.

Early life and education

Abdolmohammad Ayati was born on 5 May 1926 in

, Lorestan Province, Iran.He completed his elementary education there. In 1941, Ayati entered high school and in his final years, became interested in the study of religious sciences and went to the ''NourBakhsh'' Seminary School where he studied Islamic sciences for several years. In 1946, He entered the ''Faculty of Rational and Alterable Studies'' which is called

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today, at

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

and received his BA there.

Career

After obtaining a bachelor's degree, he joined the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

and went to

Babol Babol ( fa, بابل, , known as "Orange Blossom City" , also Romanized as Bābol; formerly known as Barfrouch) is the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Babol is divided into two metropolitan areas (under Iranian law). At the ...

to teach. He has been teaching for over 30 years in

and in the other cities of

and has served as chief editor of the

's monthly magazine and has taught

and

literature at Farabi University and Damavand University. In 1961, for the first time he wrote an article called ''Swamp'' which published in ''Ketabe Hafteh'' magazine. After that he translated and released the book

Ship Wreck A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately ...

written by

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

. In 1969, he came to

at the suggestion of the ''Educational Publishing Center'', where he worked. He has served as chief editor of the

's monthly magazine for 10 years until he retired in 1980. Before retirement, he had published the books ''Swamp'', ''Ship Wreck'', ''Golden Carriage'', ''History of Wisdom Writing'' and Translating the ''Calendar of Countries''. During his retirement he translated Al-Abar, history written by

Ibn Khaldun Ibn Khaldun (; ar, أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, ; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732-808 AH) was an Arab The Historical Muhammad', Irving M. Zeitlin, (Polity Press, 2007), p. 21; "It is, o ...

into six volumes and translated books such as the ''History of Islamic State in Andalusia'' into 5 volumes and the ''History of Arabic language literature'' and the ''History of philosophy in the Islamic world'', etc. He was a famous translator of

and has published the Persian translations of the

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing.: ...

Nahj al-Balagha ''Nahj al-Balagha'' ( ar, نَهْج ٱلْبَلَاغَة ', 'The Path of Eloquence') is the best-known collection of sermons, letters, and sayings attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, fourth Rashidun Caliph, first Shia Imam and the cousin and ...

and

Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya ''Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya'' ( ar, ٱلصَّحِيفَة ٱلسَّجَّادِيَّة, translit=Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya, lit=the scripture of al-Sajjad, ) is a book of supplications attributed to Ali ibn Husayn, the great-grandson of the Is ...

. Until his death, Ayati was a permanent member of the

Academy of Persian Language and Literature The Academy of Persian Language and Literature (APLL) ( fa, فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی, ''Farhangestân-e Zabân-o Adab-e Fârsi'') is the regulatory body for the Persian language, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. Formerly ...

and chairs the ''Scientific Council of the Encyclopedia of Literary Research'' there.

Death

Abdolmohammad Ayati died on 11 September 2013 in Imam Hossein Hospital,

at age 87 due to cardiac arrest. He buried at ''Namavaran Segment'' of

Behesht-e Zahra Behesht-e Zahra ( fa, بهشت زهرا, lit. ''The Paradise of Zahra'', from Fatima az-Zahra) is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, it is connected to the city by Tehran Metro Line 1. History I ...

, Iran. Many Iranian officials and authorities send condolences for his death.

Bibliography

Compilations

* Moallaght Sabe, ''Seven Pendants'', 1966 * Tahrire Tarikhe Vassaf, ''Writing of the Descriptioned History'', 1967 * Dastane Khosro va Shirin, ''The Story of

Khosrow and Shirin Khosrow and Shirin ( fa, خسرو و شیرین) is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the lov ...

'', Poem by

Nizami Ganjavi Nizami Ganjavi ( fa, نظامی گنجوی, lit=Niẓāmī of Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja, translit=Niẓāmī Ganjavī; c. 1141–1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was ''Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ...

, 1974 * Shokouhe Ghasideh, ''The glory of the ode'', 1985 * Gozideye Makhzanol Asrar: Az Panj Ganje Nezami Ganjavi, ''Selected of Secrets Reservoir: From Five Treasures of

'', 1988 * Gozideye Khosro va Shirin, ''Brief of

'', Poems by

, 1991 * Gozideye Leili va Majnoon, ''Brief of

Layla and Majnun ''Layla & Majnun'' ( ar, مجنون ليلى ; Layla's Mad Lover) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his ladylove Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya). "The Layl ...

'', Poems by

, 1991 * Gozideye Eskandarnameh, ''An excerpt from

's Eskandarnameh'', 1993 * Ganjoure Panj Ganj: Gozideh Ashare Nezami Ganjavi, ''Treasurer five treasure: Selection of

poems'', 1995 * Sharhe Manzoomeye Manli va Panzdah Gheteye Digar az Nima Yooshij, ''Description of the Manley Epopee and fifteen other pieces by

Nima Yooshij Nimā Yushij ( fa, نیما یوشیج) (11 November 1895 – 4 January 1960), also called Nimā (), born Ali Esfandiāri (), was an Iranian poet. He is famous for his style of poetry which he popularized, called ''she'r-e now'' (, lit. "new p ...

'', 1996 * Renda, ''Renda: Twenty stories from twenty contemporary Syrian writers'', 1997 * Pire Neishabour, ''An old man from

Nishapur Nishapur or officially Romanized as Neyshabur ( fa, ;Or also "نیشاپور" which is closer to its original and historic meaning though it is less commonly used by modern native Persian speakers. In Persian poetry, the name of this city is w ...

: An excerpt from

Attar Attar or Attoor ( ar, عطار, ) may refer to: People *Attar (name) *Fariduddin Attar, 12th-century Persian poet Places *Attar (Madhya Pradesh), the location of Attar railway station, Madhya Pradesh, India *Attar, Iran, a village in Razavi Kho ...

's poems'', 1997 * Raze Sakhreha: Majmoueye Dastan, ''The Secret of the Rocks: A Story Collection'', 1998 * Ghesseye Barbod va 20 Ghesseye Digar az

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

, ''The Story of Barbod and 20 Other Story from Shahnameh'', 2001 * Dar Tamame Toule Shab, ''In All the Night Duration, explanation for four long poems of

'', 2004 * Safireh Sokhan, ''Ambassador of the Speech: A Collection of Articles by Professor Abdolmohammad Ayati on Literary Criticism, Theology and Mysticism, History and History of Islam'', 2006 * Tafsiri bar Shere Shamsol Manaqeb, ''An Interpretation of Shams al-Manaqib's Poetry by Shams al-Shoa'ra Soroush Esfahani'', Poem by Soroush Esfahani, 2008 * Baharestane Sokhan, ''Springiness of the Speech'', 2009

Translations

* Kashtie Shekasteh,

, by

, 1961 * Taghvim al-Baladaan, ''Calendar of Countries'', by

Abu'l-Fida Ismāʿīl b. ʿAlī b. Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Shāhanshāh b. Ayyūb b. Shādī b. Marwān ( ar, إسماعيل بن علي بن محمود بن محمد بن عمر بن شاهنشاه بن أيوب بن شادي بن مروان ...

, 1970 * Ghazalhaye Abu Nuwas, ''Abu Nuwas sonnets'', by

Abu Nuwas Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī (variant: Al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī 'Abd al-Awal al-Ṣabāḥ, Abū 'Alī (), known as Abū Nuwās al-Salamī () or just Abū Nuwās Garzanti ( ''Abū Nuwās''); 756814) was a classical Arabic poet, ...

, 1971 * Tarikhe Falsafeh dar Jahane Eslami, ''History of Philosophy in the Islamic World'', by

Hanna Al-Fakhoury Hanna-l-Fakhoury ( ar, حنا الفاخوري, Ḥānna Al-Faḫūry 1914 – October 4, 2011) was a Lebanese Melkite priest, member of the Missionaries of St. Paul Society, philosopher and linguist. He was born in Zahlé, Lebanon, where his f ...

, 1976 * Amorzesh, ''The Epistle of Forgiveness'', by

Al-Ma'arri Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī ( ar, أبو العلاء المعري, full name , also known under his Latin name Abulola Moarrensis; December 973 – May 1057) was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer. Despite holding a controversially irreli ...

, 1978 * Tarikhe Adabiate Zabane Arabi, ''History of Arabic language literature'', by

, 1982 * Darbareye Falsafeye Eslami: Ravesh va Tatbigh An, ''About Islamic Philosophy: The method and its adaptation'', by Ibrahim Madkour, 1982 * Al-Abar, Al-Abar: Tarikhe Ibne Khaldoun, ''The Lessons: History written by

'', 6 volumes, 1984–1992 * Tarikhe Dolate Eslami dar Andolos, ''History of Islamic State in Andalusia'', by Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ʻInān, 5 volumes, 1987–1992 * Qurane Majid, ''Glorious Quran'', 1992 * Tarjomeye Farsi Al-Gharat, ''Persian Translation of Al-Gharat'', by Ibrahim Saqafi, 1992 * Hejaz dar Sadre Eslam, '' Hejaz in the early days of Islam: An investigation into civil and administrative affairs'', by Ahmad Ali (Author), Ahmad Ali, 1996 * Joze Siome Qurane Majid, ''Thirty

Juz' A ''juzʼ'' (Arabic: جُزْءْ, plural: ''ajzāʼ'', literally meaning "part") is one of thirty parts of varying lengths into which the Quran is divided. It is also known as para (پارہ/পারা) in Iran and the Indian subcontinent. The ...

: With Farsi translation and Quran teaching'', 1996 *

, ''Collection of

Imam Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

sermons, letters and aphorisms'', by

Al-Sharif al-Radi Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad bin al-Ḥusayn bin Mūsā ( ar, ابو الحسن محمد بن الحسين بن موسى الأبرش الموسوي; 970 – 1015), also known as al-Sharīf al-Raḍī ( ar, الشريف الرضي; fa, شريف ...

, 1997 * Basi Ranj Bordam, ''I suffered a lot ...: Ferdowsi on the ups and downs'', by Satem Vaqzadeh, 1998 * Mokhtasareh Tarikhod Doval, ''Brief History of States'', by

Bar Hebraeus Gregory Bar Hebraeus ( syc, ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ, b. 1226 - d. 30 July 1286), known by his Syriac ancestral surname as Bar Ebraya or Bar Ebroyo, and also by a Latinized name Abulpharagius, was an Aramean Maphrian (regional prim ...

, 1998 * Tafsire Hedayat, ''Interpretation of guidance'', by

Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi al-Husayni al-Modarresi ( ar, محمد تقي الحسيني المدرسي; fa, ; b. 1945) is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja' and political theorist. al-Modarresi is the author of over 400 books on matters ...

, 1999 * Masjede Sharife Nabavi dar Toule Tarikh, '' Sharif Prophetic Mosque throughout history'', by Abdolghader Ansari, 2000 * Shahnameye Ferdowsi, by Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi, Arabic writing by

Bondari Esfahani Qiwam al-Din al-Fath ibn Ali ibn Muhammad al-Bundari al-Isfahani, commonly known as Bundari (or al-Bundari; died after 1241/2) was an Iranian writer, who is notable for translating the Persian epic poem ''Shahnameh'' into Arabic. The only informa ...

, 2001 * Majamal Odaba, ''Litterateur Glossary'', by

Yaqut al-Hamawi Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) ( ar, ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine Greek ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th-13th centuries). He is known for ...

, 2002 * Havadesol JameEh: Rooydadhaye Gharne Haftome Hejri, ''Great events: 7th Century AH Events'', by Kamalleddin Ibn Fouti, 2002 * Dadkhahi Heyvanat Nazd Padeshahe Parian az Setame Adamian, ''Animal lawsuit to the Fairy King of human oppression'', by

Brethren of Purity The Brethren of Purity ( ar, إخوان‌ الصفا, Ikhwān Al-Ṣafā; also The Brethren of Sincerity) were a secret society of Muslim philosophers in Basra, Iraq, in the 9th or 10th century CE. The structure of the organization and the id ...

, 2003 * Nazmol Hoda, ''Organized Gifts: Ordered and prosed translation and description of

Surah A ''surah'' (; ar, سورة, sūrah, , ), is the equivalent of "chapter" in the Qur'an. There are 114 ''surahs'' in the Quran, each divided into '' ayats'' (verses). The chapters or ''surahs'' are of unequal length; the shortest surah ('' Al-K ...

'', by Ibrahim Sajjadi, 2004 * Sahifeye Sajjadieh, ''

'', by

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ...

, 2005 * Fehreste Aelam Al-Abar (Al-Abar, Tarikhe Ibne Khaldoun), ''Announcement list of Al-Abar (History written by

)'', by

, 2005 * Ayzis, A Play written by

Tawfiq al-Hakim Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim ( arz, توفيق الحكيم, ; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. The triumphs and failures that ar ...

, 2008 * Vaghaye Negari Khalijeh Fars: Bakhshe Tarikhe Iran, ''Persian Gulf Events: The History of Iran Section'', by John Gordon Lorimer, 2009 * Iran dar Ketabe Nuzhat al-mushtāq fi'khtirāq al-āfāq, ''Iran in the book

Tabula Rogeriana The ''Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq'' ( ar, نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق, lit. "The Book of Pleasant Journeys into Faraway Lands"), commonly known in the West as the ''Tabula Rogeriana'' (lit. "''The Book of ...

'', by

Muhammad al-Idrisi Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi ( ar, أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; la, Dreses; 1100 – 1165), was a Islamic geography, Muslim geo ...

, 2009 * Shahrzad, '' Shahrzad'', by

, 2010

Awards

* Selected at the second

for Arabic to Persian translation of the book History of Arabic language Literature, 1983 * Elected at Second Period of

Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame or Ever-lasting Names / People ( fa, چهره‌های ماندگار; read as "Čehre-hā-ye Māndegār") is a formal ceremony to honor influential contemporary scientific and cultural Eminents. The title ...

, 2002 *

Order of Persian Politeness Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...

, (1st Order), 2011

References

External links

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