Ayatollah Khamenei Condoles Pakistani Scholars, Islamic Seminaries

IQNA – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution offered condolences to scholars and Islamic seminaries in Pakistan over the death of distinguished Quran translator and interpreter Sheikh Mohsin Ali Najafi.

In a message on Wednesday, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the news of death of Hojat-ol-Islam Sheikh Najafi caused grief and sadness.

The leader expressed condolences to Pakistan’s scholars and Islamic seminaries, Sheikh Najafi’s family and those who loved him, especially the Shia Muslims of Pakistan’s Gilgit–Baltistan region.

Ayatollah Khamenei also prayed for divine mercy and elevation of the rank of the pious scholar’s soul and patience and divine reward for the bereaved family.  

The founder of Jamia Al-Kawthar Islamic Seminary, Najafi died in Islamabad on Tuesday at the age of 84.

He was the representative of Ayatollah al-Sistani in Pakistan.

He also served as the president of the county’s Supreme Council of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) Assembly.

Najafi wrote a number of books in Arabic and Urdu, including Al Kauthar fi Tafsir Al Quran, which is an Urdu exegesis of the Holy Quran written in an easy to understand language.

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