# Hossein Ansarian

Hossein Ansarian (Persian: حسین انصاریان; born 9 November 1944) is an Iranian Shia cleric.

## Early life

Hossein Ansarian was born on November 9, 1944 in Khansar, Isfahan province, Iran. His father, Muhammad Bagher, was from the Haj Sheikh dynasty, a famous and prestigious family in the Medina and Khvansar. His mother was from the Sayyid Mostafavi family and his nephew, Ali, was a professional footballer and actor who passed away in 2021, due to Covid-19 virus.

## Migration to Tehran

When Hossein was three years old, his family moved to Tehran. And while living in the Khorasan district, Ali Akbar Borhan, a Shia scholar, established the Borhan school in which Hossein attended. After completing high school in 1962, Hussein attended Qom Seminary and continued his higher education in Qom and Tehran Seminary.

## Teachers

He has had several teachers throughout his education, including:
* Ali-Akbar Borhan
* Sayyid Muhammad Taghi Ghazanfari Khvansari
* Seyyed Hossein Alavi Khansari
* Hajj Sayyid Muhammad-Ali ibn al-Ridha Khvansari
* Ali Falsafi
* Hajj Sheikh Abbas Tehrani
* Hajj Agha Hossein Fatemi
* Mohammad Fazel Lankarani
* Sayyid Muhammad Muhaqqiq Damad
* Mirza Hashem Amoli
* Hussein-Ali Montazeri
* Ali Meshkini
* Mohammad Yazdi

## Ansarian's translated books

| Persian title | Translated title | Language(s) |
| Bā Kāravān-e Nūr | Accompanying the Caravan of Light | English |
| Nezām-e Khānevāde dar Eslām | The Family System in Islam/ The Islamic Family Structure | English, Urdu, Russian, Turkish, Arabic |
| Sharh-e Du'a Kumayl | Commentary on Kumayl Devotions | Arabic, Urdu, English |
| Tawbe, Āghūsh-e Rahmat | Repentance, the Bosom of Mercy | Arabic, English, Urdu |
| Dīyār-e 'Āsheqān (Sharh-e Sahīfa al-Sajjādīyya) | The Land of Lovers (Commentary on Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya) | English |
| Ahl-e Bayt | The Prophet's (AS) Household, the Earth Inhabiting Divines | Urdu, Arabic, English, Russian |
| Luqman al-Hakeem | Luqman al-Hakeem | Urdu |

## Books

* Translation of the Holy Qur'an.
* Translation of Nahj al-Balāgha.
* Translation of Sahīfat al-Kāmilat al-Sajjādīyya.
* Translation and paraphrase of Mafātīh al-Janān.
* Commentary on Kūmayl's Devotions. New edition.
* Ahl-e Bayt, 'Arshīyān-e Farshneshīn ("The Prophet's (AS) Household, the Earth Inhabiting Divines").
* Mu'āsherat ("sociability, association").
* Jelve-hā-ye Rahmat-e Elāhī ("Manifestations of Divine Blessings").
* Farhang-e Mehr-varzī ("The Culture of Love").
* 'Ebrat-Āmūz ("Admonitions").
* Zībā'ī-hā-ye Akhlāq ("The Beauties of Good Morals").
* Tawbe, Āghūsh-e Rahmat ("Repentance, the bosom of Mercy").
* Bar Bāl-e Andīshe ("On the Wings of Thought"), 2 vols., in print.
* Bā Kāravān-e Nūr ("Accompanying the Caravan of Light").
* Sīmā-ye Namāz ("The visage of Prayers").
* Luqmān-e Hakīm ("Luqman, the Sage").
* Furūghī az Tarbīyat-e Eslāmī ("Beams of Light from Islamic Education").
* Rasā'il-e Hajj ("Treatises on Pilgrimage to Mecca").
* Dīvān-e Ash'ār (Majmu'a-ye Ghazalīyyāt) ("Poetical Works, Collection of Ghazals).
* Pursesh-hā va Pāsukh-hā ("Questions and Answers"), 5 vols., in print.
* Nezām-e Khānevāde dar Eslām ("The Family System in Islam").
* Mūnes-e Jān ("The Beloved").
* 'Erfān-e Eslāmī (Sharh-e Misbāh al-Sharī'a) ("Islamic Mysticism, Commentary on M.), 15 vols, new edition.
* Dīyār-e 'Āsheqān (Sharh-e Sahīfa al-Sajjādīyya) ("The Land of Lovers, Commentary on S.), 15 vols, in print.
* Seyr-ī dar Ma'āref-e Eslāmī, ("Survey of Islamic Teachings"), vol.1, 'Aql, Kelīd-e Ganj-e Sa'ādat ("Intellect, the Key to the Treasure of Happiness"), vol.2, 'Aql, Mahram-e Rāz-e Malakūt ("Intellect, the Confidant of the Secret of the Heaven"), vol.3, Hadīth-e 'Aql va Nafs ("Discourse on Intellect and Soul").
* Majmū'a-ye Sukhanrānī-hā-ye Mawzū'ī ("Collection of Twenty Lectures Arranged by Topics").
* Eslām va Kār va Kūshesh ("Islam, Work, and Effort").
* Eslām va 'Elm va Dānesh ("Islam, Science, and Knowledge").
* Imām Hasan Ebn-e 'Alī rā Behtar Beshenāsīm ("Let Us Improve Our Knowledge Regarding Hasan b. 'Alī (AS).
* Ma'navīyyat, Asāsī-tarīn Nīyāz-e 'Asr-e Mā ("Spirituality, The Greatest Need of Our Time").
* Besū-ye Qūr'ān va Eslām ("Towards The Qur'an and Islam").
* Marz-e Rushanā'ī ("Border of Light", collection of poetry).
* Munājāt-e 'Ārefān ("Mystics' Devotions", collection of poetry).
* Chashme-sār-e 'Eshq ("Fountain of Love", collection of poetry).
* Golzār-e Muhabbat ("Garden of Love", collection of poetry).
* 'Ebrat-hā-ye Rūzgār ("Lessons of Time").
* Nasīm-e Rahmat ("Breeze of Mercy").
* Akhlāq-e Khūbān ("Moralia of the Good).
* Dar Bārgah-e Nūr ("At the Threshold of Light").
* Chehel Hadīth-e Hajj ("Forty Traditions Regarding Pilgrimage to Mecca").
* Hajj, Vādī-ye Amn ("Pilgrimage to Mecca, the Land of Security").
* Chehre-hā-ye Mahbūb va Manfūr-e Qur'ān ("Loveable and Disgusting Characters in the Qur'an").
* Adab vaĀdāb-e Zā'er ("Pilgrims' Rites").
* Rāhī be Sū-ye Akhlāq-e Eslāmī ("A Path towards Islamic Ethics").
* Velāyat va Rahbarī az Dīdgāh-e Nahj al-Balāgha ("Government and Leadership as Reflected in N.").
* Majmū'a-ye Maqālāt ("Collected Essays").
* 'Ubūdīyyat ("Submission").
* Shifā' dar Qūr'ān ("Cure in Islam").
* Nafts ("Soul").
* Taqrīrāt-e Dars-e Marhūm Āyatullāh al-'Uzmā Hājj Mīrzā Hāshem-e Amulī ("Annotations Taken at the Lectures delivered by the Late A., ms.).
* Taqrīrt-e Dars-e Khrej-e Marhūm Āyatullāh al-'Uzma Hājj Shaykh Abūlfazl-e Najafī-ye Khānsārī ("Annotations Taken at the Lectures Delivered by the Late A. for Students at the Inferential Level", ms.)