A member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom said that that the enemies of Shi’ism and the Shi’ah scholars accuse them of disregarding the Quran and added, “Our jurists were at the forefront of those who give attention to the Quran and those who sought the Quran first.” RNA – Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the first national conference on “The Islamic Seminaries, the Shi’ah Authorities and the Quran” which focused on the views of the late Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel-Lankarani, Ayatollah Mohammad-Javad Fazel-Lankarani said that today the Islamic Seminaries are accused of distorting the Quran so that its voice doesn’t reach anywhere and added, “Undoubtedly, the hand of the Zionists is behind this because the enemies are always afraid of the power of the Shi’ah scholars."
The member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom stated that the enemies of Shi’ism and the Shi’ah scholars accuse them of disregarding the Quran and said, “The enemies accuse the Sunnis of disregarding the narrations and accuse the Shi’ahs of disregarding the Quran and for this reason, we seek to eradicate this misconception by holding conferences on the sciences of the Quran.”
Noting out that Shi’ah scholars pay close attention to the exegesis of the Holy Quran, he said, “Undoubtedly, one of the Shi’ah exegeses is equal to one hundred Sunni exegeses in terms of content because we have also made use of the great sources of narrations in our exegeses of the Holy Quran.”
Ayatollah Fazel-Lankarani emphasized on the superiority and virtue of Shi’ah exegeses over Sunni exegeses and said, “The great Shi’ah scholars have always been among those who give attention and have been concerned with the exegesis of the Holy Quran and must not be accused of neglecting the Holy Quran.”
His Eminence referred to the method of exegesis by the late Ayatollah Fazel-Lankarani and said, “In the context of the lack of distortion of the Holy Quran, he also provided very well-founded and well-documented responses and always defended the Quranic sciences.”
He stated that our jurists were at the forefront of those who give attention to the Quran and those who sought the Quran first and that the misconception that Shi’ah scholars didn’t pay attention to the Holy Quran must be eliminated and added, “There are many examples of exegeses of the religious authorities (the sources of emulation) over the past hundred years which focused on removing the slander and accusations against the Islamic Seminaries and religious authorities and ‘Tafsir al-Qayyim’ by the late Ayatollah Sayyed Abdol-Ala Sabzevari is a clear exemplification of this.”
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