Hossein Ansarian

Hossein Ansarian (born 9 November 1944) is an Iranian Shia cleric.

Early life
Hossein Ansarian was born on November 9th, 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.

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

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.)