A 250 Years Old Person

The 250 Years Old man

The front cover of A 250 Years Old Person
Authors Ali Khamenei
Translator Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly
Country Lebanon
Language English
Published 2014

A 250 Years Old Person (Persian: انسان 250 ساله ‎‎) is a book by Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Islamic Republic of Iran. It is a collection of lectures and writing of him. This book consists of 17 chapters.

Author

Main article: Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei was born in July 1939 at Mashhad, Iran. He is an Iranian cleric and politician who was as president from 1981 until 1988 and now is as leader of Islamic Republic of Iran. He studied Islamic courses at Qom under dominant Shia Marja' and scholars such as Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of Iranian Revolution.[1][2]

Content

A 250 Years Old Person is the collection of lectures and writings of the Ali Khamenei. It consists of 17 chapters. It starts with life of Mohammad and ends with Hasan al-Askari, 11th Imam of Shia. The first three chapters are about social and political situation of Islamic Community, from the Day of Ashura to the spiritual leadership of Ja'far al-Sadiq The main concepts of the book are the lifestyle of Imams and their aim in life. The period of 250 years is applied to the tenth Lunar Hijri year until the Minor Occultation.[3] According to this book, Mohammad prophet and twelve Imams apparently had varies proceeding in their lifestyle, but in whole they tried to reach to the one aim.[4]

Translation

According to the Tasnim News Agency, Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly stated that it has been published for second time in United States. It has also been translated in French and Swahili.[5] This book has been translated in urdu in March 2015 in Karachi by "Khana Farhang Iran".

See also

References

  1. ↑ : The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ali Khamenei Rahbar of Iran". britannica.
  2. ↑ Murphy, John (2007). Ali Khamenei (Modern World Leaders). Chelsea House Publications. p. 143. ISBN 978-0791095171.
  3. ↑ "The 250-year-old Man" (PDF). POL Literary Agency. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ↑ AAL E IMRAN. "250 Year Old Human". iqraonline. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Staff, Writer. "Americans reception of the "250-year-old man."". tasnimnews (in Persian). Retrieved 4 September 2016.

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