Mirza Mahdi Elahi Qomshehei

• Religion — Islam • Honorific Prefix — Ayatollah • Name — Mahdi Elahi Ghomshei • Born — 1901 • Birthplace — Shahreza, Sublime State of Iran • Died — 15 May 1973 • Place of death — Qom, Imperial State of Iran • Resting Place — Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom • Main Interests — Islamic philosophy, jurisprudence • Disciple Of — Molla Muhammad Mahdi Farzaneh Qomshehei, Hasan Amin Jafari, Sheykh Muhammad hakim Khorasani, Sayyed Hasan Modarres, Aqa Bozorge hakim, The Grand Ayatollah Hajj Aqa Hosein Qommi, Sheykh Asadollah Yazdi, Fazil, Fazin Barsi, Hajj Mirza Hasan faqih Sabzevari Khorasani, Mirza Mahdi Esfahani, Mirza Tahir Tonekaboni

His family were originally from Bahrain. Most of them were sophisticated men of knowledge. They resided in Shahreza, where he was born in 1319 lunar Islamic year. He was known as the reviver of religion (Mohyy Al Din). He selected the title of Elahi in his poems.

He was under supervision of Grand masters from different cities such as Esfahan, Najaf, Mashhad and Tehran.

He had many teachers, including: Molla Muhammad Mahdi Farzaneh Qomshehei, Hasan Amin Jafari. Sheykh Muhammad hakim Khorasani, Sayyed Hasan Modarres, Aqa Bozorge hakim, The Grand Ayatollah Hajj Aqa Hosein Qommi, Sheykh Asadollah Yazdi, Fazil, Fazin Barsi, Hajj Mirza Hasan faqih Sabzevari Khorasani, Mirza Mahdi Esfahani, Mirza Tahir Tonekaboni.

He taught in Sepahsalar School, University of Tehran for 35 years.

Ghomshei translated for the first time the Quran into Persian such that this translation was up to date along with the summary of other commentaries. The translation was also honored by the grand Ayatollah Bojnourdi.

He wrote many books and notes in diverse religious sciences. Some of them are as follows: • Translation of Quran • Selected of Commentaries • Notes on Abul Fotuh Al Razi's commentary in 10 volumes. • Translation and explanation of Sahifah Sajjadiyyah • Divine wisdom • The explanation of fosus Al Hikmah of Al-Farabi • The philosophy of Al-Farabi • The Divine unity of Sages (Doctoral Dissertation) • Mystical courses of Alavid' s school • Treatise in universal philosophy • Treatise in degrees of love

He died on the twelfth of second Rabi 1356 solar. He was buried near the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom in Vadi Al Salam.