Abdolmohammad Ayati

Abdolmohammad Ayati (; 5 May 1926 – 11 September 2013) was an Iranian author, translator and researcher in the field of philosophy, history and Persian and Arabic literature. He was born on 5 May 1926 in Borujerd, Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran and died on 11 September 2013 in Tehran, Iran. He was selected at the second Iran's Book of the Year Awards for Arabic to Persian translation of the book History of Arabic Language Literature.

Early life and education Abdolmohammad Ayati was born on 5 May 1926 in Borujerd, Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran.He completed his elementary education there. In 1941, Ayati entered high school and in his final years, became interested in the study of religious sciences and went to the NourBakhsh Seminary School where he studied Islamic sciences for several years.

In 1946, He entered the Faculty of Rational and Alterable Studies which is called Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies today, at University of Tehran and received his BA there.

In 1961, for the first time he wrote an article called Swamp which published in Ketabe Hafteh magazine. After that he translated and released the book Ship Wreck written by Rabindranath Tagore.

In 1969, he came to Tehran at the suggestion of the Educational Publishing Center, where he worked. He has served as chief editor of the Ministry of Education's monthly magazine for 10 years until he retired in 1980.

Before retirement, he had published the books Swamp, Ship Wreck, Golden Carriage, History of Wisdom Writing and Translating the Calendar of Countries.

During his retirement he translated Al-Abar, history written by Ibn Khaldun into six volumes and translated books such as the History of Islamic State in Andalusia into 5 volumes and the History of Arabic language literature and the History of philosophy in the Islamic world, etc.

He was a famous translator of Arabic to Persian and has published the Persian translations of the Quran, Nahj al-Balagha and Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya.

Until his death, Ayati was a permanent member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and chairs the Scientific Council of the Encyclopedia of Literary Research there.

Death

Abdolmohammad Ayati died on 11 September 2013 in Imam Hossein Hospital, Tehran, Iran at age 87 due to cardiac arrest.

He buried at Namavaran Segment of Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran, Iran.

Many Iranian officials and authorities sent condolences for his death.