Abul Fazl Burqae Qomi

Biography Ayatollah Borqei was born in 1908, and was the son of a Shi'ite cleric, Sayyid Ahmad. His family tree is traced directly back to the eighth Shia Imam, Ali al-Rida. The surname "Burqa'i" stems from an ancestral tradition where his forebears were described as exceptionally handsome, prompting them to wear a face-covering (burqa) when appearing in public. His education started at the age of twelve. At adulthood, he gained scholarly knowledge and was a teacher at one of Qom's seminaries. and denied the existence of Muhammad al-Mahdi, the son of Hasan al-Askari.

Selected bibliography Aql wa Deen - An explanation of reason and religion. Tabishi az Qur'an - A three-volume tafsir of the Qur'an. Khurafat hawl Ziyarat al-Qubur - A book refuting the religious rituals done by Shi'ites. Al'aemal al-Halal wal-Haram fi Ziyarat qubur al-Nabi - A book explaining the guidelines for pilgrimage to the grave of Muhammad. Kasr al-Sanam - A comprehensive book-length treatise and refutation of the book "Kitab al-Kafi" by medieval Shi'a scholar Al-Kulayni.

In addition to all of these, Borqei translated Ibn Taymiyyah's Minhaj as-Sunnah into Persian, becoming the first scholar to do so.