Ayatollah Alireza A’rafi: he was born in pious and Islamic scholar Meibod, Yazd, in 1959. In 1970, he came to Qom and completed his primary course there. At the same time, he started his seminary’s courses, and quickly ended the elementary and level courses; in such a way tha he participated in advanced jurisprudence course of Islamic scholars of Qom in1977. During these years, he participated in philosophy courses and learnt them completely. He learn English and Arabic language along with educating seminary courses, and was not stopped from studying mathematic and west philosophy, and learnt many book which were not common in seminary in that period, and participated in education period of the cooperation office of seminary and university (research center of seminary and university), and engaged in debate of Almizan commentaries and the explanation of Nahjolbalagheh of ibn Abelhadid in holidays. He was the student of professors such as ayatollah sheikh Morteza Haeri, ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, ayatollah Vahid Khorasani, ayatollah Javad Tabrizi, ayatollah Makarem shirazi, ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani.
Some of his responsibilities in the cultural and scientific arena before and now are as follows:
- The chancellor of global center of theological studies and the member of its board of trustees
- The member of social-cultural council of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
- Member of folklore council of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
- The dean of research center of seminary and Qom university
- The dean of behavioral science group of Imam Khomeini institution
- The dean of al- Mustafa international university
- ….
Now, he is teaching and activating in executive works.
Personal Information:
Full Name: Alireza Arafi
Date of Birth: 1960, Meybod
Father’s Name: Mohammad Ebrahim
Foreign Language Proficiency: Fluent in Arabic and English
Field of Study: Educational Sciences
Academic records:
| Degree Level | place of Study | Field of Study | Details |
| Seminary | Qom | Jurisprudence (Fiqh), Principles (Usul) | Ijtihad |
Professors:
The Honorable Ayatollahs: Haeri Yazdi, Fazel Lankarani, Vahid Khorasani, Mirza Javad Tabrizi, Javadi Amoli, Morteza Motahari, Mesbah Yazdi.
Executive records:
- Member of the Supreme Council of the Seminaries
- Head of the Seminaries Nationwide
- Head of the International Society of Al-Mustafa
- Friday Prayer Leader of Qom
- Friday Prayer Leader of Meybod
- Head of the Seminary of Brothers and Sisters in Meybod
- Member of the Jurisprudent of the Guardian Council
- Member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution
Scientific and Research Works:
| Title | Language | year |
| Views of Muslim Scholars on Education and its Foundations (Top Book of Seminaries) | Persian | 1999 |
| Child Rearing: The Educational Biography of the Prophet and the Ahlul-Bayt (Selected in the Third Congress of Religion Scholars of the Country) | Persian | 2002 |
| Views of Muslim Scholars on Education and its Foundations: Imam Mohammad (Ranked first in the twenty-first Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran) | Persian | 2004 |
| Educational Jurisprudence, Volumes 1 and 2, (Winner of the Selected Religious Research of the Year) | Persian |