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'''Āyatollāh | '''Āyatollāh''' (آیت الله) (the sign of [[Allah]]) is a general title used for top ranking [[Shi'a]] scholars from early fourteenth/twentieth century onward. | ||
The title was firstly given to Hasan b. Yusuf b. Ali b. Mutahhar, known as: [[al-'Allama al-Hilli]]. After the establishment of [[Seminary]] in [[Qom]] by [[Shaykh 'abd al-Karim Ha'iri]], some great Faqihs who gathered there, became known as Ayatollah. | The title was firstly given to Hasan b. Yusuf b. Ali b. Mutahhar, known as: [[al-'Allama al-Hilli]]. After the establishment of [[Seminary]] in [[Qom]] by [[Shaykh 'abd al-Karim Ha'iri]], some great Faqihs who gathered there, became known as Ayatollah. |