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Ayatollah
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Ayatollah
Ayatollah
( or ;
ayatollah
from ,
ayatu
allah
"Sign of Allah") is a high-ranking title given to
Usuli
Twelver
Shi‘ah
clerics
. Those who carry the title are
experts
in
Islamic studies
such as
jurisprudence
,
quran reading
, and
philosophy
and usually teach in
Islamic seminaries
. The next lower clerical rank is
Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin.
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