The Role of Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Kazim Tabatabayi Yazdi in Islamic Awakening Movement during the Era of Constitutionalism

The Islamic Awakening Movement, which has stirred up uprisings among the Islamic nations to regain their lost prestige and glory, is a sign of rising and awareness in the Islamic nation, whose most important features are Muslims’ self‐awareness of their own power, return to the Quran and religious teachings as well as reliance on the rich Islamic culture. The awakening is indebted to religious scholars’ awakening efforts, in which Shiite clergymen have played a very significant role.
One of the leading figures in advancing the movement was Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Kazim Tabatabayi Yazdi, who made a lot of endeavors on the way of fighting the dominance of foreign powers and preserving the independence of Islamic territories during his precious lifetime. His awakening actions can be investigated from four angles, i.e., fighting the colonialist Russian and British powers, farsightedness and awakening in the case of the Constitutional Movement and fighting the economic domination of the West, and the important part in awakening Muslims by this leading jurisprudent can be explicated.