Ayatullah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: آية الله العظمى السيد محمد باقر الصدر‎) (March 1, 1935 – April 9, 1980) was born in al-Kazimiya, Iraq to the prominent Sadr family, which originated from Jabal Amel in Lebanon. In 1945 he moved to the holy city of Najaf where al-Sadr would spend the rest of his life. He was a child prodigy who, at 10, was delivering lectures on Islamic history. At eleven, he was a student of logic. He wrote a book refuting materialistic philosophy when he was 24.

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussain Fadlallah (also Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh; Arabic: محمد حسين فضل الله‎; 16 November 1935 – 4 July 2010) was a prominent Shia cleric from a Lebanese family. Born in Najaf, Iraq, Fadlallah studied Islam in Najaf before moving to Lebanon in 1952. In the following decades, he gave many lectures, engaged in intense scholarship, wrote dozens of books, founded several Islamic religious schools, and established the Mabarrat Association.

Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Ridha Mudarrisi Yazdi.

Shaykh Abdullah al-Mamaqani.

Azim Sarvdalir is a poet, writer and translator who is currently living in Mashhad, Iran. He was born at a village called Golkhandan (previously called Koosalu) in Hamadan province and educated in English literature in Qom Azad University. He, along with Dr. Legenhausen- Azim's Farsi student- Translated the following Islamic books in English while living in Qom:
1- The Philosophical Instructions (by Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi)
2- The Greatest Jihad (combat with Self) (by Imam Khomeini)
3- A Jug of Love (Imam Khomeini's poetry)

Badr Shahin got a Bachelor of Arts in Language, interpretation and translation from the University of Mosul in 1996 He currently lives in Iran where he works as translator of Islamic books.