Kamran Fani Imparted Dignity and Structure to Knowing

According to the Iran Book News Agency (IBNA), quoting the public relations of the Cultural Affairs Deputy Minister, the text of the condolence message from Mohsen Javadi, Deputy Cultural Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, on the passing of Kamran Fani is as follows:

«Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. With deep sorrow, I offer my condolences on the passing of Professor Kamran Fani; a person whose name was intertwined with “Book,” not by profession, but by intellectual life itself. He was one of those distinguished individuals who sought knowledge not for accumulation, but for organizing collective understanding; a man who knew that culture, more than needing rhetoric, requires precision, fastidiousness, and thoughtful silence.

For many of us, Kamran Fani was not just a librarian or copy researcher; he was the guardian of our relationship with the text. In his world, reference was an ethical act, and cataloging a form of thought. He emerged from the presence of great masters, but himself became a living institution that quietly solidified the foundation of research and gave dignity and structure to knowing.

His loss is not just the loss of an individual; it is the absence of an order that was established by his presence for many years. His memory will live on in every library that still takes “questioning” seriously and in every research endeavor that knows the proper way to refer. I offer my condolences on this loss to his esteemed family, the scientific community, and all people of culture.»