No one would cast any doubt of Allameh Tabatabaei's specific contribution to contemporary civilization of Shiah Islam through writing key works on different aspects of Islam and training brilliant students. The Book of Welayah embodies Allameh's intellectual engagements with the sources of revelation for dealing with the key issues of Quran and prophetic traditions. This work is simultaneously imbued with mystical knowledge and religious insight. Introducing Islamic mysticism to the laity can help Muslim nation to tread the path of prosperity. Then introducing the high caliber mystics can be one of the cultural priorities of the country. It was to this end that The Book of Welayah has been prepared and published by the foundation. Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli has given it the following title: Assaying The Book of Welayah by the Revealed Sun of Tabriz Allameh Tabatabaei.

Abdollah Javadi-Amoli is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He is a conservative Iranian politician and one of the prominent Islamic scholars of the Hawza in Qom. The official website for his scientific foundation, Isra, describes him as a well-known, outstanding thinker in various fields of Islamic sciences and a distinguished figure in exegesis, jurisprudence, philosophy and mysticism. It is further states that his ideas and views have been reinforcing the Islamic Republic of Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and that "his strategic and enlightening guidance" has been "extremely constructive" during the past three decades.