The author analyzes a short Persian treatise (Maqāla dar javāb-i rūznāmayi Ḥabl al-matīn) written during the Constitutional Movement (1906-1911) by the shaykhī kirmānī master Zayn al-'Ābidīn Khān Kirmānī (d. 1360/1941) which aims to defend Arabic teaching in Iran, essential for those Muslims who wanted to appreciate the guidance of the Shi'i Imams. The debates concerning the choice of language for instruction in Iran took a controversial direction at the end of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century. Several intellectual nationalists took a position that Arabic should not be taught to the Iranian population anymore, or at least its intensity should be decreased compare to the past. The Author will argue that this treatise uncovers the traditional attitude of the Iranian Shi'i 'ulamā concerning Arabic teaching in Iran, and it reveals the systematic defiance of the Shaykhī Masters and Shaykhī School toward politics. Zayn al-'Ābidīn Khān clarifies his mistrust toward the Constitutional Movement and politics altogether. This confirms that the members of the shaykhī kirmānī school kept their distance from political involvement during this time. At last, this treatise was an opportunity for Zayn al-'Ābidīn Khān to critize the religious teaching apparatus pro.