The Pious Soul
Muhammad ali
Qassemi
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Whenthe ‘pioussoul’ iskilled, thiswillbeoneofthesignsthatImamMahdi (PBuH) isgoingtoappear. InmanytraditionswereadabouttheImam’sAdventatthetimewhenthepureorpioussouliskilled. Othernamesalsohavebeengiventosuchapersonalityasthe “pureself”, “reveredsoul” orthe “holyblood”.Wecannotdecideorjudgeaboutthe ‘pioussoul’ forsure, butheiscertainlyamemberoftheQurayshhousehold. Anumberoftraditionshavequotedtheplaceofthisperson’smartyrdomtobeatKaabainthecityofMeccabetween ‘Rukn’ and ‘Maqam’; andthetimeofhismartyrdomtobeneartheAdventoftheImamandevenfifteendaysbeforetheAdvent.AsfortherelationbetweenthementionedPiousSoulandMuhammad-bin-Abd-Allah- bin- Hassan-bin-Ali-bin-Abi-Talib, whowaskilledbyMansoorAbbassiatthetimeofImamSadeq (PBuH) beingknownasthe “pioussoul”, therearedifferentopinions. ThedeceasedsayyedMuhammadSadrbelievedthatthepioussoulwasthesameMuhammad-bin-Abd-Alla-binHassan, butinaccordancewithmanytraditionsthesetwoaredifferentpersons. So, the ‘pioussoul’ willbekilledinthefuture.
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Imam Mahdi, the Reviver
of the Religion
Nusrat-Allah
Ayati
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SomeoftheWahhabiwritersandalsosomeofthecontemporaryenlightenedpersonswithregardtosometraditions, whichspeakaboutsomeoutwarddifferencesbetweenthepolicyofImamMahdi (PBuH) andthepolicyandmannersoftheholyProphet (MGSBH), havemisusedthemandclaimedthatImamMahdi(PBuH) inthebeliefoftheShiitesholdsaprophet-likedignityandso, hewillperformorpracticesomethingthesameaswhattheProphetofIslamdidinthepast: HewillabolishtheoldreligionofIslamandwillreplaceitwithanewFaithinwhichjurisprudence, morality, lawsandregulationswillbequitemodern. ButweexplicitlysayherethatsuchathoughtoropinioniscontradictorywithourbeliefthattheprophetMuhammadwastheSealofprophethoodandweallknowthatnootherreligionwillcomeagaintobedifferentfromIslam.Tocriticizetheabove-mentionedclaim, wewillfirstmentionsomeofthespecificationsthatmanyoftheShiitenarrators, preachersandfundamentalistshaveassertedabouttheEndofProphethood, accordingtowhichnoonecandenythethoughtthatMuhammad (MGSBH) wastheSealoftheprophetsandascribingsuchdouble-sided, ambiguoustraditionstotheShiitesisirrelevant.Attheendofthisarticlewewillstudyandanalyzesometraditionsthatclearlyrefusesuchaclimethatcallstomindassociationsofthoughtfulideas.
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Grounds and Necessities
For the Advent of Imam Mahdi(PBuH)
Qanbar Ali
Samadi
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QuestionsaboutHasteorDelayinthetimeofArrivalofImamMahdi(PBuH), theexacttimeofhisAdvent, andthepartmencanplaytohastentheAdventaresomeofthesubjectswewilldiscussaroundtheAppearanceoftheImamofTime (PBuH). InvestigationabouttheAdventwithregardtoitsimportanceinfluencingtheperspectivetheShiiteSocietyhastothefuture, itseffectsandwonderfulresultsinthereformationorimprovementofpublicorientationswillbediscussedinthisresearch.AnalyzingtheprocessesinthecourseofactionsforthephenomenonofAdventandtheprobabilityofitshastening, thewriterwillstudytherolethatpeoplemayplayforthewholeprocedureoftheImam’sArrival.ItisworthmentioningthatthisarticlewillprincipallydotheresearchonthepossibilityofchangingthetimeofAdvent, thatis, hasteningtheoccurrenceofAdventinadditiontothepartpeoplecanfulfill, butthenecessitiesforhasteningthetimeofAdventanditsfactorsarethesubjectsofanotherinvestigation.
The Promised East
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The Imam’s Prescience according to Reason
Mahboobeh
Ibrahimi
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ThisarticlehastriedtoinvestigatethesupernaturalorthediviningpowerortheoccultknowledgeoftheImams (PBuThem) fromtheviewpointofIntellect. ByReasonorIntellectinthiswriting, wemeanthephilosophicalprinciplesandrulesexistinginPeripateticWisdomortheexalted, elatedphilosophy. Thus, wewillfirstexaminethepossibilityofbeinginformedofPrescienceandtheendowmentoftheDiviningPowerdiscussedinPeripateticWisdomortheelevatedphilosophyofitsbelievers. Then, wewillproceedtoverifythatthissupernaturalpoweralwaysexistsinthenatureofthepure, immaculateImams (PBuThemall).Followingourdiscussion, wewillcometotheresultthatthePresiencewithitsdomainandthetheoryofExaltedWisdomhavebeenprovedtobeintheauthorityoftheImams (PButhem). Attheend, wewilldealwithtwoessentialpointsaboutthedivinepowerandPeripateticWisdomofImamMahdi, theImamofTime (PBuH), withregardtohisknowledgeandawarenessofthefuture, thedeedsandbehaviorsofallGod’sservants, andtheinformationabouthisownAdventTime, allbeingonthebasisofthepreviousprinciplesandphilosophicalgroundsmentionedinthisresearch.
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Writings about Mahdism
at the Theological School of Baghdad
Rasool
Razawi
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AfterImamMusaKazem(PBuH) wasmartyred, agroupofpeople, believingthathehadbeenthesamePromisedMahdi(PBuH), startedestablishingasectcalled ‘Waqefiyya’ andthenscatteredthisschoolofstudiesandshiftedthemtootherplaces. Ontheotherhand, theimmigrationofImamReza (PBuH) intoIranresultedintheflourishingoftheScholarlySchoolinthecityofQum, whoseinstructorswerethegreatstudentsofImamReza. AlltheseeffortscausedthescientificcentralityoftheTheologicalSchoolatKufatobecomeweakened.ItwasmanyyearslaterthattheTheologicalSchoolofBaghdadwaschangedtoascientificShiiteCenterduringtheMinorAbsenceandafterwardduringthefirstdecadesoftheMajorAbsenceforthefactthatImamMahdi’sspecialdeputiesattendedtheSchool, andsodidgreattheologiansofQum, Kufaandotherplaces. AnotherreasonwasthepresenceofthepowerfulStateoftheBuyiddynastyonthescene.Inthisperiod, manygreatscholarsaroseoutoftheSchoolofBaghdad, mostofwhomcompiledbooksabouttheImamofTimebecauseoftheirsimultaneitywiththeMinorAbsenceandthebeginningoftheMajorAbsenceoftheImam(PBuH).Now, thisarticle, whileintroducingtheTheologicalSchoolofBaghdadwithitsgreatscholarsandtheologians, willpresentthereadersashortlistoftheirwritingsalongwithnecessaryexplanationsinthegroundofMahdism.
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The Thought of Mahdism in
the Minds of Nezamshahis
Sayyed Mahdi
Hussayni Arabi
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ThesubcontinentofIndiahashadverycloserelationswiththeIranianPlateausincealongtimeago. LotsofemigrantshavetraveledtoIndiatotakewiththemIslamicteachingsandknowledgetobepropagated. Forthesamereason, whenShiismspreadovertheIranianPlateautobecometheofficialreligionoftheSafavidDynasty, atthesametime, aninclinationtowardShiismgrewintheSubcontinentsomuchthatitbecametheofficialfaithofthreedynastiesofkingsoverthevastareaofDeccan. Simultaneously, withtheprevalenceofthisreligion, apersonnamedMuhammadJunpooriarosetoclaimhathewas “Mahdi” andthenstartedtopropagateandcirculatehisdoctrineasfarashecouldestablishasectcalled ‘Mahdawiyya’. Thissect, inadditiontotheclaimforMahdism, wasalsoimpressedbySufism. Themembersusedsomemannerofsuficharacteristicintheirteachings. AfterSayyedMuhammad, attheperiodofthegovernmentofIsma’ilNezamshahi, someofthefollowersofthissect, ledbyJamalKhanwereabletoreignovertheregionandreplacetheShiitereligionwithMahdawiyyaFaith. Nevertheless, aftertwoyears, theyweredefeatedanddestroyed. Andafterward, thetwelve-ImamShiitebecametheofficialreligionoftheNezamshahigovernmentagain.ThisarticlewilltrytoinvestigatehowtheMahdawiyyasectcameintobeingandwhythegroundswerepreparedfortheclaim. ThisresearchwillalsomakeknowntothereadersthereasonswhythepeopleofDeccanwerefirstinclinedtowardthefaithofMahdawiyyabutthenreturnedtotheShiitereligionagainfortheirpurposes.
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Integration of the Believers in Mahdism
in Confrontation with Disintegration of the Plan for
the Grand Middle East
Mohsen
Qanbari
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TheMiddleEastregionhasalwaysplayedageopolitic, geostrategicroleforthewesternersallowingthemtotrytoinfluencethisimportantareainordertosecuretheirlong-termprofits. ThelatestgreatidealofthewesternershasbeentodevelopandmaptheirGrandPlanfortheIslamicWorldespeciallyfortheMiddleEast, inthecenterofwhichIsraelissituated. Whenstrengthenedandprotectedperfectly, thissmall, so-calledcountrymaybecomeabletoextenditspoweranddominationfromtheNiletotheEuphrates. However, theIslamiccountrieshavethoughtfullyresistedagainstsuchanominousplanwiththeirvariousactiveorpassivereactions.ThepresentarticlewilltrytodemonstrateandexplainthedivergentaspectsoftheideareferringtotheoriginalstatementpreparedfortheMiddleEast, andontheotherhandwillproceedtopresentthereaderswiththeGreatGrandModelofMahdismfortheadministrationoftheMiddleEastRegion, whichwillofferthebestconvergencetomankindinthepolitical, economic, andculturalfields.
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Mahdism and Priciples of
the Islamic Educational System
Gholam Reza
Salehi
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In the Mahdist educational system, there are several general directions and instructional rules to base the people’s training behaviors upon some systematic criteria to make them organized. So, the educational process at that time must be followed according to such guided principles. Now, this article, which has benefited from the Islamic, Quranic rules and directions, will try to explain those principles in detail.The real basis of the Islamic instructions has been put and will continue to be on God – centeredness, believing in the world Afterlife, moderation in material desires and the importance of legitimate human freedom. Therefore, this writing will go on to discuss, as far as possible, the necessity for attention to all human dimensions including the following: the relation between education and Intellection, considering facilitations in the procedures of education, attention to the personality, esteem and honor of those trained, attention to their innate needs and divine affairs, providing necessary instructional conditions and also the means for the measurement of their talents with regard to ‘acquisition of education’.
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Second Conference
the Promised Ideal in Christianity
Mehrab
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ChristianityisareligionarisenfromthereligioustraditionofJewswhichwasbasedontheJewishFaith. ChristianitywasbornofandgeneratedfromaverylonganticipationthatmadeallhardshipsandstraitenedcircumstancesagreeabletotheJewsandturnedallmisfortunestopalatablerelishinthemouthofthoseChildrenofIsarel.SomeoftheJewscalledJesus (PBuH) theMessiahorthePromisedIdeal; anditwasthissamereligiousgroupthatestablishedanewreligion, inthecourseoftime, tobecalledChristianity, ItwascertainlythatveryidealoftheJewsthatchangedtosomeindependentreligiousprinciplesnamedNewtestamentswhichweretobekeptalivethroughoutcenturies. InthisnewbeliefahappyperiodwillcomeduringwhichChristwillcomebacktoreigntheearth.
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Bahaism in the
Shadow of Colonization
Amir
Hassanlu
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Withoutthesupportoftheexpansionists, propagationandpromotionortheformationofBahaismwouldneverhavebecomepossible. ThecolonizersalwaystriedtofollowtheirdominativecontrolovertheIslamiccountriesbycreatingdisagreementanddiscordamongMuslimstodisintegratetheunitedIslamicworldintosmallpiecesofland. Thecolonizers’ otherimportantaimsweretotakepossessionoftheselands’ resourcestoplundertheirreservesaftertheyhaddividedtheterritoriesamongthemselvesthroughtheircolonizationaldecisions.Anotherimportantpurposeofthecolonizers’ hasbeentoruintheIslamicvaluessuchasMonotheism, Godworshipingandpreceptsofjurisprudence, throughtheirdisparagingorderidingMuslims’ religiousstandardsbyannouncingthatIslamisanabolishedreligionwithitsrulingtimehavingbeenended. ItwasforthisreasonthatthecolonizersinventedBahaismandgavepeopletheirgoodnewsthatthetimehasarrivedforthemovingfreelybeyondanyreligionandthatdoingeverythingonewishesispermissible. TheydepictedthefutureoftheworldonthebasisofcolonizationteachingsintroducingImperialismastheonlysystemofrulingoverthefateofallmensothattheymayenslaveMuslimsandsetthemassubmissiveservantsfortheircolonizationalgoals.Inthepast, theOttoman, BritishandRussiangovernmentsfulfilledanessentialroleintheperformanceofsuitableeventsforthebenefitofBahaism. Theydidnotwithholdfromanykindofhelpwhethercultural, socialorfinancialtotheBahaistopromulgatetheirthoughtsofBahaismasthebestgiftofcapitalisticworld.
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