Sayyed Mahdi Nouri Keyzaqani
Abstract
There are several verses in the Holy Quran on the Imamate of the Imam (AS) and their special virtues. These verses are mentioned in authentic and numerous authentic, historical and literary sources of Shiite and Sunni religions. The interesting thing is that In addition to Sunni historians and commentators, ...
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There are several verses in the Holy Quran on the Imamate of the Imam (AS) and their special virtues. These verses are mentioned in authentic and numerous authentic, historical and literary sources of Shiite and Sunni religions. The interesting thing is that In addition to Sunni historians and commentators, some contemporary Christian poets and poets have also referred to these verses in their works and poems. And they have given them a reason for the imam's rightness and superiority. Among these scholars and contemporary Christian poets, one can refer to people like Abdulmessi Antaki, Paul Salameh, George Shakur, Sa'id Aql. In this article, it has been tried to examine a number of Qur'anic verses referring to the imamate and imamate Imam Ali (AS) in the poetry of contemporary Arab poets. One of the most important of these verses is the "verse of anatrical", "verse of propaganda", "verse of perfection" and "verse of agony".
Abstract
Denominations of Islam are in complete disagreement with each other when it comes to Imamate; a subject that has been studied by the prominent Islamic interpreters throughout the history. Shia and Sunni are the largest denominations of Islam and in choosing Imam, the former considers the text of the ...
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Denominations of Islam are in complete disagreement with each other when it comes to Imamate; a subject that has been studied by the prominent Islamic interpreters throughout the history. Shia and Sunni are the largest denominations of Islam and in choosing Imam, the former considers the text of the Holy Qur’an as the source of reference and the later believes in Bay’ah (oath of allegiance) and consensus. Moreover, different branches of Shia Islam have contradictory views on the subject of Imamate. Some has an indirect reference to the subject of Imamate; i.e. no specific person is selected as Imam and only the characteristics of such a person are clarified, while others have asserted that Imams are not impeccable. However, Twelver Shia believes that Imamate is proven by the principle of Lutf (grace). In addition, they verify the impeccability of Imam by reasoning and interpretations of Imams sayings. The researcher has studied the most significant arguments of Twelver Shia and then has proved the impeccability of Imam by Quranic verses and narrations (Imams’ sayings). The current paper has tried to study the concept from a new perspective and it was based on the book, Al-Hujjat Usūl al-Kāfī that has been neglected in the former studies.
