Shi`a Pajoohi

Shi`a Pajoohi

Seyyed Mohammad Hoseyn Fazlollah's View on the Meaning of Imamate according to the Verse of Trial (Baghareh: 124): Review and Critique

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
seyyed ziaodin olyanasab 1
Zahra GHaemi Amiri 2
1 Associate Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith, Hazrat Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran
2 Student of the Fourth Level of Comparative Interpretation, Female Masumieh Seminary, Qom, Iran
Abstract
Imamate is one of the fundamental issues in Shia thought and the Holy Quran addresses it in some verses. The verse of Ebtela (Trial) is one of the main documents explaining Imam's meaning and the Imamate issue. In this regard, there are serious differences of opinion among the commentators. Shiite commentators have often considered Imamate to be a position superior to prophethood, and Sunni commentators consider it to be the same as prophethood. In this article, while briefly explaining the views of Shiite commentators on the meaning of Imam, the view of Seyyed Mohammad Hoseyn Fazlollah was explained and its literary, Quranic, and narrative criticisms were expressed, the most important of which are as follows: The unity of the meaning of imamate and prophethood, prophethood related to the inner aspect and imamate to the outer aspect, the universal imamate of Abraham (AS), the interpretation of divine covenant to prophethood and its potential request for his children. Then, the correct meaning of Imam was explained, and according to the hadiths, we considered it to be Moftarez al-Taah (The one whose obedience is obligatory).
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Keywords
Imamate Research
Seyyed Mohammad Hoseyn Fazlollah
Verse of Trial
Ibrahim's Trial
Words
Subjects
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