Such expectations of the people became the major source for...

Such expectations of the people became the major source for some ambitious and crafty individuals to manipulate their simple and pure faith — a faith which stemmed from the teachings of the Islamic revelation — and lay claim to the title of the Mahdi. It is likely that some of these individuals had no evil design and merely wanted to redress the wrongs committed against the people. Indeed, some of them did not even claim to be the promised deliverer.

Rather, it was the common people who, due to ignorance, intolerable living conditions, and impatience regarding their expectations about the appearance of the Mahdi, took these false messiahs to be the awaited Mahdi. Continued in the next article: ( The Pseudo-Mahdis 2 ) NOTES: __________________________________ 1. Shahrastani, Milal wa nihal, Vol. 1, p. 232; Nawbakhti, Firaq al-shi’a, Najaf edition, p. 27 2. Milal, Vol. 1, p. 256; Firaq, p. 62 3. Milal, Vol. 1, pp. 273, 278; Firaq, pp.

67, 80, 83 4. Muhammad Karim Khurasani, Tanbihat al-jaliyya fi kashf al-asrar al-batiniyya (Najaf, 1351), pp. 40-42 5. Milal, Vol. 1, pp. 245, 279 6. Mir Khwand, Tarikh-i Rawdat al-safa, Tehran edition, Vol. 4, p. 181 7. Milal, Vol. 1, p. 284; Firaq, pp. 96, 97 8. Firaq., pp. 47, 97 Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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