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Imam Mahdi in the Verse (24:55) 1 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Imam Mahdi in the Verse (24:55) 1 2023-04-11 905 Views Imam Al-Mahdi , The Twelfth Imam Imam Mahdi (a.s) is the Shia twelfth Imam, which is prophesized to come at the end time.

Therefore, this article aims to establish the correlation between verse 55 of Surat al-Nur (Chapter 24) where it says: Contents A) Majma al-Bayan of Shaykh Tabarsi B) Tafsir al-Mizan by Allama Tabataba’i “Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their religion-the one which He has chosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to one of security and peace: ‘They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with Me.

‘If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked.” (1) A) Majma al-Bayan of Shaykh Tabarsi Shaykh Tabarsi explains the verse as: “God promised to those who sincerely have faith and are obedient that he will make them heirs of the ancients and that He will grant them all the Arab and non-Arab unbelievers’ lands, and will make them inhabitants and governor of these lands, in the same way as he made the Bani Isra’il the heirs of the ancients and destroyed the tyrant of Egypt, and granted all his goods and lands to them.”(2) He then reports several views concerning this verse: 1- Some commentators believe that it concerns the Prophet.

2- Some say it concerns the Umma. 3- From the sayings of the Imams of the , it is reported that it concerns the Mahdi from the Prophet’s descendants.

The fourth Imam once recited this verse and said: “By God, these people are our Shi’ites about whom God will accomplish all the promises he made in this verse by the hands of a man from among us, who is the Mahdi of this Community.” The Prophet said about him: “Even if there remains only one day on Earth, God will prolong it until He will bring forth a pious man from my progeny and who is named as I am so that he will fill the earth with justice and equity as it was filled with oppression and tyranny.”(3) The same tradition was reported by Imam Baqir and Imam Sadeq.