Huquq va Siyasat dar Qur’an [Law and Politics in the Qur’an]...

Huquq va Siyasat dar Qur’an [Law and Politics in the Qur’an] and Naẓariyyeh-ye Siyasi-ye Islam [Islamic Political Theory] (Volumes 1 and 2).

Muhammad Mahdi Nadiri Qummi Esfand 1378 AHS (Circa February-March 2000) [^1]: It refers to Imām Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Mahdī, the Twelfth and Last Imām from the Prophet’s Holy Progeny who is presently in the state of major occultation [ghaybah al-kubrā] and will appear on the appointed time in the future to fill the world with truth, justice and faith after being engulfed by falsehood, injustice and unbelief.

For further information on the Islamic belief on the Mahdī, see Āyatullāh Ibrāhīm Amīnī, Imam Mahdi: The Just Leader of Humanity, http://www.al-islam.org/mahdi/nontl/index.htm; Āyatullāh Sayyid Muhammad Bāqir as-Sadr and Āyatullāh Murtadā Mutahharī, Awaited Savior, http://www.al-islam.org/awaited/index.htm.

[Trans.] [^2]: The abbreviation, “‘a” stands for the Arabic invocative phrase, ‘alayhis-salām, ‘alayhimus-salām, or ‘alayhās-salām [may peace be upon him/them/her], which is used after the names of the prophets, angels, Imāms from the Prophet’s progeny, and saints (‘a). [Trans.] [^3]: Hadrat: The Arabic word Hadrat is used as a respectful form of address.

[Trans.] [^4]: The abbreviation, “qs” stands for the Arabic invocative phrase, quddisa sirruh [may his soul be sanctified], which is used after the names of pious people. [Trans.] [^5]: It is now three decades after the triumph of the Islamic Revolution (February 11, 1979). [Trans.] Previous…