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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Role of Holy Imams in Revival of Religion Nations Alterations In previous discourses, by citing the Holy Quran we studied the reasons and means for the alteration, change and destruction for divine religious creed. Now as an introduction to our next discussion we will briefly repeat it: "And (remember) when Allah laid a charge on those who had received the Scripture (he said): Ye are to expound it to mankind and not to hide it.

But they flung it behind their backs and bought thereby a little gain." ("The Family of Imran": 187) "And with those who say: "Lo! We are Christians, We made a covenant, but they forgot that whereof they were admonished." ("The Table Spread: 14) "Some of the Jews change words from their context". ("Women": 46) "O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the truth".

("The Family of Imran": 71) In these verses there are references to several of their deeds. They concealed, placing falsehoods on the truth like clothing. They made the truth suspicious by mixing these two together. They knew they were doing this and it wasn't out of ignorance.

From these verses and the numerous other verses on this subject we learn that after the death of their prophets, past nations over the years forgot some of the truth, concealed some and sometimes mixed the truth with falsities creating doubtful subject matter. Sometimes they would create some remarks delivering them to the people as the words of God. They changed their divine books by these means, altering and plundering them.

The Last Nation In numerous traditions recorded in creditable Shi'ite and Sunni books, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w) is seen to have remarked: «This nation will do just as the previous nations and will follow them minutely» Imam Sadiq (a.s) quotes from his fathers as narrating that the Holy Prophet said: "That which occured in past nations will also occur in this nation. Just like one arrow is like another arrow, and a pair of horse-shoes are like each other, that nation is like other nations.

75 In another tradition, Imam Sadiq (a.s) also quotes from his fathers as saying the Holy Prophet (s.a.w) said: "I swear by He who sent me as a Prophet and harbinger of good news that my nation will travel the same route past nations travelled to the point that if a snake of Bani Israel entered a hole, of this nation a snake will also enter that hole".