Arranging intellectual gatherings and the like they strove...

Arranging intellectual gatherings and the like they strove to make the young age of these Imams an excuse to altogether marginalize them from society. But the more effort they made, the more they debased themselves, and the superior knowledge of the Imams stood out to their knowledgeable contemporaries.

In addition, it is obvious to those familiar with the Qur`an and stories of the prophets that several of them reached the station of prophethood, messengership and even Imamate at a young age, like ‘Isa (ع)[^3], Yahya (ع)[^4] etc. The majority of prophets reached this stage, however, at the age of forty or older. In sum this issue should be referred to the Divine wisdom and knowledge, and as in all…