- Why is Imam Mahdi (AS) leading the uprising of the end of the time despite Jesus (AS)?
Imam Mahdi (a.s) and Jesus Christ (a.s)
Imam Mahdi (a.s) and Jesus Christ (a.s)
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In verse 158 of Surah Al-A'raf, we read:
“Say, ‘O mankind! I am the Apostle of Allah to you all, [of Him] to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death.’ So have faith in Allah and His Apostle, the untaught prophet, who has faith in Allah and His words, and follow him so that you may be guided”.[1]
From these attributes of the Prophet, it can be concluded that the perfect religion that guarantees a good human life in every place and time is with him.[2]
Another component that causes this superiority is the holy book of this prophet, the Holy Quran. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) says about the incomparable and exalted position of the Qur'an:
God Almighty sent down a heavenly book on the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) and it is a light that never goes out and it is a lamp whose burning will never fade. It is a deep sea, the bottom of which cannot be grasped by the understanding of a person (ordinary human being). It is a path in which there is no error. It is a ray whose light does not darken... God made it the quencher of scientific thirst of scientists and the heart of jurists and the clear path of righteous seekers... The Holy Qur'an is a medicine after which sickness does not remain... and it is a shelter whose high peak is an obstacle to the enemy...[3], [4]
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[1] Quran [7–158]:
قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَكَلِمَاتِهِ وَاتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ.
[2] Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Qur'an, Tabatabai, vol. 8, p. 368.
[3] Nahjul Balagha - Sermon 198:
ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ نُوراً لَا تُطْفَأُ مَصَابِيحُهُ وَ سِرَاجاً لَا يَخْبُو تَوَقُّدُهُ وَ بَحْراً لَا يُدْرَكُ قَعْرُهُ وَ مِنْهَاجاً لَا يُضِلُّ نَهْجُهُ وَ شُعَاعاً لَا يُظْلِمُ ضَوْءُهُ وَ فُرْقَاناً لَا يُخْمَدُ بُرْهَانُهُ وَ تِبْيَاناً لَا تُهْدَمُ أَرْكَانُهُ وَ شِفَاءً لَا تُخْشَى أَسْقَامُهُ...
[4] Translated: https://makarem.ir/maaref/l/0429001