نشریه سفینه
پیاپی 16 (پاییز 1386)

The Almighty God created the spirits of all the human beings 2000 years before creation of their bodies. The groups of spirits were in collective coalition or disputes with each other. During the period of the 4th till the 8th century A.H. (10th. to 14 th century A.D), the Shia scholars, on the authority of the Islamic traditions, have discussed the above subject.In this essay, the views of Sheikh sadouq, Shaikh Mofid, Seyed Mortaza, Shaikh Sohrevardi, and Seyed Heydar Amoli have been reviewed.

Imamat is one the principles of religion of Islam. There fore it should not be considered as a secondary topic.According to the contents of the "Verse of Perfection" in the holy Quran (5:3), despair of the disbelievers, perfection of religion (Islam), completion of the Divine bounties, and Divine consent to grant Islam as a religion were all accomplished after estalishment of the Imamat Institution, and acknowledgement of the appointment of Amirul Momenin Ali (p.b.u.h) as the Imam and successor of the holy Prophet.The religion of Islam is based on 5 pillars; that its last and complementary pillar is Imamat. It is the last Divine precept. The recognition of the Imam is a religious duty, and acceptance of the guardianship of the "holy Imam" is a condition for approval and ratification of the devotional and religious services of the believers; without such an approval, none of the religious services and devotions are accepted.The respected writer of the essay, by virtue of the Islamic words and traditions, reminds of the importance of Imamat and Divine leadership. According to the views of 21 of the Shia scholars, have affirmed Imamat as one of the basic principles of religion of Islam.

The "Ziyarat Jamea Kabira" includes very excellent subjects, and valuable religious knowledge. In the phrases of this devotion, the holy Prophetand his Household (Ahlul-Bayt) are introduced as mediums to deliver the Divine blessings and mercies to other creatures, and many outstanding values and virtues are considered for them. some have made questions and doubts about those texts, and their proable contradiction with the appearance of some of the Quranic verses.In this article the following issues are discussed:1. Divine attributes and adjectives;2. Manifestation of the Divine attributes through the preferred and noble human beings;3. The theory of personification and materialization of the Almighty God and its nullity;4. Rejection of claims about the denial and / or similarity of God, and the results of such a rejection; 5. The relation between rejection of similarity between God and His cratures, and the subjects of the last Day and Final Judgement, etc. 6. The differences between the Theological views of the Ahlul Bayt (The holy Prophet and his household (p.b.u.t) and other schools of thought, regarding the divine attributes; At the end, it is concluded that some noble and granted beings are mediums of the acts and activities of the Almighty God.

Mowla Masiha Fasavi in his poem, which is in the Arabic language, gives a history about the difficulties, and then pays attention to the true savior, and in some very beautiful poems praises Imam Ali (p.b.i.h).He, by referring to the Quranic verses, describes the virtues of Imam Ali, and considers it as a religious duty to obey the infallible Imam(s). The Persian translator, in every case, with regards to the pointed verse, has provided further information about the Amirul Momenin Ali's Imamat, Vilayat (Divine Leadership) virtues, and bravery. A short biography and bibliography of Masiha Faswa is given in the beginning of the article.

Imamat is a very great and important position, that the Almighty God granted it to His special obedient, Abraham, only after very difficult examinations.Imamat is one of the principles of religion (of Islam), affliliated to Monoism (Oneness of God), and Propethood. Accomplishment and existance of the principles and branches, moralities, and explanations about the reli gious literature depends on the institution of Imamat and wilayat.There are many interesting and necessary subjects in the field of Imamat research, which requires the deep study of the scholars. We may classify the proposed subjects in 3 parts as below:1. The Knowledge of Imam; Its necessity, depth, domain, and authenticity;2. The standards of recognition of an Imam, according to reason the holy Book, and sacred tradition.3. Comparative studies and researches about the Imamat (Divine Leadership) and state of Amirul Momenin Ali, and other holy Imams from the Prophet's household (p.b.u.t).

During the long Shia history, there have been fascinated artists and poets, who have revealed the loving secrets of their hearts in the poems and words.During the last centuries many poetical books, compilations, and literary works have been produced, published, or kept as manuscripts in the libraries, with the subjects of Imamat and wilayat, in general, and position of Amirul Momenin Ali (p.b.u.h), in specific.An index of such works are introduced in the book, "Moajam al - athar al-Makh' touta houl al-Imame Ali Ibn Abu Talebu (an Index of manuscipt works about Imam Ali (p.b.u.h) which was published in 2002.In this essay, a Persia translation of the above book, alongwith a short index in 2 parts are provided:1. The verses and poetic works dedicated to Amirul Momenin Ali (p.b.u.h)2. The verses and literal works about the Ahlul Bayt (Prophet's Household)

The Al-Bayan sermon is attributed to Imam Ali. In this sermon, the focus of attention is on two phrase:"I am the creator of the skies" and "I am the All-Provider". While noting the way in which some scholars gave the document and expressed these kind of words & phrases, the researcher scrutinized the trueness or untrueness of the attribution of the above - mentioned phrases to Amir Al-Momenin.In first chapter, he explained about those arguments in which it is claimed the attribution of the phrases to Imam are not documented and then explained about the exaggeraters and their beliefs in the statue of Imam, and about the claimers of being God. Then he conclude that providing the untrueness of attribution, these words and phrases were fabricated by exaggerators to expand their vicious aims and objectives.In the second chapter, the trueness of the attribution of those words to Amir Al-Momenin is suggested. The subject of firm and ambiguous sayings of Amir Al-Momenin's words is also reviewed in this chapter.

"Index" Aims the reader to the very exact information, in this world of bursted of information.The provided index, actually conducts the essays of the published Safineh quarterly in the fourth Volume (Numbers 13 - 16).The general instruction of usage in the Same the previous one, which has been Stated in Volume 4, PP. 143 - 7.Here again the index is divided in to 3 indexes as:1. The index of the essays, according to their topics.2. The index of the writers and authors of the essays.3. The alphabetical index of the Subjects, with their Sub - titles.