The Return (Raj ah) according to the Shiite and to the Straying Sect of Bahaism

Using a descriptive-analytical approach, the present paper studies the views adopted by the Shiite and Bahaism about the "the Return". The idea of "the return" is one of the ideological issues in Shiite culture, and many traditional and rational proofs have been offered to support it. In Shiite culture and according to Quranic verses and traditions, "the Return" strictly means the return the life of a number of dead people when Imam Mahdi reappers; some from among the sincre and pure to help him and some from among the enemies to receive punishment in return for there crimes.However, the straying sect of Bahaism, which attempt to introduce itself as a new religion, does not accept the Shiite view of the Return and interprets the Quranic verses according to its own view. Baha’ism holds that some of the characteristics of the bygone prophets and saints will return to the prophet who will come later.