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The Quran, serving as the principal and most fundamental source of knowledge within Islam, encompasses verses pertaining to the concept of Mahdism. The task of identifying these verses necessitates the establishment of criteria and prerequisites that facilitate their recognition. The present study aims to elucidate and scrutinize these criteria to delineate the extent of Mahdavi verses. This study delineates, explores, and evaluates these criteria using a descriptive-qualitative content analysis method and relying on library resources. In this study, four main criteria have been identified for the classification of Mahdavi verses: verses that are paired with Mahdavi interpretive narrations, including those that illustrate the parallelism between Hazrat Mahdi and prior prophets; and the conceptual compatibility and allignment of the verses with Mahdavi themes. The count of Mahdavi verses fluctuates based on the application of each criterion. Focusing on one criterion, without considering the others, results in an incomplete enumeration of Mahdavi verses. Therefore , to achieve a comprehensive identification of all Mahdavi verses, it is imperative to incorporate and analyze all criteria collectively.

"The concept of Mahdism” is a subject of consensus among the Islamic community, especially among Shiite scholars. However, there are noticeable differences in the perspectives on this issue among scholars, such that Islamic scholars can be categorized and classified from this perspective throughout different eras. In recent century, thinkers and scholars in the Islamic world, including those in the seminaries of Qom, despite the consensus on the principal belief in Mahdism, have different views and perspectives on the subject. These different perspectives can be categorized into several general approaches: traditional, rational, mystical, historical, social-political, and so on. This article aims to delve into the various approaches to the topic of Mahdism, as well as to introduce prominent figures within each approach, tracing these lines in the fourteenth century AH within the Seminay of Qom. The method employed in this research is analytical-descriptive, conducted through examining the written works on Mahdism of the recent century within the seminaries of Qom.

Among the verses of the Quran which indicate the necessity of a living proof at all times are verses related to the witnesses of deeds. The present research seeks to answer this question that how the life of Imam Mahdi (A.S) can be proved considering the verse of attestation. According to the findings of the research, God the Glorified, places a special person from among the ummah as a witness of their deeds at all times and all nations, to testify about the performance of the ummah in the Divine Court on the Day of Judgment. This divine tradition goes on in the ummah of the last Prophet (PBUH), thus, the presence of a witness at every age and time, including the present time is necessary. Such a person should have the status of infallibility and observation of the reality of the deeds. This paper is carried out with a descriptive-analytic method and to examine and analyze the verses of the Holy Quran, we have benefited from the method of interpreting the Quran with the Quran.

In addition to have expertise in Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence, and Islamic theology, Sheikh Sadūq is a unique character in the realm of interpretation. This article seeks to demonstrate the position of Sheikh Sadūq in the field of interpretation by examining the prelude of the noble book of Kamal al-Ddin and separating the discussions and points he extracted from the thirtieth verse of Sūrah al-Baqarah. This article, in addition to showing Sheikh Sadūqs taste, with reference to the Quranic verses, raises important and essential points in the field of Imamate and Mahdism and is arranged in six general topics and the expression of the points by dividing the discussions.

The very important issue of Imamate and leadership of community is not something that the Holy Quran passes by it easily and does not deal with it. Hence, several verses in the Book of God has discussed this issue from different angles and has presented a variety of principals, rules and realized knowledge in different areas. Among these rules is the emphasis on the necessity of the presence of Imam and the guide at any time. This article seeks to draw one of these basic rules with reference to the 7th verse of the surah of Ra’ad: "انما انت منذر و لكل قوم هاد". The present paper investigates the reviews and critics of commentators in this regard and presents a new approach with reference to Quranic verses and other resources.