Qualitative Analysis of Individualism and Socialism in the Process of Achieving Social Maturity in the Age of Appearance

In some of the Islamic narrations, there is a talk about the “maturity of the human society in the age of Appearance”. Analysis of the theories on the howness of realization of maturity, with a descriptive-analytic method, is the main purpose of this paper. The qualitative analysis and the aggregation of the findings are carried out in two ways: “the rational-logical” method, and “the narrative-revelatory” method. The two views of “individualism” and “socialism” are presented in relation to the quality of realization of social maturity. Individualism considers the evolution of human intellect as an individual matter and the achievement of non-human instruction. Socialism introduces the evolution as the product of human and sensory instruction and education. Individualism faces the challenge of lack of explanation of social changes, the acceptance of miracles of evolution, and the doubt of delay in the appearance (of Imam). Therefore, the consequences of the model acceptance, preparation of the ground (for the appearance of Imam), the formation of the religious government, the creation of Islamic civilization, dynamism and mobility, hope and constructive awaiting are related to the theory of socialism, none of which is achieved in individualism.