Investigating the Role of Shiite Imams from Imam Ali (AS) to Imam Reza (AS) in the Development and Progress of Islamic Culture and Civilization

History approves that Islamic culture and civilization has been the symbol of global civilization from its emergence to the present time and from its formation until now, no other civilization has been able to confront the original Islamic civilization or to prove that Islamic culture and civilization is weak or inefficient. This civilization is unique in the world and as the time goes on, its new dimensions are revealed. The infallible Imams (AS) as the founders of the Islamic culture and civilization have been able to create this great civilization in both individual and social dimensions. By precise knowledge of the dimensions of divine culture, they emphasized the necessity of protecting and independence of Islamic societies and became the founders of a culture and civilization for the creation, independence and continuity of which they have done unprecedented attempts. They did not ignore any efforts in the protection, development and progress of the Islamic civilization and each of these holy people played important roles in the progress of the Islamic culture by an attitude appropriate for the conditions of their own time. Investigating this role from Imam Ali (AS) to Imam Reza (AS) is the aim of the present article.