Macro-level Relationship Between the Religious Future Research and the Mahdavi Community

Future research refers to the science and art of exploring the future and shaping the individual’s desirable world. Future research can play a pivotal role in both scientific and religious domains. For this, a relationship can be established between future research and religion. Religious future research can be investigated at two micro and macro levels. This research is first aimed at elaborating on the macro-level religious future research and second at preparing for an ideal community. This article reveals the necessity of the future research from the perspective of religion to describe the position and significance of it in Islam; it also introduces the Mahdavi Utopia teachings as the basis for the macro-level religious future research in Islam to describe the characteristics of this utopia as well as the epistemological structure of the community at an acceptable level. The research findings imply the expectations that religion has of people taking into account the characteristics of a utopia and the social facilities and powers people have, which would help them meet the minimum requirements of a desirable Islamic community within a developmental trend.