A Research on the Intellectual and Narrative Method of Mahdism in the Thought of Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani

Knowledge of phenomena and their recognition is subject to the principles and groundworks which are rooted in the type of human’s attitude towards the universe and human beings. The doctrine of Mahdism as a subject which needs to be recognized, can be determined in different ways. The hypothesis of this research is that in the thought of Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani, Mahdism and awaiting can be recognized through different natural, intellectual and narrative methods and techniques. The present paper has examined the intellectual and narrative method of Mahdism and awaiting with an emphasis on the thought of Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani with a qualitative approach and descriptive-analytical method, and has answered this main question that what the most important intellectual and narrative methods of proving the doctrine of Mahdism in the viewpoint of Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani are. Explaining the howness of recognition of Mahdism with a intellectual and narrative method in the view of Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani, such as the appearance of the promised savior and purposefulness of history, the impossibility of perpetual victory of or being the majority in oppression and atrocity and believing Mahdism as an example of faith in the Unseen is the most important achievement and finding of the present paper.