Mahdism in the Quran: the common holy verses

In this essay, the writer shows the firm and decisive Quranic roots and supports for the belief of Mahdism. He first proves the necessity of referring to the traditions of the holy prophet and the infallible Imams which irterprete the verses of Quran. Then he classifies in the following categories:1. The commom veres,2. The secondary verses,3. The specialized verses recognized by either Shia oe Senni scholars, to be related to the Mahdism issue.Then in each clssification, the verses are orderd in four groups.In this essay just the common verses are brought, namely those verses, which according to the mutually accepted interpretations of the shia and sunni scholars and writres are about the holy Imam al Mahdi.This essay contains an introduction about the explanation of the holy Quran on the basis of the traditions and words of the infallible Imams. Then he brings and explains about 9 verses of Quram, 50 traditions, and brings three explanatory indesces about those verses and traditions.