فصلنامه مشرق موعود
پیاپی 23 (پاییز 1391)

The reappearance of Imam Mahdi has some signs, and religious leaders have their purposes for considering and explaining them. The realization of these signs depends on their matching with concrete outside examples. The first requirement of these signs is to apply the criteria to guide us to actual symptoms, and secondly in achieving its realization, two major challenges should be met. Firstly, there is always the possibility of other instances for the observed signs and secondly there is always the possibility of making a forged instance for showing off the signs. Therefore, we need to take measures in order to implement the matching process and follow on until we safely pass these difficulties. The above criteria are twofold: Firstly, the match must be with certainty; Secondly, the evidence must have all the features of the actual sign and thirdly, the implementation of such a matching process should not lead to an attempt to re-interpret the narratives; Fourthly, the matching process should be in general coordination of the criteria and frameworks of religion and implementation of the terms should not contradict let any religious principle to be violated; Fifthly, the implementation process of the signs with evidence and instances should avoid examples that are likely to be fake, and to be on the safe side, focus on the signs that cannot be faked. With respect to the five criteria above, we can reach the real examples of appearance signs that are not numerous and instances of fraud may not be found in them.

The messianic topics, as part of the basic teachings of religion, are rooted in the Holy Quran. These subjects are discussed in the Quran with a general look and gives a picture of the final day, which will eventually lead all religions to the truthful path, began by the god's messenger and prophet. In realizing this will, those who follow the path of excellence and God's servitude will come to lead others instead of those who did injustice and did not understand the significance of what God has bestowed upon them and blessed them with. The truth will stay because it has a right to stay and wrong will perish as it is perishable. Interpretive accounts of the Quran chapters can do us god in two ways, both by providing different ways of understanding the verses of the Quran and increasing our benefit from the different styles of messianic inference.Reflecting on the topics emphasized frequently in the Quran and interpretation of and the Hadith can help us to get closer to the image of millenarianism, which the Quranic teachings have mediated and shaped in the minds of the audience.

Utopias and utopianism is one of the concepts that is concomitant with the birth of human mind and many scholars attempted to formulate and express their own interpretation of favorite golden age and focused on it. Among them, Thomas Moore's utopia has a special place because since the Renaissance, it is the first utopia that is drawn to the influence of humanism and focused on many areas of human life, including economic, political, social aspects.This paper discusses the values of utopia Thomas Moore about human dignity in critical light, contending that although it seeks to provide a model for human dignity this mission is not fully accomplished, in fact. Even more, a false impression of the reality of human has been sought in Thomas Moore's utopia due to its refuge in a mental cage, and therefore that utopian thinking drawn only from human reason may not be able to provide a comprehensive model for human dignity and the right model can be only considered in light of teachings from divine revelations and that human dignity can be full achieved in a utopia drawn by Mahdism.

The research on Mahdism as an area of knowledge, has standards, rules and structures, such as the topics, issues, methods, and principles. In fact, any area of knowledge in all fields like science and disciplines, as well as interdisciplinary areas follow some standard structure and rules. A comprehensive understanding of research on Mahdism can be achieved when we start to talk about all its structural components. Before we get into the realm of research on Mahdism and deal with its minor internal issues, it is necessary to pay attention to outer major issues like studying the topics, issuing statements of the problem, selecting appropriate methodology, and principles, and identifying the relevant purposes. Although that kind of attention is impossible to be given in a single paper and studying all is beyond the limits of this article, we discuss the topics and statements of the problem here in some depth. Reflecting on topics emphasize the frequency and interpretation of the Quran and the hadith helps us to get closer to the image of millenarianism. The Quranic teachings Byvastە mediated and shaped the minds of the audience yesterday.

Messianic beliefs are rooted in the Quranic teachings and in Sunnah. These beliefs became the focus of opposition to the rulers from the first centuries of Islam due to their approach which driven to fighting injustice. In the first century after Islam (7th century AD), Kysanyh movement chose a military and political movement against the Caliphate of Bani Omaya dynasty with a focus on the theme of messianic Shiite slogans. This movement provided a model for other similar groups, known mostly as extremist Shiite groups, which is referred to them as Ghali.This research aims to explore the motivations and goals of this movement in explaining the ideals of Mahdism in their society. The research aims to find out whether the Kisaniyeh movement as has correctly interpreted the messianic message and explained it as an example of the awareness of the issue in that era or had other motivations for upholding these beliefs. To find the answer, exploring the motivations and goals of the movement in focusing on Mahdism issues is required. The resulting awareness can provide a proper symbol for awareness raising of the correct and incorrect interpretations of the Mahdism.The main findings of this research are:1. Mahdism has become a tool in the thinking of Kysaniyeh movement to fight the Empire of Caliphate.2. Kysaniyeh movement determined their own timing and people in realizing the messianic beliefs, ignoring the guidelines of Islam and Imams. 3. The approach of this movement towards Mahdism was based on an incomplete understanding and of an extremist interpretation.4. The main reason for this deviation was ignoring the wisdom and understanding of the Imam and reliance on the wisdom and interpretation of some individuals.

In the Quran, three verses stated with a joint interpretation about the overcoming of God's will regarding Islam over other religions. Given the context of the verses, the promise of such a subsumption includes the two religions of Judaism and Christianity. The Fariqeyn traditions, the realization of God's promise to Imam Mahdi and Jesus However, according to some evidence from the Quran and the narratives, some will remain with their earlier ideas in secret and hypocrisy after the final overcoming of the faith.

The aim of this study was to investigate the status of the messianic beliefs in secondary school students in Qom. The type of research is descriptive and the statistical survey research, which involves all students in Qom, randomly selcted from the pool of 30,404 secondary level students and 602 students were selected using stratified random sampling. The researcher has made a questionnaire including 40 questions of the spectrum in terms which is in a five-point Likert response package. Content validity of the questionnaire is confirmed by experts and informants. reliability coefficient of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha was 0.83 respectively. The inferential statistical analysis (t-test and ANOVA) were performed using the statistical software SPSS. The results showed that most students understand and had correct answers to questions about the Imam. The mean of true responses is higher than average regarding the expected emergence, philosophy and the faith questions and in the faith in Mahdi's philosophy of occultation.