Journal of Razavi Culture

Abstract The signs of the Imam are the basic criteria in the field of Imamology; as in the light of the kind of attitude towards this category, various religions appeared. Of course, the Infallible Imams (as) expressed the most important signs and criteria in this field from the very beginning. However, according to narrations from the Ahl al-Bayt (as), especially from Imam Riḍā (as), the weapon of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) has been mentioned as "a coffin among the children of Israel and a sign of Imamate". Considering the fame of these narrations and ambiguities such as similarity, the share of this analogy in protesting with the opponents, this article, based on typology and analysis of the export space, seeks to investigate the deep understanding of this group of narrations of Imam Riḍā (as). Studies show that the narration of the Prophetic weapon is evident in the types of "among the signs of the Imam", "likeness to the coffin of the children of Israel and connection with the category of Imamate" and "exclusive heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt (as)"; and often these narrations in the time of Imam Sajjād (as) to Imam Riḍā (as) in confrontation with the false claimants of Imamate against the sects of Keysāniyeh, Zaydi, ʿAjliyah, Faṭaḥiyeh, Ismāʾīli, Wāqifah, etc., especially Bani ʿAbbās, all of whom claimed the inheritance and caliphate of the Prophet (pbuh), has been issued. By arguing for the possession of the prophetic weapon, the Ahl al-Bayt (as) were introduced as the special heirs of the prophetic weapon and knowledge who have been appointed as Imamates by Allah Almighty; as mentioned in the Qur'an, being an heir alongside the Imamate, and in the story of Ṭālūt, the arrival of a coffin containing the legacy of the prophets, indicated the divine election and installation of Ṭālūt over the caliphate.

Abstract The verses of Al-Tathir, Wilaya, Ulu l-Amr (Obedience), Al-Tablīgh (Propagation) and other famous verses have long been part of the most famous citations of theology of the Imamiyya. Verses Stories from the Quran have less been considered by the commentators and theologians of Imamate, while Imams (P.B.U.T.) have referred to them a lot for explaining and defending the teachings of Imamate. In this paper, theological-exegesis citations of Imam Reza (P.B.U.H.) to Verses Stories in the field of Imamate have been reviewed and explained by relying on early narrative sources of the Imam to reconstruct the pattern of deduction and theological citation and to achieve the methods of responding to theological doubts in the field of Imamate. Imam Reza’s (P.B.U.H.) citation to this type of verses can be considered an important approach to theological exegesis of the Quran, while in the scientific atmosphere of Sunnite, the Israeli discourse dominates the exegesis of Quranic stories. Studies show that the infallibility of the Imam, the course of Imamate in the family of Ibrahim (P.B.U.H.), Divine Knowledge of the Imam, seeing and not recognizing the Imam, the acceptance of Succession, and the difference between the meaning of Ummah and Dynasty are the most important theological discussions of the Imam in referring to the stories of the Quran. The explicative method of Imam Reza (P.B.U.H.) to Verses Stories is another topic discussed in this article.