Grand Ayatollah Shirazi Urges Believers to Prepare Themselves, Others for Advent of Imam al-Mahdi
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\nGrand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi has emphasized that one of the foremost responsibilities of believers during the occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon him) is to seek his satisfaction through spiritual self-purification and obedience to God, while also working to prepare others and society for the awaited advent.<\/p>\n
His eminence referred to the Quranic verse, \u201cAnd the earth will shine with the light of its Lord,\u201d noting that narrations have interpreted the verse as referring to the advent of Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon him), when injustice will come to an end and goodness, security and comfort will prevail across the earth.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Marja noted that the timing of the advent has been concealed by God and that Islamic narrations indicate it may occur unexpectedly. This, he explained, requires believers to remain spiritually, psychologically and morally prepared rather than treating awaiting the Imam as merely anticipating a future event.<\/p>\n
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi identified two main responsibilities for believers before the advent. The first is \u201cpurifying and cultivating the self\u201d by fulfilling religious obligations, avoiding prohibitions and remaining obedient to God. The second responsibility is \u201cpreparing others,\u201d according to each person\u2019s abilities and circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi Urges Believers to Prepare Themselves, Others for Advent of Imam al-Mahdi ——————————————– Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi has emphasized that one of the foremost responsibilities of believers during the occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon him) is to seek his satisfaction through spiritual self-purification and obedience to God, while also …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[6176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grand-ayatollah-shirazi"],"yoast_head":"\n