فصلنامه مشرق موعود
پیاپی 17 (بهار 1390)

The issue of rank and rating Imam Mahdi in the process of discovering his personality is beyond the rank of the other Imams. The rank of him is prophetic mission. This is evidenced in the verse of Imamate in Abraham’s method of following and also in Jesus method in the era of return. Understanding the Hadith of Hazrat Mahdi that says "whoever dies without knowing his Imam has died like a death in the ignorance era" and sayings like that, which are quoted in Fariqain infinitives, are profound and realistic sense.

This article explores the obstacles and challenges of waiting for the Imam and savior. We used a descriptive analytic method based on a library study. These obstacles include the inaccessibility of mind, getting accustomed to the conditions (status quo), the threat to the personal benefits, haste, indulgence, growing a negative attitude to expecting, lack of intellectual growth and knowledge of the problems associated with waiting for the savior Imam. The latter are like pests in the ambush for the product of awaiting mentioned in this article, that include saviorism, meeting claims, apocalypse, which are accounts of the truth created by the exaggerated love and (extreme) immaterialism. The results of studies and surveys regarding such deviations and the dysfunction of such a great concept is rooted in some thoughts and narrations that can be seen in views and actions of some religious leaders and also caused by theoretical or functional misinterpretation of followers who believe is this great event. In conclusion, some ideas in order to refine the community in these respects has been proposed.

One of the important topics in the discussion of Mahdism is Viewing the Imam who is in occultation. One issue raised is the meeting with the Imam from the begining like his birthplace. This issue of meeting is not totally rejected on his absence from the point of view of most famous scholars of Shiism. One of the contentious issues was the alleged letter given by Imam to Samori as the 4in fourth Nayeb (representative) which in this article will be shown to have a weak basis.The letter issued by Imam to Ali ibn Muhammad Samory is for the late Vice-quarter is not evidence for the meetings with Imam. The study also discusses the implications of this document and this document will prove to be weak and has no authority to invoke the meetings. Upon the acceptance of its authority, and the meeting discussed has implications, and the letter was not all to be included. The letter implies accepting credit and also having meetings. The exception is our acceptance of such letter, then we can say the letter is a single story and cannot make sure of existence of such meetings with no other resistance. If the other documents are valid and have meetings is contradictory to the letter, the meetings are preferred to be creditable due to the multitude of meetings and the existence of such meetings will be proved.

With the advent of government in the modern concept of it, the possibility or impossibility of existence of a religious government became only a part of the theoretical discussion to allow the emergence of modern science of politics. On the other hand, The Shiism in general and a religious Shiite government in particular cannot be silent and indifferent to the issues of waiting and rational reservation and its teachings should be related to these principles. Hence it is necessary in the various attempts for theorising the religious government, a new heading for this be determined in regards to their impacts. In this paper, for better accuracy and ease of discussion, only one issue of "foreign policy" is focused among the different aspects of government, and among its views on waiting and the reservation, only "Social aspects", are to be considered. After exploring the meaning and possibilty of such government, one of these governing strategies which seems reasonable and appropriate is proposed.

Many countries have problems with globalization because globalization means development of American economy, culture and politics in the world. It can not be denied that globalization creates opportunities, but the opportunities comparing with the problems are small and insignificant. In other words, globalization is unconditional competition in the world for higher-income and rich countries to gain from poor countries, which brings with it more poverty. Thus, Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution leader said: "Globalization leads to hunger, disease and helplessness" and the western thinker, James Graph says that the globalization does not put on the human face, it does have a Satanic face. Now, What are the adverse effects of globalization on the face of Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic has emerged from it? The relationship between the Islamic Revolution and globalization and the vulnerabilities of it and the issue of Mahdism in it can be traced? The author believes that the approach to Mahdism can prevent the damage of globalization on Iran.

The background topics such as what and why always come with the issue of absence in a strong link. The believers are not the only people who are concerned and this is not limited only to the students of religious studies to do the inquiry, but everyone who is interested in history is inevitably grappled with the issue at some point. The representation of such beliefs is not the same in quality or quantity in all Islamic sects and it is more in Twelver Shiites. In the field of scientific and intellectual consequences of the absence the Imamate in Shiism requires deep reflection and dynamism. This article is a review of how Shiites in the third and fourth centuries developed these thoughts. The author's comments in response to why of this issue, paints a different picture of Mahdism which existed in the Shiite scholars. The findings of study are also stated one by one.

This article, compares "Belief in a saviour" with the old Phoenix epic (as Saviour) in the East (Iran) and links it with the modern epic of flying saucers (as Saviour) in the West (United states of America) through the concept of the collective unconscious of Jung and explains it based on old pattern of redemption. At first, we survey collective unconscious of Jung, meaning of epic, old patterns and instinct from Jung's point of view. Secondly, we study the history of the epic of Ancient Phoenix and its evolution in the East (Iran) and its relation with collective unconscious on the basis on anlytical psychology of Jung and finally, we ensure the link and commonalities between Ancient Phoenix and flying saucers and commonalities with the concept of collective unconscious. This all will lead us to the redemption issue that will be expressed in the form of believing in a Saviour.