Library Beliefs Chapter 5-Imamat Leadership 44-There Is Always An Imam
44-There Is Always An Imam
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44- THERE IS ALWAYS AN IMAM
WE BELIEVE that as God has decreed to send His Apostles with divine Guidances, so also for any age or time, God Has appointed an Imam to look after the people, leading them to the rightious path, and to guard the divine Law against ay deviation. Imam has to know clearly, the necessities of the ages, and lead the people to the true path of God. He invites and teaches the people to obey the prophets and to follow the LAW. If not so, man will fail to obtain the goal for which he is created. i.e. prosperity and perfectoin. Then the LAW will be abandoned, and people have to wander!
This is why we believe that after our prophet, in any age or time there has always been, and there will
be, an Imam to teach and to lead.
* (IMAM primarily means: `HE WHO IS FOREMOST' hence a religious leader, a MODEL, a PATTERN or one who leads the congregational prayer._ (the translator)
"O,You who believe! fear Allah and be with those who are truthful."
THE HOLY QUR?N _ S9: 119
This verse of QUR?N does not point a certain time or a distinct age. It rather unconditionally orders the people to be the followers of the truthful Imam.
All the famous commentators have taken the word:_ TRUTHFUL to mean an innocent Imam who is free of guilt and sin.
