1165 - دَولَةُ المُستَضعَفينِ‏

1165. THE RETURN OF POWER TO THE ABASED PEOPLE

(وَنُرِيدُ أنْ نَمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ‏الوارِثِينَ).¹

“And we desired to show favour to those who were abased in the land, and to make them Imams, and to make them the heirs, and to establish them in the land.”²

3746.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى‏ : (ونُريدُ أنْ نَمُنَّ على الّذينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا...) - : هُم آلُ محمّدٍ، يَبعَثُ اللَّهُ مَهدِيَّهُم بَعد جَهدِهِم، فَيُعِزُّهُم ويُذِلُّ عَدُوَّهُم .³

3746. Imam Ali (AS), with regards to the Qur’anic verse: “And we desired to show favour to those who were abased…” said, ‘This refers to the progeny of Muhammad. Allah will send them their rightly guided Saviour [the Mahdi] after their struggle, and he will raise their status and abase their enemy.’⁴