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A Comparative Study of the Meaning of Wilayat
in the Verse of Wilayat Based on Context With Emphasis
on Imam Khamenei's Viewpoint
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Mohammad Ali Majd Faqihi1   , Mohammadali Reyhaninia *2 |
1- . Professor Assistant, sciences of Quran and Hadith department, Islamic education university, Qom, Iran
2- Professor Assistant, Islamic education teaching department, Farhangian university, south Khorasan, martyr Bahonar campus, Birjand, Iran , rehaninia@cfu.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (158 Views) |
| The connection between the verse of Wilayat and the verses before and after it and the aimed meaning in the mentioned verses is a matter of disagreement among commentators of Both Parties. Most Sunni commentators believe in the unity of the context of the verses and consider the meaning of love and support to be the sense of verses 51 to 58 of Surah Al-Ma'idah, but most Shiite commentators believe in the lack of unity of the context of the verses; they have defined Wilayat in verses 55 and 56 of Surah Al-Ma'idah as supervision and in the verses before and after it as love and support. The Supreme Leader considers the word Wilayat to mean continuity and unity, which are part of the lexical meanings of this word, and by explaining the three dimensions of Wilayat based on this meaning and applying it to the mentioned verses, he reveals the connection between the verses. The present article uses a descriptive-analytical method to explain Ayatollah Khamenei’s view and compare it with the views of the commentators of the Two Sects. The present study, by presenting in-text evidence and context and proving Imam Khamenei’s view, believes in the connection between the verses and considers the meaning of the term “guardianship” to be the sense of the verses in all the mentioned verses. It is clear that having political and economic relations with Jews and Christians is not forbidden, but siding with them and accepting their domination and guardianship is forbidden. The Islamic society is a society that is under the authority and guardianship of Allah, the Messenger, and the Infallible Imam (AS). |
Article number: 2 |
| Keywords: Theological interpretation, meaning of wilayat (guardianship), the verse of wilayat (guardianship), context of the verses, Ayatollah Khamenei, commentators of the Two Sects. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2024/06/10 | Accepted: 2025/03/12 | Published: 2025/08/25
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