Qom University Comparative Interpretation Research 2476-4191 9 2 2023 10 23 The Instances of the Promised Nation in the Vicegerency Verse with a Critical Approach to Fakhr Razi The Instances of the Promised Nation in the Vicegerency Verse with a Critical Approach to Fakhr Razi 293 323 2534 10.22091/ptt.2023.8530.2150 FA Hasanali Noruzi Azaraki Assistant Professor, Faculty of Quranic Sciences of Malayer, Ulum-i Quran va Maaref-i Quran-i Karim University, Qom, Iran. Email: h.noruzi@quran.ac.ir 0000-0002-5370-3936 Journal Article 2022 09 06 The religion of Islam, as the last and most complete heavenly religion, has described the future of human beings very clearly in the form of the Mahdism thought. Based on the teachings of the Quran, the final and global governance belongs to the righteous and oppressed and a person from the progeny of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his household) will establish security, servitude to God, and extensive universal justice at the head of the promised people and with divine help and efficient management. Even though belief in the vicegerency of the promised people is accepted in all Islamic denominations and sects; however, there are differences in opinion regarding the instances, place and time, and how the promises in the verse will be realized. The main issue of this study is comparatively studying the Shiite and Sunni views regarding the promised people with emphasis on the views of Fakhr Razi. Fakhr Razi, like many Sunni scholars, believes that the content of the verse was realized in the time of the companions of the Prophet and the verse denotes the caliphate and imamate of the four imams – Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali (peace be upon him) – and the promised people refers to the companions of the Prophet; however, considering the chaotic political and social situation of the time of Imam Ali, he denies that the verse denotes the Imam. Based on the semantic denotation of keywords, the cause of revelation, the contents of verses and narrations, and the definitive history of the Shiites and Sunnis, it is clear that the vicegerency verse refers to the time of the reappearance and governance of Imam Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance)..   The religion of Islam, as the last and most complete heavenly religion, has described the future of human beings very clearly in the form of the Mahdism thought. Based on the teachings of the Quran, the final and global governance belongs to the righteous and oppressed and a person from the progeny of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his household) will establish security, servitude to God, and extensive universal justice at the head of the promised people and with divine help and efficient management. Even though belief in the vicegerency of the promised people is accepted in all Islamic denominations and sects; however, there are differences in opinion regarding the instances, place and time, and how the promises in the verse will be realized. The main issue of this study is comparatively studying the Shiite and Sunni views regarding the promised people with emphasis on the views of Fakhr Razi. Fakhr Razi, like many Sunni scholars, believes that the content of the verse was realized in the time of the companions of the Prophet and the verse denotes the caliphate and imamate of the four imams – Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali (peace be upon him) – and the promised people refers to the companions of the Prophet; however, considering the chaotic political and social situation of the time of Imam Ali, he denies that the verse denotes the Imam. Based on the semantic denotation of keywords, the cause of revelation, the contents of verses and narrations, and the definitive history of the Shiites and Sunnis, it is clear that the vicegerency verse refers to the time of the reappearance and governance of Imam Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance)..   https://ptt.qom.ac.ir/article_2534_369741318bc087859ae51e6065d92c33.pdf