Is Surah al-Yusuf Denied & Khomeini their Awaited Imam?
"Say: Produce your proof
if you're truthful." Qur'an 2:111
A certain professor-lawyer is known within the local circle for
his erudition and scholarship. It is unfortunate, however, that in dealing
with the Shi'ah Muslims, he is accusing them, on different public speaking
engagements, that they allegedly deny Surah al-Yusuf as part of the Glorious
Qur'an on the ground of 'obscene' passages in it.
Similarly, he is entertaining an allegation that the Iranians are believing
in Ayatullah Khomeini as "the Shi'ah's 12th hidden Imam". Accordingly,
that's why they are calling him as Imam Khomeini."
With respect to these two allegations, we would like to remind the learned
lawyer that the burden of proof lies on his shoulder. That is, it's part of
his assignment to present his relevant evidence in order to win the day.
While waiting patiently for his presentation of evidences, we're cordially
inviting the learned professor to review a pertinent book written by the
Indian Sunni polemicist-scholar, Mohammad Manzoor Nu'mani, which can be
found at the unit library of the college where he himself is teaching. A
review of the book will make it clear that denial of Surah al-Yusuf is a
belief of the Kharijites (Khawarij) and not of the Shi'ah, and that the
Kharijites and the Shi'ah are not only not identical but are cheese and
chalk apart.
As to the second claim, the truth of the matter is that neither did the
Iranian leader ever assume himself to be the Awaited Mahdi, nor the most
fanatic and ignorant Iranian ever imagine the Islamic Republic founder as
such.
If Ayatullah Khomeini is more popularly known as "Imam Khomeini", it's only
in the sense of being a Muslim leader, and in particular, leader of the
Friday congregational prayers in Tehran.
If the congregational prayer leader in a mosque located in the remotest
village is conventionally called, "Imam", why the same modest title is not
applied to a Muslim whose Islamic leadership legacy in the contemporary
period transcends beyond the Iranian frontiers?
"Imam Khomeini is the leader who has put Islam back in the driving seat of history." ---
Dr. Kalim Siddiqui,
founder,
The Muslim Parliament of Britain
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