The head of Imam al-Sadiq Educational and Research Institute stated that in the history of humanity, wherever there was a call for truth, there was also a vicious call against it. RNA – Speaking at a ceremony in Yazd marking the opening of Madinat al-Ilm Kadhimiyyah Seminary and the beginning of the new academic year, Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani said, “The highest duty and mission of the clergy is propagation and measures must be taken in the seminaries which lead to educational, moral and spiritual growth in the various fields of Islamic sciences.”
The head of Imam al-Sadiq Educational and Research Institute stated that in the history of humanity, wherever there was a call for truth, there was also a vicious call against it and added, “The Prophet Muhammad, who spent his whole life promoting religion, faced this animosity and evil-doers opposed him in order to prevent the truth from being heard by the people of the world.”
He said, “According to the Holy Quran, the enemies of Islam had ten plots to silence the Prophet’s call, five of which were related to the personality of the Prophet and the other five were related to the Prophet’s actions in promoting Islam in society.”
Ayatollah Sobhani emphasized that in the beginning, the polytheists regarded the Prophet as a sorcerer and the Quran as a book of magic and said, “They even introduced the Prophet as insane and made many accusations against him.”
The renowned source of emulation stated that some of the slanderous acts need to be remedied, “The best proof to thwart all of these slanderous acts was the victory of Islam and the Prophet over the polytheists in the conquering of Makkah and the destruction of the 360 idols in the Ka’bah.”
He said that after the conquest of Makkah, one of the plots of the enemies to fight Islam was the issue of the successor of the Prophet and said, “They thought the Prophet had no son and after his death, Islam would be destroyed but God destroyed their conspiracy on Eid al-Ghadir and frustrated them.”
In other remarks, Ayatollah Sobhani said, “One issue that the Islamic Seminaries must take into consideration is that, in addition to jurisprudence, they must also pay special attention to the issue of propagation because it was said by Imam Khomeyni that the primary duty of seminarians is missionary work and it’s even necessary to train missionaries to send to other countries of the world.”
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