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In the introduction of ''Bihar al-anwar'', al-Majlisi explained his goal of writing the book as, | In the introduction of ''Bihar al-anwar'', al-Majlisi explained his goal of writing the book as, | ||
:"The | :"The reason for writing this book is that I was enthusiastic in learning different types of knowledge, and after spending a part of my life on learning different sciences and thinking about the fruits and goals of these sciences I found that knowledge is achieved only through the revelation and the hadiths of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and in the hereafter, only this type of knowledge is helpful. Therefore, I studied the narrations and hadiths of the Infallibles (a)."<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 1, p. 2</ref> | ||
He also tried to collect those references which were about to be lost and thus referred to those books which were abandoned due to excessive attention to [[the Four Books]], the corrupt intentions, lack of attention of the ignorant and the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt (a).<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 1, pp. 3-4</ref> | He also tried to collect those references which were about to be lost and thus referred to those books which were abandoned due to excessive attention to [[the Four Books]], the corrupt intentions, lack of attention of the ignorant and the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt (a).<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 1, pp. 3-4</ref> | ||