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==The Status of Imam al-Mahdi in the Qur'an and Hadiths==
==The Status of Imam al-Mahdi in the Qur'an and Hadiths==
===In the Quran===
===In the Qur'an===
Imam al-Mahdi (a) and the appearance of a savior in the end times are not explicitly mentioned in the Qur'an. However, according to Shiite exegetes, many verses of the Qur'an (250 verses according to some scholars) refer to this doctrine. There are two kinds of verses that have been regarded as referring to the doctrine of Mahdi:
Imam al-Mahdi (a) and the appearance of a savior in the end times are not explicitly mentioned in the Qur'an. However, according to Shiite exegetes, many verses of the Qur'an (250 verses according to some scholars) refer to this doctrine. There are two kinds of verses that have been regarded as referring to the doctrine of Mahdi:


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"Allah has promised those of you who have faith and do righteous deeds that He will surely make them successors in the earth, just as He made those who were before them successors, and He will surely establish for them their religion which He has approved for them, and that He will surely change their state to security after their fear, while they worship Me, not ascribing any partners to Me. And whoever is ungrateful after that it is they who are the transgressors."  
"Allah has promised those of you who have faith and do righteous deeds that He will surely make them successors in the earth, just as He made those who were before them successors, and He will surely establish for them their religion which He has approved for them, and that He will surely change their state to security after their fear, while they worship Me, not ascribing any partners to Me. And whoever is ungrateful after that it is they who are the transgressors."  


This verse, too, is interpreted in several hadiths as referring to Imam al-Mahdi (a) and his companions and helpers.  
This verse, too, is interpreted in several hadiths as referring to Imam al-Mahdi (a) and his companions and helpers.


===In Hadiths===
===In Hadiths===
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