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 ===Maqam Imam al-Sadiq (a) ===
-The Maqam Imam al-Sadiq (a) can be literally translated as the place where Imam Sadiq (a) stood, and it is a spot is located near the door of Masjid al-Ra's. It has been narrated that this is where Imam al-Sadiq (a) would pray when he came to perform the Ziyarah (visitation) of Amir al-Muminin (a). This spot, approximately fifty years ago was covered by a white dome, spanning the area of approximately 100 square meters. However, currently there are no remnants of this building and the spot is simply a part of the shrine.
+The Maqam (stance of) Imam al-Sadiq (a) is a spot located near the door of Masjid al-Ra's. It has been narrated that this is where Imam al-Sadiq (a) would pray when he came to perform the Ziyarah (visitation) of [[Amir al-Muminin]] (a). This spot, approximately fifty years ago was covered by a white dome, spanning the area of approximately 100 square meters. However, currently there are no remnants of this building and the spot is simply a part of the shrine.
-===Mawdhi' al-Isba'ayn ===
-Mawdhi' al-Isba'ayn literally means the place of two fingers. Across the place where the face of the Imam (a) lies, there is a shrine that marks this spot. It has been said that there was a tyrant ruler whose name was Mare b. Qays who was once speaking about his tribe and forefathers. He asked the elders of the tribe about those who had passed away from his family, and in response, they said that many of them had been killed in a battle. He further asked about who had killed them, and they responded by saying that most of them had been killed at the hands of Ali b. Abi Talib (a). So, he asked where Imam Ali (a) had been buried, and was told that he was buried in Najaf. Mare then sent an army of 2,000 individuals to storm Najaf. After six days of defending their city, the people of Najaf were defeated and Mare entered the shrine and began to destroy it. As he was about to exhume the grave, two fingers came out of the zarih, and as though they were a sword, cut him in half. At that very moment, the two halves of his body became stone. These two stones were then kept near the road/pathway, after which the army took them and hid them.
-===The Area of the Shrine Complex===
-The shrine of Imam Ali b. Abi Talib (a) has been expanded and renovated considerably in more recent years. The western section of the haram in its developmental plans, has been renamed after the Lady Fatima al-Zahra (a). This courtyard includes much of the western section of the shrine complex up until the Maqam Imam al-Sajjad (a). It is being designed and built by Iranian architects. Upon completion of these developmental plans, the total area for the shrine complex will span 140,000 square meters.
+===Mawdi' al-Isba'ayn ===
+Mawdi' al-Isba'ayn (lit. the place of two fingers) is across the place where the face of the Imam (a) lies. It has been said that there was a tyrant ruler whose name was Murra b. Qays who was once speaking about his tribe and forefathers. He asked the elders of the tribe about those who had passed away from his family, and in response, they said that many of them had been killed in a battle. He further asked about who had killed them, and they responded by saying that most of them had been killed at the hands of Ali b. Abi Talib (a). So, he asked where Imam Ali (a) had been buried, and was told that he was buried in Najaf. Murra then sent an army of 2,000 individuals to storm Najaf. After six days of defending their city, the people of Najaf were defeated and Marra entered the shrine and began to destroy it. As he was about to exhume the grave, two fingers came out of the [[Darih]], and as though they were a sword, cut him in half. At that very moment, the two halves of his body became stone. These two stones were then kept near the road/pathway, after which the army took them and hid them.
+===Development===
+The shrine of Imam Ali b. Abi Talib (a) has been expanded and renovated considerably in more recent years. The western section of the [[haram]] in its developmental plans, has been named after the [[Lady Fatima al-Zahra (a)]]. This courtyard includes much of the western section of the shrine complex up until the Maqam Imam al-Sajjad (a). It is being designed and built by Iranian architects. Upon completion of these developmental plans, the total area for the shrine complex will span 140,000 square meters.
 [[fa:حرم امام علی (ع)]]
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