Characteristics of the Religious Leadership of the Messenger in the Holy Qur’an A Comparative Study Between the Interpretations of Al-Mizan and Al-Manar

Religious leadership is one of the foundations of building Islamic societies and their strength. It is one of the pillars of their sustainability and terrorizing their enemies. Therefore، the Holy Qur’an paid great attention to it، and highlighted it. Examining the divine vision of it and the results that that vision produces in contrast to the restricted positional human vision، for the divine leadership is the leadership that leads society to salvation from injustice، class and corruption. The process of reading and research showed that the Holy Qur’an addressed the concept of leadership more than one thousand four hundred years ago. It bears the divine vision that a person must realize. Referring at the same time to the concept of human leadership positional restricted. Based on the foregoing; This study dealt with the extrapolation of the noble Qur’anic verses that talked about the characteristics of the religious leadership of the Prophet، according to what both Muhammad Husayn al-Tabataba’i and Muhammad Rashid Rida see، and seeking to show the opinions of the two parties according to rational and transmission evidence in order to clarify those characteristics and their importance and the conditions and qualities that must be provided by the leader.

The importance of the topic، in the opinion of the researcher، lies in trying to present a true picture of the concept of religious leadership in order to present a three-dimensional vision that clarifies the real mechanism in building any integrated Islamic society at any time and place. And to memorize the characteristics، qualities and methods of that leadership that are unique to the leader from the members of the community. And since the Messenger is the complete divine model for this concept، it is necessary to shed light on that blessed leadership; According to the vision of the owner of the balance and the owner of the lighthouse، and highlighting the Qur’anic texts that spoke about this concept. Since every study، no matter how large or small، has a scientific method that the researcher follows in order to reach the results that he aspires to reach; The research and reading process showed that the comparative method is the best and specific method for this work. Because this approach has the ability to extrapolate from the Qur’anic verses and to memorize the characteristics of the religious leadership of the Messenger according to the interpretations of Al-Mizan and Al-Manar. After delving into this work and exerting a continuous effort، the researcher reached several results، the most prominent of which were: The Holy Qur’an mentioned the word leadership only twice، and there were words synonymous with leadership، including caliphate and imam، and God Almighty has singled it out for those of His servants who are pleased with Him. At the same time، the study showed that humanity is in constant need of a leadership that leads them to what is good and happy. And that God sent concerned people whom He chose for her to take in their hands and make in them all levels of behavior and reach him to be leaders and caliphs on earth; The Holy Book of God came and approved that leadership of the Messenger in its intellectual and practical aspect. The study showed that both the owner of Al-Mizan and Al-Manar have shared their opinions regarding the people’s need for leadership، as well as what the Messenger bears of mercy، compassion، and strength. Infallibility and revelation.