Al-Qadir Int’l Congress Held in Tehran
An international congress featuring the event of Qadir was held in Tehran on the occasion of Eid Al-Qadir.
The congress was organized on Wednesday and Thursday, October 23-24 by the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies.
A number of Iranian and foreign scholars and cultural and religious figures were present at the opening ceremony on Wednesday.
It began with recitation of verses from the Holy Quran followed by playing the Iranian national anthem.
Next, a previously-recorded message by grand Ayatollah Abdullah Javadi Amoli was played in which the grand Ayatollah said Eid Al-Adir is the Greatest Eid of God.
He added that Eid Al-Qadir is not specific to Imam Ali (AS) only but that it is the Eid of Wilayat and Imamate.
Deputy secretary of the congress Shahram Yusefifar then addressed the opening ceremony welcoming the participants and presenting a report about preparations for organizing the international congress.
Yusefifar stated that the event of Qadir is among historical events about which much more studies are needed.
He said the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, based on its mission and inspired by the guidelines set by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, started conducting research about Imam Ali (AS) a decade ago.
“Establishing Imam Ali (AS) Research Center and publishing the Ali Research Journal are among the activities of the institute in this regard,” he said, referring to Al-Qadir International Congress as another step on this path.
A number of other speakers also took the podium including scientific deputy of the congress Seyyed Fakhreddin Moayedi, Hojat-ol-Islam Seyyed Hossein Hosseini, Hojat-ol-Islam Abutorabi and Hojat-ol-Islam Shahabadoi.
They talked about different Aspects of the event of Qadir Khum and humanity’s need to Wilayat on his path to salvation in this world and the next.
Scholars from Iran and other countries including France, India, Pakistan, Iraq, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, discussed Qadir and Wilayat during the two-Day Al-Qadir International Congress.
The event of Qadir took place in the tenth year after Hijra. After completing his last pilgrimage (Hajjatul-Wada'), the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was leaving Makkah toward Madinah, where he and the crowd of people reached a place called Qadir Khumm. It was a place where people from different provinces used to greet each other before taking different routes for their homes.
In this place, the following verse of the Quran was revealed: “O Apostle! Deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord; and if you don’t do it, you have not delivered His message (at all); and Allah will protect you from the people ...”(Quran 5:67).
Upon receiving the verse, the Prophet (PBUH) stopped on that place (the pond of Khumm). Then he sent for all people who have been ahead in the way, to come back and waited until all pilgrims who fell behind, arrived and gathered. He then delivered a speech in which he announced Imam Ali (AS) as his successor. The date of this event was the 18th of Dhul-Hijjah.
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A number of Iranian and foreign scholars and cultural and religious figures were present at the opening ceremony on Wednesday.
It began with recitation of verses from the Holy Quran followed by playing the Iranian national anthem.
Next, a previously-recorded message by grand Ayatollah Abdullah Javadi Amoli was played in which the grand Ayatollah said Eid Al-Adir is the Greatest Eid of God.
He added that Eid Al-Qadir is not specific to Imam Ali (AS) only but that it is the Eid of Wilayat and Imamate.
Deputy secretary of the congress Shahram Yusefifar then addressed the opening ceremony welcoming the participants and presenting a report about preparations for organizing the international congress.
Yusefifar stated that the event of Qadir is among historical events about which much more studies are needed.
He said the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, based on its mission and inspired by the guidelines set by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, started conducting research about Imam Ali (AS) a decade ago.
“Establishing Imam Ali (AS) Research Center and publishing the Ali Research Journal are among the activities of the institute in this regard,” he said, referring to Al-Qadir International Congress as another step on this path.
A number of other speakers also took the podium including scientific deputy of the congress Seyyed Fakhreddin Moayedi, Hojat-ol-Islam Seyyed Hossein Hosseini, Hojat-ol-Islam Abutorabi and Hojat-ol-Islam Shahabadoi.
They talked about different Aspects of the event of Qadir Khum and humanity’s need to Wilayat on his path to salvation in this world and the next.
Scholars from Iran and other countries including France, India, Pakistan, Iraq, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, discussed Qadir and Wilayat during the two-Day Al-Qadir International Congress.
The event of Qadir took place in the tenth year after Hijra. After completing his last pilgrimage (Hajjatul-Wada'), the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was leaving Makkah toward Madinah, where he and the crowd of people reached a place called Qadir Khumm. It was a place where people from different provinces used to greet each other before taking different routes for their homes.
In this place, the following verse of the Quran was revealed: “O Apostle! Deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord; and if you don’t do it, you have not delivered His message (at all); and Allah will protect you from the people ...”(Quran 5:67).
Upon receiving the verse, the Prophet (PBUH) stopped on that place (the pond of Khumm). Then he sent for all people who have been ahead in the way, to come back and waited until all pilgrims who fell behind, arrived and gathered. He then delivered a speech in which he announced Imam Ali (AS) as his successor. The date of this event was the 18th of Dhul-Hijjah.
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