You are only a warner, and for every people

is a guide.
 CONCEPT OF IMAMAT
In shia Islam, Imamat has fundamental
importance to the tauheed and prophethood, in
the sense that at no time in the history of
humanity did the Almighty Allah leave His mission
of guiding the people to their wishes rather He
kept with Himself the authority of choosing them.
This is the reason that selection of prophet and
imam is done by Allah Himself. In the respect,
Hazrat Muhammad is the last in the line of
prophethood but the mission of guidance
therefore, remained with the Imams.
 The concept of Imamat before the
advent of Islam
Before the advent of Islam the meaning of imam
was taken as a companion. At the time of Hazrat
Adam he had a companion with him, known as
Shish A.s. Hazrat Mosa A.s had Haroon A.s with him
and in the same way Hazrat Muhammad had Hazrat
Ali A.s with him.
As it is quoted by Hazrat Imam Jaffer Sadiq, that Allah first positioned Hazrat
Ibrahim as his dear one, then as a guider, then a friend of His, the a
Prophet and finally an Imam.

[ Allah ] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." (Abraham)

." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [Allah] said, "My covenant does
not include the wrongdoers."
Prophet Muhammad said to the Muslim at the ghadir-Khumm:

I am leaving behind me two important things the Quran and the Ahl-al-
Bayt. If you follow them both you will never go astray.

Ali is the Mawla of those people whose Mawla I am. O Allah, be the
friend of those who are friends of Ali, and be the enemy of those who are
enemies of Ali.
Today I have perfected your religion for you and I have
completed my blessing upon you, and I have approved Islam for
your religion.

But no by thy lord! They will not belive till they make thee the
judge regarding the disagreement between them then they shall
find in themselves no impediment touch thy verdict but shall
surrender in full submission.
Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham
and the family of 'Imran over the worlds.

Descendants, some of them from others. And Allah is Hearing

and Knowing.

One day We shall call together all human beings with their
(respective) Imams: those who are given their record in their
right hand will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be
dealt with unjustly in the least.
 Imammat as global

Imams has done many thing not only for its

followers but also for other religion people
from periods of time.
From Hazrat Ali to Hazar Imam there were
many thing which were done some of deed are
writen.
 Nur-imamat Globally
Arabian Period : started from the time of Hazrat Ali to our 5th Imam
Jaffer Sadiq. A lot of work was done Globally. Hazrat Alis letter is one of
the most important one, as most of the governments use it for their
administration purpose.
Secondly, Imam jaffer Sadiq was a great scientist who taught Jabir bin
hayyan. He was the father of modern chemistry.
Fatmid Period : Started from Imam Mehdi and it continued till Imam
Nizar. It is said to be the Golden period for Ismailies. This is so because
Ismailies progressed tremendously in terms of trade, architecture,
philosophy etc.
Imam Moiz the founder of the university Jamiat-ul-Azhar, is the best
example as it offered education for everyone not only for ismailies.
 Alamaut period : in this period ismailies faced a lot of
difficulties regarding preaching. They use to hide and then
preach. If the ismailies were found out, they were to be
killed by the kufar. In this period a lot of work was done in
terms of science and people worked hard at this time.
There were not much developments in this period.