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"this melody has been heard for hundreds of years. it's played from here, looking down on the second biggest shrine on the planet. it's calling on people to come to pray. more than 27 million people travel here every year. it's run by the most powerful non-government organization in iran. there are thousands of servants here. they volunteer to provide calm and comfort to..." pilgrims, they are doctors, scientists, lawyers and ministers who come to support the pilgrims on their journey to the heart of the shrine. when i go there, i prefer to prepare this situation for all of them, serve them. each servant has their own description of the imam and his principles. imaman مظهر اخلاق خدا هستن. اینا مطهن. اینا مصدقند.

one of the most important religious places on earth. this is the story of imam riza and his kingdom. in 633, one of the greatest civilizations on earth, the persian empire, witnessed the rise and spread of islam in the region. within a short span of time, islam expanded to the four corners of the... the

key to its success was the capture of persia. the islamic conquest of persia led to the end of the sasanit empire and the eventual decline of the zorastrian. religion, however, the achievements of the previous persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great extent embraced by the new islamic state. iran the islam, iran and islam, all one another death of gratitude. in other words, islam has had a critical role in constructing iranian civilization. and on the other hand, iranian scientists have played an important role in developing islamic. although the combination of islamic values and persian wealth and culture resulted in the islamic golden age unprecedented wealth

and power as well as shiia sunni disagreements divided the descendance of prophet muhammad and the rooting parties. the way forward. the greedy heads of states was to discredit the top religious figures, they knew if this family was around their popularity thought of imam riza as his sworn enemy. on the other hand, imam riza thought of mamon as the ruthless who had illegally assumed the calipat which is the right of

mahmoon's political gesture was to pretend to offer the leadership to imam riza. the imam's response was short and clear. if leadership was your right and allah chose it for you, you do not have the right to offer it to another. and if it wasn't your right, then you do not have the authority to offer me that which is not yours. eventually mamun forcefully exiled imam riza from medinasan. and the calif knew well that it would cause

problems for the government. so with a clever trick he invited the imam to marve. after all, the amom knew's hidden agenda. rejected his invitation. once more, mamoon invited the imam. this time mamon's envoys forced the imam to embark a journey to marv, all against his will. the amam certainly knew that it was his last journey. like his honorable ancestors, imam reza enjoyed a high level scientific position.

to khurasan was the last one of his life, it was in khorasan where mamun, the applied calif, murdered him, his tomb drew hundreds of thousands of shia pilgrims to harasan, and very soon the area was transformed into a flourishing city called mashad or the place of martterdom. the city is now the most sacred site attracting millions of iranians and others from around the world who go there every year to pay their respects and that has changed iran forever. more than 27 million pilgrams every year

visits the holy shir of all of this more than 2 million of foreigner and from this about 4000 or non muslims they are from europe america and even from south. asia, from all over the world, almost we have the pilgrams who come for visiting the shirin. this sacred site has been the center of attention for many centuries, and that hasn't been without problems. in 993 ad, the holy shrine was ruined by sabuk takim, the gaznavid king. 'the mongol invasion let by gengi's havoc with the holy shrine once again, since that

time the shrine has been rebuilt and all its surrounding buildings expanded. بیشترین اطلاقی که مجموعه حرم داشته درing the tamarid era, maybe that's because mathet was the center of tamaraid dynasty'. resulted in the expansion of the city and consequently the shrine. during the safavit era, again for a special circumstance of the time, the shrine was rebuild and decorated, even better than before. many art branches manifested themselves here in the shrine. the same was true in the gajar dynasty. to put in a nacho, the expansion has been done over time to accommodate the growing. number of the pilgrims, millions of pilgrims have visited

the site for hundreds of years, and their generous donations have helped turn the small shrine into a magnificent structure that now spands about 1 million square meters, the shrine that entumbes imam rizal's grave. is the largest mosk in the world by dimension and the second largest in capacity. the complex also includes gohershad mosk, museum, library, the razav university of islamic sciences, dining halls, vast per halls and many other buildings. it is tourist hub in iran. the works of persian art, have their roots joined with imam raza's devotion to peace and harmony, and that relationship has

prompted the artists who designed the place to make it most beautiful as well as religious. the architecture of a religious buildings follows the principle of unity in the diversity. it's a principle in architecture, according to which everything must be at service. they wanted the pilgrims field in front of a superior being, despite all the complexities in design, form and color and then invoke imam to help them get connected to him, so all these complex designs have been made to create an atmosphere in which we feel ourselves in

front of creator, one of the finest in the world, the holy grave itself is inside a zi or a civil grill, which is also one of the finest examples of iranian islamic art. in the year 2000, engineer mehdi azision was chosen to organize the construction, expansion, and replacement the old zari as a server, he considers that

opportunity his greatest honor. difficult job to prevent the pilgrims from coming into the shrine. few minutes ago i said that the shrine's gates have never been closed, but actually it happened once and the doors were closed for 55 days to change the sar. though every side of the zari was over 1.5 tons in weight, we never used regular transportation vehicles. we had to use things suitable enough to pass through different doors of different heights. it was taxing. job and for me it was marvelous to see that the project was completed on time and within a short period of time. the wonderful serie was made by 10 master iranian craftsman under the supervision of the internationally celebrated artist master fashion. he was never paid for this. in shia islam it's an honor to serve

and invest in religious places of pilgrimage with no expectation of a return. it is called a v. wakf in arabic means restriction, because it says that all properties belong to god. it is one of the greatest economic practices recommended by islam. it is a long-term investment for the whole community with endless benefits. wakf or endowment is charitable work widely used throughout islamic history to build up communities. it usually.

in today's sense has turned into life serving missions. most people who made this fascinating structure as magnificent as it is today, worked for free, like doctors,

engineers, lawyers, ministers, as well as ordinary workers would devote their time and energy on the... topkeeper of the imam's mosolium and its premises. dr. sarah foros is a doorman, he spents his time guiding the pilgrims trying to find their way around in the building. i believe from that place by serving a man, by staying there, by making worship to imam and asking and introducing imam to allah subhanahu wa taala and asking him because of '

here people believe they were chosen by god to be perfect examples for the faithful and to lead humanity in all aspects of life. they also believe imams are free from committing any sin. this is mr. shukuhi. he is one of the oldest servants of imam raza. in the past 68 years he has played a special traditional drum-like instrument twice a day in naghar khane a

بعداً کرونا رو بلند میکنه رو به گنبد مطهر سلام میگه سلطان دنیا واقبا علی موسی رزا باقیه

همه جواب میدن میگن امام رضا مجدد میگه اینا میگن امام رضا باز اینا میگن غریب رضا مولا مولا رضا جان رضا جان رضا جان یا امام غریب امام رضا رضا جان رضا جان رضا جان دور دوران امام رضا میگه ای داد.

professor has studied chemistry at bermingham university in britain. he is a former mp representing mashad constituency in iran's parliament and is now a leading lecturer and researcher at the university of mashad. he puts in a 12-hour shift every eight. days to serve pilgrims in the shrine, sometime i'm so busy in university and my working and my class, i never left the haram, so i prefer to

go there first and then my class, i never left these things, because it's very important for me to going there and giving the service, so because this has... به هر حال برای کار علمی و برای آیندهشون رفتن خارج از کشور پسر بزرگم که الان دکتراش تموم شد و فعلاً توی کار پژوهشی خیلی مهمی در دانشگاه

این نیویورک مشغوله به عنوان استاد اونجا هستش پسر بعدیمون که اینجا فیزیک می خوند حالا دکتراشو داره تو آمریکا می گذرونه با همسرشون که ایشونم در حقیقت رشته کامپیوتر می خونن دختر منم که خب ایران پزشکیش تموم شد و ترشو گذرونده حالا شوهرش چون بورسیه دانشگاه هست و این ها دانشگاه آزاد ایشون رفته به دانشگاه در آلمان اونجا. شوهرش هست یک سالی ایشان خود خانم چون به هر حال ایشون هم مدرس دانشگاه هستن دانشگاه فردوسیی و آزاد درس میدن هم ایشون چندین ساله که با حرم همکاری می کنن تو بخش مشاوره حرم ایشون جزو مشاورین خانواده حرم هستن که هفته چند روز اونجا میرن خدمت می کنن مردم میان زوارا میان ازشون راجع به مسائل اجتماعی

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