نزل لي الساند هذا بسرعه.

وهالقمر رافع راسي يا ابني الله.

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-gover. an organization, anyone? there are thousands of servants here, they volunteer to provide calm and comfort to the 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 desc.

this is the story of how the eighth shiah imam turned the small city of nuran into one of the most important religious places on earth. this is the story of imam riza and his kingdom. in 633 ad, one of the greatest civilizations on earth, the persian empire, with the rise and spread of islam in the

region, within a short span of time, islam expanded to the four corners of the planet. the key to its success was the... capture of persia. the islamic conquest of persia led to the end of the assassinate 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 or one another death of gratitude. in other words, islam has had a critical.

the way forward for the greedy heads of states was to discredit the top religious figures. they knew if this family was around, their popularity would thort their evil plans. definitely thought of imam riza as his sworn enemy. on the other hand.

in fact, the pool of history forced him to make his peace with imam riza. mamoon'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. offer 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, the kalif of marf forcefully exiled imam riza from medina to horasan, an area in the northeast of ایران.

beyond the reach of mamon, 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, so he rejected his invitation. once more, maamon invited the imam. this time, maamon's envoys forced the imam to embark a journey to marv, all against his will. the imam certainly knew that it was his last journey.

من چگونه با کسی مهاجه کنم که بر من از کتابی دلیل می آورد که من اون را منکرم پس پیامبری می گوید که من به او نگرویدهم ای بزرگ نصرانی من اگر دلیل و حجت از انجیل بیاورم تو را کفایت میکند آیا من می توانم انجیل را منکر شوم پس لطفی کن و صبور باش تا به وقتش با هم سخن بگوییم.

those debates, it goes without saying that all those debates were conducted under the watchful eyes of abrahamیان.

son, 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 to go there every year to pay their respects and that has changed iran forever.

more than 27 million kilograms every year uh visits the holy shiron of this more than 2 million or foreigner and from this about 4ous 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 shir, 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 takin, the gaznavid king. the

mongol invasion led by gingisan reaked 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 در. "the greatest expansion of the shrine happened during the tamarit era, maybe that's because matched was the center of tamarit dynasty, which resulted in the expansion of the city and consequently the shrine. during the saphavit 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 them. small shrine into a magnificent structure that now spans about 1 million square meters, the shrine that entumbes imam riza's grave is the largest mask in the world by dimension and the second largest in capacity. the complex also includes gohershad mask, museum, library, the razav university of islamic sciences, dining halls, vast 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. follows the principle of unity in the diversity. it's a principle in architecture, according to which everything must be at service of one single being. the aim.

"the holy grave is located under an amazing golden dome. the mirror work in the holy burial chamber under the dome is 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 of the old as a servant, he considers that opportunity his greatest honor, it was a 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 z. though every side of the sari was over 1.5 tons in weight, we never used regular transportation vehicles. we had 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 series was made by 10 master iranian craftsman under the supervision of

the internationally celebrated artist master fashion. he was never paid for this. in shiia islam, it's an honor to serve and invest in religious places of pilgrimage with no expectation of a return. it is called vakf. vac 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.

like doctors, engineers, lawyers, ministers, as well as ordinary workers would devote their time and energy on the upkeep of the imam's mosolium and its premises. dr. saraz is a doorman, he spends 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 warship. to imam and asking and introducing imam to allah subhanah and asking him because of imam give me this and give me that. با من کار ندارید شما با من کار ندارین من دیگه میرم حرم به امید خدا انشاالله تا دیگه بعد از ظهر

انشاالله به امید خدا با خدمتتون میرسیم خداحافظ شما خداحافظ شمامدم ای شاه همه in the shia context, imams are community leaders, 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. shikuhi, he is one of the oldest servants of imam razah. in the past 68 years he has played a special traditional drum like instrument twice a day in, a roofed up balcony overlooking the whole

shrine. loud reminder for the people who may miss the time to pray. بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم به نام خدا بنده احمد اقوام شکوهی هستم. متولد 135 ۶۸ ساله صبح عصر همه روزه. جمعه شنبه همه روزه من حاضرم برای ناوالخونه امام رضا روز دو مرتبه صبح و عصر هر روزه من میام نه جمعه دارم نه شنبه دارم غیر از ایام اعضا ای شهر مشهد سابق کوچیک بوده تمام شهر مشهد صدای مردم ۲۰ دقیقه به طلوع آفتاب پیش شروع میشه میزدن بچه هاشون رو بیدار می کردن پاشان نماز دار بخوانن که نماز.

بعداً کرونا رو بلند میکنه رو به گنبد متهر سلام میده میگه سلطان دنیا و قبا علی موسی رزا باقیه همه جواب میدن میگن امام رضا مجدد میگه اینا میگن امام رضا باز اینا میگن غریب رضا مولا مولا.

professor sar froz has studied chemistry at birmingham 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 but 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 go in there and giving the service, so because this has been really in our family, my grandfather, my father, so now me, so every 80 days i go there for 12 hours, 13 hours, 14 hours for working there, اینجا دوره راه ن خب خیلی خوش اومدین تشریف آوردین منزل. به هر حال شما یه موقعی اومدین که ما حالا تنها موندیم با حاج خانم بچه های هم همه خدا رو شکر که به هر حال برای کار علمی و برای آیندهشون. خیلی مهمی در

دانشگاه نیویورک مشغوله به عنوان استاد اونجا هستش پسر بعدیمون که اینجا فیزیک می خوند حالا دکتراشو داره تو آمریکا میگذرانه 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 با پیش شوهرش هست یک سالی ایشان خود خانمم چون به هر حال ایشون هم مدرس دانشگاه هستن دانشگاه فردوسی و آزاد درس میدن هم ایشون چندین ساله که با حرم همکاری می کنن تو بخش مشاوره حرم ایشون جزو مشاورین خانواده حرم هستن

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