Part-3 History of shrine Hazrat Imam Reza (AS) روضہ حضرت امام رضا علیہ السلام کی تاریخ

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History of shrine of Imam Reza (AS).

Part-3

Asslamoalaikum sisters brothers friends and elders We are describing remaining history in this islamic informative about holiest sties video provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the shrine of Imam Reza, tracing its origins and development over the centuries. Viewers will gain insight into the significance of this sacred site within the context of Islamic history and its enduring importance to followers of the faith.

Islamic Republic: Expansion and Ideological Re-appropriation

After the 1979 Revolution, the Islamic Republic strove to reconnect the shrine to the city. Today, a network of roads goes both around and underneath the shrine, ensuring that it is a central traffic circle for the entire city, allowing for people to travel to and from the Haram. And yet this network of roads does not isolate the shrine from the city, as it did under the Pahlavis, but instead weaves it into the city, sacralizing the everyday at the same time that it normalizes the sacred.

However, this reconnection did not mean that the new government rebuilt the residential and commercial neighborhoods that encircled the Haram. Instead, the Islamic Republic took advantage of the Pahlavi era demolitions to expand the site to fit their own purposes. For example, the Islamic Republic was responsible for constructing the Jami’-e Razavi Courtyard on top of the area cleared by the Pahlavis decades earlier. It is now the largest open space in the shrine complex. With this expansion, the courtyard can hold over 100,000 people and can now accommodate large congregations for Friday prayers

Much like general changes made to the urban landscape after the 1979 revolution, names of old courtyards were changed to reflect the grand narrative of the Islamic Republic. For example, Sahn-e ‘Atiq, roughly translated as “the Old Courtyard” is now called Sahn-e Enqilab-e Islami or “the Courtyard of the Islamic Revolution.” Other courtyards have been re-labelled as well, drawing from major themes from the revolution, like Azadi “freedom” (previously the New Courtyard). Another courtyard has been simply renamed “Khomeini.”

Sahn-e Qods, “the Qods Courtyard” was opened to the public in 1990, named after Jerusalem. The saqqakhaneh is built in the shape of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Ideologues state that the repository was constructed to commemorate Jerusalem’s status as the the “First Qibla” of the Muslims. However, this architectural choice is also heavily ingrained by the Islamic Republic’s championing of the Palestinian narrative and highlights the current status of the Dome of the Rock under Israeli occupation. The exterior of it features the architecture and mosaic tile work of Masjid-e Aqsa and its dome is completely composed of gold.

The relative decline in travel costs over the decades has led to an increasing number of pilgrims from the Arabian Peninsula, Lebanon, and Pakistan. Consequently many areas adjacent to the complex have been developed to take advantage of the influx of visitors. On Imam Reza Street, located south west of the shrine, many large corporations have constructed five-star luxury hotels to accommodate wealthy travelers. Such urban development has proven lucrative, which in turn has attracted more developers, raised property value, and significantly transformed the urban landscape surrounding the complex.

Similar to holy places across the region, the increasingly transnational and middle-class nature of religious tourism has had the contradictory effect of making the shrines more accessible to a wider, more diverse public even as the old neighborhoods surrounding the shrine itself face a wave of gentrification and demolition.

The Imam Reza Shrine has grown significantly over the centuries from a small shrine over the grave of the 8th Imam into the one of the largest religious complexes in the Islamic World. Since its establishment, the political powers that be have used the sacred space to demonstrate their temporal power, creating some of the most astounding wonders of Islamicate art. At the same time, Mashhad itself — the living, breathing city — is often the main victim of these grandiose visions, subject to the whims of far-off rulers for whom the city is an abstraction. As past and current trends have shown, the architecture and open spaces of the site will continue to be shaped and re-appropriated by the ideologies of governing powers. Nevertheless, the Haram continues to serve as an important and sacred place of worship and prayer for pilgrims from all over the world

Friends tomorow we will be described History of Shrine Fatima Masumeh. Allah Hafiz

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