en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Abstract: The book &ldquo;<b>Religion in the Progress of Perfection</b>&rdquo; has been authored by Mr. Hossein Modarresi Tabatabai based on two aims: 1 &ndash;Introduction of the history of the Shia sect as an ideological incident in Islam to the Western and non-Muslim readers. 2 &ndash; Recognition of thegradual progress and perfection of the Shiite school in the first three Islamic centuries. The first section captioned &ldquo;Rights and responsibilities&rdquo; includes a brief glance at the Shiite history till the beginning of the minor occultation, in which a great portion of criticism and analysis has taken place. Traditions relied upon in the book &ldquo;Religion in the Progress of Perfection&rdquo;about Imamate, occultation of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.), etc. have been taken from Shiite sources like al-Mahaasin of Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khalid al-Barqi (r.a.), al-Kafi of Shaikh al-Kulaini (r.a.), al-Ghaibah of Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim al-Nomani (r.a.), Ikhteyaar-o-Marefat al-Rejaal of Shaikh Toosi (r.a.), etc. which have been analysed in this article. </span></span></i></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; (Book) “Religion in the Progress of Perfection” – criticism and analysis, Shiism, Shiite history, Imamate, Caliphate, Occultation of Imam-e-Asr (a.t.f.s.) 10 41 http://safinah-al-nejat.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-170&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Iman Noorbakhshi Iman Noorbakhshi 1003194753284600183 1003194753284600183 Yes