Insaan hamesha kisi aise shakhs ki talaash mein rehta hai jo rehnumai faraham kare aur unki zindagiyon mein rehnumai kare, ya wo doosron ki rehnumai ke liye yeh darja hasil karna chahte hain. Muslim community mein lafz "Imam" ko aam tor par kisi aise shakhs ke tor par samjha jata hai jo sirf namaz ki imamat karta hai, jab ke Quran mein iska zyada jaame' ma'ni hai. Aam tor par Quran mein, "Imam" kisi aise shakhs ko kaha jata hai jo mukhtalif qisam ke logon ke liye rehnuma ho jinka zikar Quran mein bhi kiya gaya hai aur is dars mein bhi is par roshni dali gayi hai. Yeh bataye ga ke Aimma/Rehnuma kaun hain jo Allah ki raah mein logon ki rehnumai karte hain, Imam/Rehbar kaise banta hai aur yeh bhi ke Mushrikeen aur Kuffar mein Imam/Rehnuma kaise hote hain. Zyada tar Musalman yeh nahi jaante ke lafz Imam ko Firaun aur Allah ke dushmanon ke saath bhi istemal kiya jata hai, jo logon ko tareeki aur andheron ki taraf rehnumai karte hain. Yeh dars nazireen ke liye Imam ke tasavvur ko samajhne aur jaanne mein madad karega, yeh ke hum kaise pehchaan karein ke Allah ke liye har zamane mein sahi aur seedhe raste ki taraf hidayat karne wale Imam/Rehbar kaun hain.
Muhammad Shaikh