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The Shia Understanding of Imamate
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 3 2025
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Shia Understanding of Imamate is not merely a theological exposition-it is a metaphysical meditation on the axis of divine guidance. In this profound work, Roberto Minichini unfolds the doctrine of Imamate as the hidden architecture of existence: the luminous bridge between the Unseen and the manifest world, between revelation and its living continuation. Drawing on Qur'anic symbolism, the sayings of the Imams, and the philosophical insights of Mullā Ṣadrā and ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī, the book explores the Imam not only as spiritual leader, but as the cosmic heart through which Being itself circulates.
This book will appeal to readers of Islamic philosophy, Shi'a spirituality, and metaphysical theology-those seeking a vision of religion as the meeting point of intellect and illumination, of knowledge and love. Roberto Minichini is an Italian writer and poet, born in 1973 in Mainz, Germany, to an Italian father and a Croatian mother. He lives in Gorizia, a border city in northeastern Italy. His work bridges spirituality, philosophy, and poetry, seeking the hidden architecture of consciousness through the lenses of Islamic metaphysics and symbolic thought. Combining the precision of a philosopher with the inward sensibility of a poet, Minichini's writing explores the threshold between intellect and illumination-where knowledge becomes vision, and vision becomes love.
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