Abstract:
The realization of justice is one of the foundational and complex themes in Islamic political thought. The problem this research addresses is explaining the mechanisms effective in realizing complete justice in the Islamic utopia. Due to its deep connection with religious beliefs, leaving this question unanswered can create grounds for doctrinal doubts and the emergence of ambiguities regarding the Islamic utopia. Adopting a descriptive-analytical approach and relying on library-based sources, this research explores both the theoretical and practical dimensions of realizing justice in the Islamic utopia. The findings indicate that the realization of justice in such a society requires an integration of both infrastructural and superstructural mechanisms. nfrastructural mechanisms, such as the development of rationality, faith, spirituality, epistemology, and culture, alongside superstructural mechanisms, such as intelligent power and abundance of blessings, play a pivotal role in achieving justice. The study further reveals that the primary reason for the lack of justice during the early Islamic period and the era of occultation lies in absence of infrastructural mechanisms. It concludes that the concurrent application of both types of mechanisms may contribute to the realization of relative justice in contemporary societies.
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Keywords: Mechanisms for the realization of justice, solutions for providing justice, Islamic utopia, Mahdist government, the global government of Imam Mahdi, expectation of the Promised One. PhD student in Quran and Psychology, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran.
Research Background Numerous studies have been conducted regarding justice in the Mahdist government and the Islamic utopia, including cultural, political, and moral justice; however, they have less addressed the comprehensive mechanisms for realizing justice and its application in contemporary society.
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239); the reason for this is clear, because until society understands that oppression and injustice are poisonous and deadly, advice will not be effective and they will not submit to the burden of justice (Javadi Amoli: 2015); 1 therefore, the realization of justice is not merely a legal, political, or miraculous mechanism, but rather the product of the growth of religious rationality and intellectual growth at the individual and social levels, which is realized in the era of the Mahdist government.
Therefore, in the current society as well, the growth of spirituality is necessary for the realization of relative justice, just as the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of a religious government are indebted to the rationality and spirituality of Imam Khomeini and his followers (Khamenei, n.