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| Imám |
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| Pronunciation: eh-mom |
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| imám - In Islam, the divine who leads the prayers in the mosque; a religious leader. |
| Imám - In Shí'ih Islam, one of the twelve legitimate, hereditary successors of Muḥammad, beginning with 'Alí and ending with the Hidden Imám. |
| [BD 115] |
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| "...divinely-ordained successor of the Prophet, one endowed with all perfections and spiritual gifts...whose decision is absolute and final, whose wisdom is super-human, and whose words are authoritative." (Browne, Tr. Narr. 296). The word means one who stands before or is followed; head, chief, leader. |
| [BG 20] |
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| Title of the twelve shí'ah successors of Muḥammad. Also applied to Muslim religious leaders. |
| [DB 674] |
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