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S̲h̲ayk̲h̲í
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Pronunciation: shay-kee
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A follower of S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Aḥmad-i-Aḥsá'í and his successor Siyyid Kázim-i-Ras̲h̲tí, who taught that the resurrection, Muḥammad's Night Journey to heaven, and signs of the coming Qá'im, were allegorical events with a spiritual meaning rather than physical occurrences, and that the time of the coming of the Qá'im was near.
[BD 207]
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School founded by S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Aḥmad-i-Aḥsá'í. Among his doctrines, in addition to the imminent dual Advent, were that the Prophet Muḥammad's material body did not ascend on the night of the Mi'ráj; that the Imáms were creative forces (a belief based on Qur'án 23:14: "God, the Best of Creators"); that 'Alí should be particularly venerated.
[BG 47]
 
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