• The regime of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) is the commencement of the government of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) on the earth.1

• The government of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) is that very government, which has been promised by Allah, the Almighty, in the Holy Quran.2

• No time frame has been determined for the government of the righteous. Rather, it shall survive till Resurrection.3

• 1. (Nahj al-Balaghah, saying 200; Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 51, p. 54; Muntakhab al-Asar, p.171; Al-Amaali of Shaykh Saduq (r.a.), Session 92, p. 504; Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 18, p. 341.)
• 2. (Surah Anbiya : Verse 105; Surah A'raaf : Verse 128.)
• 3. (Al-Malaahem wa al-Fetan, p. 197; Kashf al-Ghummah, vol. 3, p. 295; Hulyah al-Abraar, vol. 2, p. 720; Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 36, p. 300-301; vol. 52, p. 312 narrating from Elal al-Sharaae'; vol. 53, p. 26 and p. 34-35; Mikyaal al-Makaarem, vol. 1, p. 34.)