对于伊斯兰什叶派神权阶层来说，传统上救世主降临都被解释成极久远的未来才会发生的事，而艾哈迈迪-内贾德坚持不懈的救世主降临论简直就是自找麻烦。
For the Shia religious hierarchy, long accustomed to relegating the advent of the Mahdi to a distant future, Ahmadinejad’s insistent millenarianism is troublesome.