Is this some typical Shia-born-Neo-Magi outburst? I mean as an Iranian I am used to it, but is this how you asked questions on a SUNNI board? The FOLLOWING is raw racism (based on their obsession with Arabs and everything that has the scent of Islam), that's not a good start:
Secondly you're not Iranian, you're probably an Arab, you have no authority to speak of our history.
The sick thinking pattern of Neo-Magis in a nutshell when being cornered:
1. Says you are not an Iranian (is that a condition to speak with you? If so, get lost)
2. You have no authority to speak about "great Persia vere vee vaaz keengs and Shiite"
The irony is that brother Muslimk is actually aKHORASANIAN (the land were Persian language is still spoken in a more purer form and large parts of it still inhabited by Persian tribes) i.e. probably more Persian than this new Magi on the block, Allah knows best.
His reaction is very common, they don't like to be challenged, their holy lalaland of Persia is infallible like an alleged Shia Imam, as brother MuslimK mentioned, these deluded lot are so gullible, they believe in the most embarassing myths every created by Arab and Islam haters:
https://youtu.be/daDZyBSlicQOnly a Pan-Iranist airhead can believe such lies that are even debunked by more sane Iranians (even in the west):
https://iranian.com/main/blog/khodadad-rezakhani/faking-yazdger-again-and-faking-omar-too.htmlTo me you lot are masters of deception just like the corrupt Magi priests of the past and the modern Crypto-Magi priests of Qom, but for the sake of the brothers and visitors I shall respond to some of your comments:
. What is your source for your assertions that the accomplishments were for those reasons? That's the dumbest assertion ever,Persia was great and its accomplishments has nothing to do with the golden age of Islam or anything else!
First of all: There are certainly some people who hate Pre-Islamic Persia and exaggerate in their criticism claiming that Persia was zero before Islam, I disagree with that notion. Persia was an advanced society for her time, there is no doubt about that and Persians have achieved a lot even before Islam, however,
as Muslims - and you don't have to agree with our view, it is our firm belief - Persians and all other nations back then and today were in need of reformation which came with Islam, for no matter how advanced they were, they also had serious issues in their societies (and their religions were corrupted, like Zoroastrianism that was possibly monotheistic in origin and then became more and more pagan):
1. Corruption of Zoroastrianism:
https://sonsofsunnah.com/2011/11/06/1228/2. Corruption and oppression in society --> Sassanid caste system
I hope you don't ask for evidence for the infamous Sassanid caste system, it is mentioned in any serious book about Sassanid history, look it up. In short: This social system was so rigid that membership in a class was based on birth, and the function of the king was to ensure that each class
remained within its proper boundaries. That means someone who was born as a farmers son could never become a scholar and vice versa. Islam came to abolish all that nonsense (certain oppressive Muslim rulers like Al-Hajjaj who were Anti-Persian and treated Persians like second class Muslims doesn't change the actual spirit of Islam that teaches brotherhood between all Muslims), this is why we say that the likes of
Omar khayyam (Persians often drop his first name), Zakariyah Razi and others were either closet-Atheist or closet-Magis were the PRODUCT of the Islamic civilisation that despire its fault gave the OPPORTUNITY to the likes of Zakariyah Razi, Farabi, Omar Khayyam and co. to excell in their respective fields (science) in the first place. If they were born in Sassanid Iran (in a lower "caste") they would have never seen the colour of the ink they used. So in that sense, there great man of a Persian Sunni backround are attributed to Islamic civilisation.
Besides, were have a list of thousands of ORTHODOX and staunch Persian (Sunnis) who supported and spread Islam for the sake of it and their love for it:
https://sonsofsunnah.com/category/the-service-of-the-ppl-of-persia-to-islam/The Arabs ruled Persia for only three centuries, the first major Persian empire after the Arabs was ironically founded by Persian SUNNIS who instead of rejecting Islam (which they could have easily done) KEPT it and spread and defended it:
https://sonsofsunnah.com/2015/12/02/the-persian-sunni-muslim-samanid-empire/
I mentioned one important reason. Islam abolished the oppressive and backward practises of the Sassanid period. Persian empire was a mighty power but all the known and famous Persian scientists, scholars, poets etc were from the Islamic period.
Evidence!
Sa'di, Ferdowsi, Rumi, Attar or Khaqani --->
https://sonsofsunnah.com/2015/01/25/khaqani-a-persian-sunni-poet-on-the-rafidah-shia/... and dozens of others. All of them were Persian and Sunni and the result of an Islamic civilisation and environment.
As for backward practises, there is many evidences. Next-Of -Kin Marriage In Zoroastrianism & Pre-Islamic Persia for example which is an undeniable fact testified by one of the highest authorities of Zoroastrianism:
https://sonsofsunnah.com/2015/02/10/renowned-authority-on-zoroastrianism-mary-boyce-confirms-next-to-kin-marriage-in-pre-islamic-persia/https://sonsofsunnah.com/2015/02/10/marrige-between-mother-son/As a Sunni Persian scholars once said: "Don't be so ungrateful O Iranians, if it wasn't for Hazrat 'Omar you would still wed your mothers and sisters." (yes, Arabs also had abnormal forms of marriages, but Islam came not only for them but for the all of mankind).
Lastly: How one shouts into the forest, it echoes back, put your arrogance and pride aside or you going to have a short stay here, you will certainly learn one or two things here, especially about the many lies and exaggeration of pan-Iranist that resemble Shia lies and superstitions (what a coincidence ...).