Imam Mahdi from Quran

Summary:

Is the news of the coming of the Imam Mahdi^-ajfj, the last and the 12^th Imam^-ajfj – given in the Holy Quran? When the Verses of the Holy Quran are interpreted as per Ahadith we find we find many Verses and Ahadith, warning and urging believers to support and be the companion of the Imam Mahdi^-ajfj. But why did Allah not explicitly Reveal a Verse regarding Imam Mahdi^-ajfj? Well, that’s the Will of Allah^-azwj to make us submitted and obey His Prophet^-saww. As in the Holy Quran, Allah^-azwj Addresses His^-azwj Prophet Mohmmed^-saww through many titles, i.e., Muzammil, Mudasir, Taha, Yaseen, similarly, the news and the titles of the 12^th Imam^-asws i.e.,    بقيت الله  (Baqiyat Allah,…الْمُضْطَرَّ (Almuztar) have been Revealed in the Holy Quran, which are explained in the Ahadith of the Prophet^-saww and Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws.  However, before we look at the Holy Verses and the Ahadith, we present a reply of Imam Ali^-asws Ibn Abi Talib^-asws to the question, ‘why did Allah^-azwj not Name Ali^-asws and his^-asws Family in His^-azwj Book ?

فقلت له: إن الناس يقولون: فما له لم يسم عليا و أهل بيته (عليهم السلام) في كتاب الله عز و جل

(The narrator of the Hadith says) I said to him^-asws (Imam Ali^-asws) ‘The people are saying, ‘So why did Allah^-azwj not Name Ali^-asws and his^-asws Family in the Book of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic?’

قال: «فقولوا لهم: إن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) نزلت عليه الصلاة و لم يسم الله لهم ثلاثا و لا أربعا، حتى كان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) هو الذي فسر ذلك لهم، و نزلت عليه الزكاة و لم يسم لهم من كل أربعين درهما درهما، حتى كان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) هو الذي فسر ذلك لهم، و نزل الحج فلم يقل لهم: طوفوا أسبوعا، حتى كان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) هو الذي فسر ذلك لهم

(Imam Ali^-asws) said: ‘So say to them, ‘The Salat was Revealed unto Rasool-Allah^-saww, and Allah^-azwj did not Specify for them, whether it was three or four, until it was Rasool-Allah^-saww who interpreted that for them. And the Zakat was Revealed unto him^-saww, but it was not specified for them that it was one Dirham out of forty Dirhams, until it was Rasool-Allah^-saww who interpreted that for them. And the Hajj was Revealed and it was not Said to them: “Perform Tawaaf seven times”, until it was Rasool-Allah^-saww who interpreted that for them (an extract).’^[1]

Ahl Al-Sunnah also mention the coming of the Imam Mahdi^-ajfj in several Ahadith compiled in their famous and authentic Ahadith Books, see for example, Appendix I.

Finally, it is said that its not from the Eman to believe in the Imam Mahdi^-ajfj, but it is just a news, well, that’s not correct, because Allah^-azwj has made mandatory submissions, to Allah^-azwj, to Rasool^-saww and to the Divine Imam^-asws in the Quran (4:59), see Ahadith in Appendix II.

Here, we cite one Hadith on the importance of recognition of an Imam from Allah^-azwj:

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ إِمَامٌ فَمِيتَتُهُ مِيتَةُ جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَ هُوَ عَارِفٌ لِإِمَامِهِ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ تَقَدَّمَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ أَوْ تَأَخَّرَ وَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَ هُوَ عَارِفٌ لِإِمَامِهِ كَانَ كَمَنْ هُوَ مَعَ الْقَائِمِ فِي فُسْطَاطِهِ

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Nomann, from Muhammad Bin Marwan, from Fuzayl Bin Yasar who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far^-asws (Al-Baqir -5^th Imam) saying: ‘The one who dies there isn’t an Imam^-asws for him, so he would have died a death of the Pre-Islamic period (an unbeliever); and the one who dies while recognising his Imam^-asws, it would not harm him whether this matter is brought forwards or delayed; and the one who dies while recognising his Imam^-asws would be like the one who is with Al-Qaim^-asws in his^-asws tent’.[2]

 

Holy Verses of the Quran regarding Imam Mahdi^-asws:

There are many Verses in the Holy Quran which give the news of the coming of the (Imam) Al-Mahdi^-ajfj, we have listed 75 from the most prominent ones[3] with interpretations from the Ahadith of Rasool Allah^-saww and Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws.

Quran 21:73

وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَإِقَامَ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءَ الزَّكَاةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا لَنَا عَابِدِينَ {7321:}

And We made them as Imams guiding by Our Command and We Revealed unto them the doing of good, and establishing the Salat, and giving the Zakat, and they worshipped Us [21:73]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا أبو المفضل (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثني محمد بن علي بن شاذان بن خباب الأزدي الخلال بالكوفة، قال: حدثني الحسن بن محمد بن عبد الواحد، قال: حدثني الحسن بن الحسين العرني، قال: حدثني يحيى بن يعلى الأسلمي، عن عمر بن موسى الوجيهي، عن زيد بن علي (عليه السلام)، قال: كنت عند أبي علي بن الحسين (عليهما السلام)، إذ دخل عليه جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري، فبينما هو يحدثه إذ خرج أخي محمد من بعض الحجر، فأشخص جابر ببصره نحوه، ثم قال له: يا غلام، أقبل. فأقبل، ثم قال: أدبر. فأدبر،

Ibn babuwayh said, ‘Abu Al Mufazzal narrated to us, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Shazaan Bin Khabaab Al Azdy Al Khalal at Al Kufa, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahid, from Al Hassan Bin Al Husayn Al Arny, from Yahya Bin Ya’la Al Aslamy, from Umar Bin Musa Al Wajeyhi,

(It has been narrated) from Zayd, son of Ali^-asws who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Ali^-asws Bin Al Husayn^-asws, when Jabir Bin Abdullah Al-Ansary came up to him^-asws. So while he was in the middle of narrating a Hadeeth, my brother^-asws Muhammad^-asws came out from one of the rooms. So, I gestured with my eyes for Jabir towards him^-asws. Then he said to him^-asws, ‘O young boy, come’. So, he^-asws came in front of him’. Then he said, ‘Turn around’. So he^-asws turned around.

فقال: شمائل كشمائل رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، ما اسمك، يا غلام؟ قال: «محمد». قال: ابن من؟ قال: «ابن علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب (عليهم السلام)». قال: إذن أنت الباقر، فانكب عليه، و قبل رأسه و يديه، ثم قال: يا محمد، إن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) يقرئك السلام. قال: «و على رسول الله أفضل السلام، و عليك يا جابر بما فعلت السلام»

He said, ‘Your^-asws mannerisms are like the mannerisms of Rasool-Allah^-saww. What is your^-asws name, O young boy?’ He^-asws said: ‘Muhammad^-asws’. He said, ‘The son^-asws of who^-asws?’ He^-asws said: ‘Son^-asws of Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’. He said, ‘Then you are Al-Baqir^-asws’. So he rushed and kissed his^-asws forehead and hands, then said, ‘O Muhammad^-asws! Rasool-Allah^-saww conveys the greetings to you^-asws’. He^-asws said: ‘And upon Rasool-Allah^-saww is the best of the greetings, and greetings be upon you, O Jabir, for having conveyed the greetings’.

ثم عاد إلى مصلاه، فأقبل يحدث أبي، و يقول: إن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) قال لي يوما: «يا جابر، إذا أدركت ولدي محمدا فأقرئه مني السلام، أما أنه سميي، و أشبه الناس بي، علمه علمي، و حكمه حكمي، سبعة من ولده أمناء معصومون، أئمة أبرار، و السابع منهم: مهديهم الذي يملأ الأرض قسطا و عدلا كما ملئت جورا و ظلما

Then he returned to his prayer mat and turned to narrating a Hadeeth, and he was saying, ‘One day Rasool-Allah ^aww said to me: ‘O Jabir! When you recognise my^-saww son Muhammad^-asws, so convey my^-saww greetings to him^-asws, for he^-asws has my^-saww name, and the one who most resembles me^-saww from the people, and his^-asws knowledge is my^-saww knowledge, and his^-asws wisdom is my^-saww wisdom. Seven from his^-asws sons^-asws are infallible Trustees, righteous Imams^-asws, and the seventh of them^-asws is Al-Mahdi^-asws who would fill the earth with equity and justice just as it had been filled with inequity and injustice’.

ثم تلا رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): وَ جَعَلْناهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنا وَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْراتِ وَ إِقامَ الصَّلاةِ وَ إِيتاءَ الزَّكاةِ وَ كانُوا لَنا عابِدِينَ

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww recited: And We made them as Imams guiding by Our Command and We Revealed unto them the doing of good, and establishing the Salat, and giving the Zakat, and they worshipped Us [21:73]’.^[4]

Quran 21:105

وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِي الزَّبُورِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَ {21:105}

And We had Written in the Psalms from after the Zikr, that the earth, My righteous servants shall inherit it [21:105]

و عنه، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد، عن أحمد بن الحسن، عن أبيه، عن الحسين بن محمد ابن عبد الله بن الحسن، عن أبيه، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: «قوله عز و جل: أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ يَرِثُها عِبادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَ هم أصحاب المهدي (عليه السلام) في آخر الزمان

And from him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan, from his father, from Al Husayn Bin Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Bin Al Hassan, from his father,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘The Words of the Mighty and Majestic: that the earth, My righteous servants shall inherit it [21:105] – they are the companions of Al-Mahdi^-asws during the end of the times’.[5]

Quran 28:5

وَنُرِيدُ أَنْ نَمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوَارِثِينَ {5}

And We Intend to Confer upon those who were weakened in the land, and to Make them Imams, and Make them the inheritors [28:5]

الشيباني في (كشف البيان): روي في أخبارنا عن أبي جعفر، و أبي عبد الله (عليهما السلام): «أن هذه الآية مخصوصة بصاحب الأمر الذي يظهر في آخر الزمان، و يبيد الجبابرة و الفراعنة، و يملك الأرض شرقا و غربا، فيملأها عدلا، كما ملئت جورا

Al-Shaybany in Kashf Al-Bayan –

It has been reported from our Hadeeth, from Abu Ja’far^-asws, and Abu Abdullah^-asws that: ‘This Verse is especially for the Master of the Command^-ajfj (12^th Imam^-asws) who will appear at the end of the times, and destroy the tyrants and the Pharaohs, and possess the earth from the east to the west. So, he^-asws would fill it (the earth) with justice, just as it had been filled with injustice before’.^[6]

See Appendix III for an additional Hadith in the interpretation of 28:5-6.

Quran 24:55

وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا ۚ يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا ۚ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ {55}

Allah Promises those of you who believe and do righteous deeds that He will Make them Caliphs in the earth just as He Made Caliphs, those from before them, and He will Establish their Religion for them which He Approves for them, and He will Exchange for them from afterwards, their fear into security. Worship Me and do not associate anything with Me! And one who commits Kufr after that, so these ones, they are the transgressors [24:55]

ثم‏ قال: و روى العياشي بإسناده عن علي بن الحسين (عليه السلام)، أنه قرأ الآية و قال: «هم و الله شيعتنا أهل البيت، يفعل الله ذلك بهم على يدي رجل منا، و هو مهدي هذه الامة، و هو الذي قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): لو لم يبق من الدنيا إلا يوم واحد، لطول الله ذلك اليوم حتى يلي رجل من عترتي، اسمه اسمي، يملأ الأرض عدلا و قسطا كما ملئت ظلما و جورا

Then he said, ‘And Al Ayyashi has reported by his chain,

‘From Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws having recited the Verse (24:55) and said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! They are our^-asws Shias, of the People^-asws of the Household. Allah^-azwj will Do that with them upon the hands of a man^-asws from us^-asws, and he^-asws is the Mahdi^-asws of this community, and he^-asws is the one for whom Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Even if there does not remain from the world except for one day, Allah^-azwj would Prolong that day until a man from my^-saww family^-asws, his^-asws name being my^-saww name, would fill the earth with justice and fairness just as it had been filled with injustice and tyranny (before)’’.[7]

Quran 2:2

ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ {2}

That is the Book. There is no doubt in it is Guidance for the pious [2:2]

تأويله: قال علي بن إبراهيم رحمه الله، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن جميل بن صالح، عن المفضل، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال * (الم) * وكل حرف في القرآن مقطعة من حروف اسم الله الاعظم الذي يؤلفه الرسول والامام عليهما السلام فيدعو به فيجاب

Its explanation, Ali Bin Ibrahim said, from his father from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr from Jameel Bin Saaleh, from Al Mufazzal, from Jabir,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws, having said: ‘Alif Lam Meem [2:1] – And every Abbreviated letter in the Quran is a segment from the letters of the Magnificent Name of Allah^-azwj which was composed by the Rasool^-saww and the Imam^-asws. Supplicate by this and it will be Answered’.

قال: قلت قوله * (ذلك الكتاب لاريب فيه) * فقال: * (الكتاب) * أميرالمؤمنين لاشك فيه، إنه إمام * (هدى للمتقين) *، فالآيتان لشيعتنا هم المتقون * (الذين يؤمنون بالغيب) * وهو البعث والنشور، وقيام القائم، والرجعة. * (ومما رزقناهم ينفقون) * قال: مما علمناهم من القرآن يتلون

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘That is the Book, there is no doubt in it [2:2] said: ‘The Book is Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, there is no doubt in it, he^-asws is an Imam^-asws. A Guidance for the pious. So the two Verses are for our^-asws Shias ‘those who are believing in the unseen’ [2:3] and that is the Resurrection, the publicising (of deeds), and the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws, and the Return (Raj’at) and from what We have Given them they are spending – from what we^-asws have taught them from the Quran, they are reciting’.[8]

Quran: 2:148

وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ {148}

And for everyone there is a destination he should turn towards; therefore compete for the good deeds. Wherever you may happen to be, Allah will Bring you all together. Allah is Able upon everything [2:148]

محمد بن إبراهيم- المعروف بابن زينب- قال: أخبرنا عبد الواحد بن عبد الله بن يونس، قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر القرشي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن محمد بن سنان، عن ضريس، عن أبي خالد الكابلي،

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim – well known as Ibn Zaynab, from Abdul Wahid Bin Abdullah Bin Yunus, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Qureyshi, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khataab, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Zareys, from Abu Khalid  Al Kalby,

عن علي بن الحسين، أو عن محمد بن علي (عليهما السلام)، أنه قال: «الفقداء قوم يفقدون من فرشهم فيصبحون بمكة، و هو قول الله عز و جل:يْنَ ما تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعاً ، و هم أصحاب القائم (عليه السلام)

(It has been narrated) from Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, or Muhammad Bin Ali^-asws having said: ‘The missing ones are a people who would be missing from their beds, and in the morning they would be at Makkah; and these are the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Wherever you may happen to be, Allah will Bring you all together [2:148], and they are the companions of Al-Qaim^-ajfj’.[9]

و عنه، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد، قال: حدثني أحمد بن يوسف، قال: حدثنا إسماعيل بن مهران، عن الحسن بن علي، عن أبيه و وهيب، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله: سْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْراتِ أَيْنَ ما تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعاً قال: «نزلت في القائم (عليه السلام) و أصحابه يجتمعون على غير ميعاد

And from him, said, ‘It was informed to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Ahmad Bin Yusuf, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from his father and Wuehyb, from Abu Baseer,

From Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: Compete for the good deeds. Wherever you may happen to be, Allah will Bring you all together. [2:148]. He^-asws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding Al-Qaim^-asws and his^-asws companions. They would be gathering together without there being a prior appointment’’.[10]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Ismail Bin Jabir, from Abu Khalid, who has narrated:

عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْراتِ أَيْنَ ما تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعاً قَالَ الْخَيْرَاتُ الْوَلَايَةُ وَ قَوْلُهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَيْنَ ما تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعاً يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَ الْقَائِمِ الثَّلَاثَمِائَةِ وَ الْبِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا قَالَ وَ هُمْ وَ اللَّهِ الْأُمَّةُ الْمَعْدُودَةُ قَالَ يَجْتَمِعُونَ وَ اللَّهِ فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ قَزَعٌ كَقَزَعِ الْخَرِيفِ

Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: therefore compete for the good deeds. Wherever you may happen to be, Allah will Bring you all together [2:148]. He^-asws said: ‘Good deeds is a reference to Al-Wilayah, and the Words of the Blessed and the High: Wherever you may happen to be, Allah will Bring you all together, mean the companions of Al-Qaim^-asws, three hundred and some ten men’. He^-asws said: ‘And they are, by Allah^-azwj, a numbered community’. He^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj they would gather together in a single moment, accumulated like the clouds of autumn’.[11]

عن أبي سمينة، عن مولى لأبي الحسن (عليه السلام)، قال: سألت أبا الحسن (عليه السلام) عن قوله: أَيْنَ ما تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعاً. قال: «و ذلك- و الله- أن لو قد قام قائمنا يجمع الله إليه شيعتنا من جميع البلدان

From Abu Sameena,

(It has been narrated) from a slave of Abu Al-Hassan^-asws who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan^-asws about His^-azwj Words: Wherever you may happen to be, Allah will Bring you all together [2:148]. He^-asws said: ‘And that – by Allah^-azwj – is that when our^-asws Qaim^-asws rises, Allah^-azwj would Gather to him^-asws, our^-asws Shias from all the countries’.[12]

Quran: 3:200

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اصْبِرُوا وَصَابِرُوا وَرَابِطُوا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ {200}

O you who believe! Be patient, and excel in patience, and remain steadfast, and fear Allah in order to be successful [3:200]

محمد بن إبراهيم النعماني، قال: أخبرنا علي بن أحمد بن البندنيجي، عن عبيد الله بن موسى العباسي، عن هارون بن مسلم، عن القاسم بن عروة، عن بريد بن معاوية العجلي، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر (عليه السلام)، في قوله: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اصْبِرُوا وَ صابِرُوا وَ رابِطُوا. قال: «اصبروا على أداء الفرائض، و صابروا عدوكم، و رابطوا إمامكم المنتظر

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al No’mani, from Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Al Bandanayji, from Ubeydullah Bin Musa Al Abbas, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Al Qasim Bin Urwa, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya Al Ajaly,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali Al-Baqir^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words O you who believe! Be patient, and excel in patience, and remain steadfast, and fear Allah in order to be successful [3:200]. He^-asws said: ‘Be patient upon the fulfilment of the Obligations, and excel in patience from your enemies, and remain steadfast upon your Imam^-asws, the Awaited one^-asws’.[13]

Quran: 4:69

وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ ۚ وَحَسُنَ أُولَٰئِكَ رَفِيقًا {69}

And the one who obeys Allah and the Rasool, so they are those upon whom Allah has Bestowed Favours from the Prophets and the Truthful and the Martyrs and the Righteous; and excellent companions are they! [4:69]

ثُمَّ قَالَ أُولَئِكَ‏ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ الشُّهَداءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ حَسُنَ أُولئِكَ رَفِيقاً. ذلِكَ الْفَضْلُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ كَفى‏ بِاللَّهِ عَلِيماً ثُمَّ [وَ] السِّبْطَانِ حَسَناً وَ حُسَيْناً وَ الْمَهْدِيُّ [عَلَيْهِمْ السَّلَامُ وَ التَّحِيَّةُ وَ الْإِكْرَامُ‏] جَعَلَهُ [جَعَلَهُمُ‏] اللَّهُ مِمَّنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ

Then he^-asws (Imam Ali^-asws) said in a lengthy Hadith: ‘so they are those upon whom Allah has Bestowed Favours from the Prophets and the Truthful and the Martyrs and the Righteous; and excellent companion are they! [4:69] That is the Grace from Allah, and Suffice with Allah as a Knower [4:70]. Then the two grandsons^-asws, Hassan^-asws and Husayn^-asws and Al-Mahdi^-asws, upon them^-asws be the greetings, and the salutations and the honour. Allah^-azwj Made them^-asws to be from the one He^-azwj so Desires to from the People^-asws of the Household’’.[14]

Quran: 9:33 & 61:9

هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ {33}

He is the One Who Sent His Rasool with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth in order to prevail it upon all the Religions, and even if the Polytheists dislike it [9:33]

ابن بابويه: قال حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعدآبادي، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير، قال: قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدى وَ دِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ. قال: «و الله ما نزل تأويلها بعد، و لا ينزل تأويلها حتى يخرج القائم (عليه السلام)

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘Muhammad Bin Musa Bin Al Mutawakkal narrated to us, from Ali Bin Al Husayn Al Asadabady, from Ahmad bin Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: He is the One Who Sent His Rasool with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth in order to prevail it upon all the Religions, and even if the Polytheists dislike it [9:33]: ‘By Allah^-azwj! Its explanation has not descended afterwards, nor will its explanation descend until the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws.

فإذا خرج القائم (عليه السلام) لم يبق كافر بالله العظيم و لا مشرك بالإمام إلا كره خروجه حتى لو كان كافر أو مشرك في بطن صخرة، قالت: يا مؤمن، في بطني كافر فاكسرني و اقتله

So, when Al-Qaim^-asws rises, there will not remain a Kafir with Allah^-azwj the Magnificent, nor an associate with the Imam^-asws except that he would be averse to his ^-asws rising, to the extent that if there were to be a Kafir or a Polytheist in the belly of a rock, it would say, ‘O Momin! In my belly is a Kafir, so break me and kill him!’^[15]

Quran: 14:5

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِآيَاتِنَا أَنْ أَخْرِجْ قَوْمَكَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَذَكِّرْهُمْ بِأَيَّامِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ {5}

And We had Sent Musa with Our Signs: “Take your people out from the (multiple) darkness into the light and remind them of the Days of Allah. Surely, in that are Signs for every patient, grateful one” [14:5]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا احمد بن محمد بن يحيي العطار، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثني يعقوب بن يزيد، عن محمد بن الحسن الميثمي، عن مثني الحناط، قال: سمعت أبا جعفر (عليه السلام) يقول: «ايام الله عز و جل ثلاثة: يوم يقوم القائم، و يوم الكرة، و يوم القيامة

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Ataar narrated to us, from Sa’ d Bin Abdullah, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami, from Masny Al Hanaat who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far^-asws saying: ‘The Days of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic are three – The day of the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws, and the day of Raj’at (The Return), and the Day of Judgement’.^[16]

Quran: 15:36-38

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ {36} قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ {37} إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ {38}

He said, ‘Lord! Then Respite me up to the Day they would be Resurrected’ [15:36] He said: “So you are from the Respited ones [15:37] Up to the Day of the known time” [15:38]

عن وهب بن جميع مولى إسحاق بن عمار، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن قول إبليس: رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ قالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ إِلى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ قال له وهب: جعلت فداك، أي يوم هو؟

From Wahab bin Jami’e, a slave of Is’haq Bin Amaar who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Words of Iblees^-la: Lord! ‘Then Respite me up to the Day they would be Resurrected’ [15:36] He said: “So you are from the Respited ones [15:37] Up to the Day of the known time” [15:38]. May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! Which day is it?’

قال: «يا وهب، أ تحسب أنه يوم يبعث الله فيه الناس؟ إن الله أنظره إلى يوم يبعث فيه قائمنا، فإذا بعث الله قائمنا كان في مسجد الكوفة، و جاء إبليس حتى يجثو بين يديه على ركبتيه، فيقول: يا ويله من هذا اليوم، فيأخذ بناصيته فيضرب عنقه، فذلك اليوم هو الوقت المعلوم

He^-asws said: ‘O Wahab! Do you reckon that is it the Day in which Allah^-azwj would Resurrect the people? Allah^-azwj has Respited him^-la till the day in which He^-azwj would Send our^-asws Qaim^-asws. He^-asws would be in the Masjid of Al-Kufa, and Iblees^-la would come until he^-la would kneel down in front of him^-asws, and he^-la would be saying, ‘O woe from this day!’ So he^-asws would grab him^-la by his^-la eyebrows and strike his^-la neck off, and that is the Day of the known time” [15:38]’.^[17]

Quran: 15:87

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ {87}

And We have Given you seven from Al-Masaany and the Magnificent Quran [15:87]

عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن، عمن ذكره، رفعه، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن قول الله: وَ لَقَدْ آتَيْناكَ سَبْعاً مِنَ الْمَثانِي وَ الْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ، قال: «إن ظاهرها الحمد، و باطنها ولد الولد، و السابع منها القائم (عليه السلام)

From Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from the one who mentioned it, raising it, said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj: And We have Given you seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the Magnificent Quran [15:87]. He^-asws said: ‘Its apparent is ‘Al-Hamd’ (Chapter 1), and its esoteric is a son^-asws of the son^-asws, and the seventh from him^-asws is Al-Qaim^-asws’.^[18]

Quran: 17:33

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطَانًا فَلَا يُسْرِفْ فِي الْقَتْلِ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مَنْصُورًا {33}

And do not kill the soul which Allah has Forbidden, except with the right; and one who is killed unjustly, so We have Made an authority to be for his guardian, but he should not be excessive in the killing. He would always be Helped [17:33]

شرف الدين النجفي، قال: روى بعض الثقات، بإسناده عن بعض أصحابنا، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال: سألته عن قول الله عز و جل: وَ مَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُوماً فَقَدْ جَعَلْنا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطاناً فَلا يُسْرِفْ فِي الْقَتْلِ إِنَّهُ كانَ مَنْصُوراً. قال: «نزلت في الحسين (عليه السلام)، لو قتل وليه أهل الأرض [به‏] ما كان مسرفا، و وليه القائم (عليه السلام)

Sharaf Al Deen Al Najafy said, ‘It has been reported by one of the trustworthy ones, from one of our companions,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: and one who is killed unjustly, so We have Made an authority to be for his guardian, but he should not be excessive in the killing. He would always be Helped [17:33]. He^-asws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding Al-Husayn^-asws. Even if his^-asws guardian (Appointed Authority) kills all the inhabitants of the earth for it, it would not be excessive. And his^-asws guardian (Appointed Authority) is Al-Qaim^-asws’.^[19]

عن سلام بن المستنير، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام) في قوله: وَ مَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُوماً فَقَدْ جَعَلْنا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطاناً فَلا يُسْرِفْ فِي الْقَتْلِ إِنَّهُ كانَ مَنْصُوراً. قال: «هو الحسين بن علي (عليه السلام) قتل مظلوما و نحن أولياؤه، و القائم منا إذا قام طلب بثار الحسين، فيقتل حتى يقال: قد أسرف في القتل

From Salaam Bin Mustaneer,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: and one who is killed unjustly, so We have Made an authority to be for his guardian, but he should not be excessive in the killing. He would always be Helped [17:33]. He^-asws said: ‘He^-asws is Al-Husayn Bin Ali^-asws, being killed unjustly, and we^-asws are his^-asws guardians (Appointed Authorities), and Al-Qaim^-asws from us^-asws, when he^-asws rises, would seek revenge for Al-Husayn^-asws, so he^-asws would kill to the extent that it would be said, ‘He^-asws has exceeded in the killing’.

– و قال-  المقتول: الحسين (عليه السلام) و وليه: القائم، و الإسراف في القتل: أن يقتل غير قاتله إِنَّهُ كانَ مَنْصُوراً فإنه لا يذهب من الدنيا حتى ينتصر برجل من آل الرسول (صلى الله عليهم) يملأ الأرض قسطا و عدلا كما ملئت ظلما و جوار

And he^-asws said: ‘The killed – Al-Husayn^-asws, and his^-asws guardian (Appointed Authority) is Al-Qaim^-asws. And the excessiveness in the killing, is that one kills other than the killer, He would always be Helped [17:33]. So he^-asws would not go away from the world until he^-asws is helped by a man from the Progeny^-asws of the Rasool^-saww who would fill the earth with equity and justice just as it had been filled with injustice and inequity’.[20]

Quran: 17:81

وَقُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا {81}

And say: ‘The Truth came and the Falsehood vanished, surely the falsehood would always vanish’ [17:81]

محمد بن يعقوب: عن علي بن محمد، عن علي بن العباس، عن الحسن بن عبد الرحمن، عن عاصم بن حميد، عن أبي حمزة، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: وَ قُلْ جاءَ الْحَقُّ وَ زَهَقَ الْباطِلُ إِنَّ الْباطِلَ كانَ زَهُوقاً، قال: «إذا قام القائم أذهب دولة الباطل

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Abbas, from Al Hassan Bin Abdul Rahman, from Aasim Bin Hameed, from Abu Hamza,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: ‘The Truth came and the Falsehood vanished, surely the falsehood would always vanish’ [17:81], he^-asws said: ‘When Al-Qaim^-asws rises, the governments of the falsehood would vanish’.[21]

Quran: 20:110

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِ عِلْمًا {110}

He Knows what is before them and what is behind them, while they do not comprehend Him in knowledge [20:110]

فَإِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَابِشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَرْدِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَال‏ …..و قوله: يَعْلَمُ ما بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ ما خَلْفَهُمْ‏- وَ لا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِ عِلْماً قال ما بين أيديهم ما مضى من أخبار الأنبياء- و ما خلفهم‏ من أخبار القائم ع و قوله:وَ عَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ‏ أي ذلت- و أما قوله‏ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْراً يعني ما يحدث من أمر القائم ع و السفياني‏

(In a lengthy Hadith from 4^th Imam^-asws): And His^-azwj saying: He knows what is before them and what is behind them – and they do not encompass it in knowledge. He said: What is before them is what has passed of the news of the prophets – and what is behind them of the news of the Qa’im^-ajfj. And His saying: And the faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining – meaning they will be humbled – and as for His saying: or He will cause them to be remembered, He means what will happen regarding the matter of the Qa’im^-ajfj and the Sufyani.[22]

Quran: 20:115

وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَا إِلَىٰ آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْمًا {115}

And We had Covenanted to Adam before, but he forgot, and We did not find for him having determination [20:115]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لَقَدْ عَهِدْنا إِلى آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَ لَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْماً قَالَ عَهِدْنَا إِلَيْهِ فِي مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَتَرَكَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عَزْمٌ أَنَّهُمْ هَكَذَا

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Jabir,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And We had Covenanted to Adam before, but he forgot, and We did not find for him having determination [20:115] – regarding Muhammad^-saww and the Imams^-asws from after him^-asws, but he neglected, and We did not find determination in him, that they^-asws were like that.

وَ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ أُولُو الْعَزْمِ أُوْلِي الْعَزْمِ لِأَنَّهُ عَهِدَ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ الْمَهْدِيِّ وَ سِيرَتِهِ وَ أَجْمَعَ عَزْمُهُمْ عَلَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ وَ الْإِقْرَارِ بِهِ

And rather the Determined Ones (Ul Al-Azm) have been named as the Determined Ones because it was covenanted to them^-as regarding Muhammad^-saww and the successors^-asws from after him^-saww, and Al-Mahdi^-asws and his^-asws way, and they^-as gathered their^-as determination upon that, that was like that, and the acknowledgment with it’.[23]

Quran: 20:135

قُلْ كُلٌّ مُتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَابُ الصِّرَاطِ السَّوِيِّ وَمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ {135}

Say: ‘Everyone is awaiting, therefore wait, for soon you will come to known who is the companion of the Even Path and who is Guided’ [20:135]

وَ قَالَ أَيْضاً حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ دَاوُدَ النَّجَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحابُ الصِّراطِ السَّوِيِ‏ وَ مَنِ اهْتَدى‏ قَالَ الصِّرَاطُ السَّوِيُ‏ هُوَ الْقَائِمُ‏^[24] وَ الْمَهْدِيُّ مَنِ اهْتَدَى إِلَى طَاعَتِهِ وَ مِثْلُهَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ إِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِمَنْ تابَ وَ آمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صالِحاً ثُمَّ اهْتَدى‏ قَالَ إِلَى وَلَايَتِنَا

And he also said: Muhammad ibn Hammam narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Alawi from Isa ibn Dawud al-Najjar from;

Abu Al-Hasan Musa^-asws ibn Ja`far^-asws who said: I^-asws asked my father^-asws about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: “You will soon know who are the companions of the straight path and who is guided.” He^-asws said: The straight path is the Qa’im^-ajfj, and the Mahdi^-ajfj is the one who is guided to His^-azwj obedience, and the same is in The Book of God Almighty, and indeed, I am Forgiving to whoever repents, believes, and does righteousness, and then continues in guidance. He^-azwj said, to our guardianship.[25]

Quran: 74:46-47

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ {46}حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ {47}

And we used to belie the Day of Religion [74:46] Until the certainty came to us (now) [74:47] 

قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): قال: «قوله تعالى وَ كُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ، قال: «بيوم خروج القائم (عليه السلام)

(Sharaf Al Deen Al Najafi) in (the book) Taweel Al Ayaat –

‘(From) Abu Abdullah^-asws. He (the narrator) said: ‘(What about) the Words of the Exalted: And we used to belie the Day of Religion [74:46]. He^-asws said: ‘(Belied) the day of the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws’’. [26]

Quran: 31:20

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً ۗ وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُجَادِلُ فِي اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَابٍ مُنِيرٍ {20}

Do you not see that Allah has Subdued to you whatever is in the skies and whatever is in the earth, and Bestowed upon you His Bounties, apparent and hidden? And from the people is one who disputes regarding Allah without any Knowledge nor any Guidance, nor any illuminating Book [31:20]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم ابن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن أبي أحمد محمد بن زياد الأزدي، قال: سألت سيدي موسى بن جعفر (عليهما السلام) عن قول الله عز و جل: وَ أَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُ ظاهِرَةً وَ باطِنَةً فقال (عليه السلام): «النعمة الظاهرة: الإمام الظاهر، و الباطنة: الإمام الغائب

Ibn babuwayh said, ‘Ahmad Bin Ziyad Bin Ja’far Al-Hamdany narrated to us, from Ali Bin Ibrahim bin Hashim, from his father, from Abu Ahmad Muhammad Bin Ziyad Al-Azdy who said,

‘I asked my Master Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and Bestowed upon you His Bounties, apparent and hidden [31:20], so he^-asws said: ‘The apparent Bounty – is the apparent Imam^-asws; and the hidden Bounty – is the hidden Imam^-asws’.

فقلت له: و يكون في الأئمة من يغيب؟ فقال: «نعم، يغيب عن أبصار الناس شخصه، و لا يغيب عن قلوب المؤمنين ذكره، و هو الثاني عشر منا

So I said to him^-asws, ‘So there will be among the Imams^-asws, one^-asws who would be hidden?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes. His^-asws person would be hidden from the vision of the people, but his^-asws Zikr would not be absent from the hearts of the Momineen, and he^-asws is the twelfth one from us^-asws.

و يسهل الله له كل عسير، و يذلل الله له كل صعب، و يظهر له كل كنوز الأرض، و يقرب له كل بعيد، و يبير به كل جبار عنيد، و يهلك على يده كل شيطان مريد

And Allah^-azwj will Make easy for him^-asws, every difficulty, and overcome each one of it, and Manifest for him^-asws every treasure of the earth, and Draw closer to him^-asws every remote thing, and every tyrant would be destroyed by him^-asws, and every castaway satan^-la would perish at his^-asws hands.

ذلك ابن سيدة الإماء، الذي تخفى على الناس ولادته، و لا يحل لهم تسميته، حتى يظهره الله عز و جل فيملأ الأرض قسطا و عدلا كما ملئت جورا و ظلما

That is the son^-asws of the Chieftess (Syeda^-asws) of the believing maids, whose coming (to the world) would be concealed from the people. It would not be permissible for them to name him^-asws, until Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Makes him^-asws to appear, so he^-asws would fill the earth with equity and justice just as it had been filled with inequity and injustice’.[27]

Quran: 29:10

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ فَإِذَا أُوذِيَ فِي اللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتْنَةَ النَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ اللَّهِ وَلَئِنْ جَاءَ نَصْرٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمْ ۚ أَوَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ الْعَالَمِينَ {10}

And from the people there is one who says, ‘We believe in Allah!’ But when he is harmed in (the Way of) Allah, he regards the trial of the people as being a Punishment of Allah. And if Help from your Lord comes, they would be saying, ‘Surely we were with you’. Or, isn’t Allah more Knowing of what is in their chests (conscience) of the (people of the) worlds? [29:10]

و عنه، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني ، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن عبد السلام بن صالح الهروي، قال: قلت لأبي الحسن الرضا (عليه السلام): ما تقول في حديث يروى عن الصادق (عليه السلام) أنه إذا خرج القائم (عليه السلام) قتل ذراري قتلة الحسين (عليه السلام) بفعال آبائهم؟ فقال (عليه السلام): «هوكذلك

And from him, from Ahmad Bin Ziyad Bin Ja’far Al-hamdany, from Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from his father, from Abdul Salam Bin Salih Al-Harwy who said,

‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza^-asws,’What would you^-asws say regarding a Hadeeth which is being reported from Al-Sadiq^-asws that, when Al-Qaim^-asws rises, he^-asws would kill the descendants of the killers of Al-Husayn^-asws, (as they will be pleased) for the actions of their forefathers?’ He^-asws said: ‘It is like that’.

فقلت: و قول الله عز و جل: وَ لا تَزِرُ وازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرى ما معناه؟

So, I said, ‘And the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: A bearer of a burden will not bear the burden of another [53:38], what is it’s meaning?’

قال: «صدق الله تعالى في جميع أقواله، و لكن ذراري قتلة الحسين (عليه السلام) يرضون بفعال آبائهم و يفتخرون بها، و من رضي شيئا كان كمن أتاه، و لو أن رجلا قتل بالمشرق فرضي بقتله رجل في المغرب لكان الراضي عند الله عز و جل شريك القاتل، و إنما يقتلهم القائم (عليه السلام) إذا خرج، لرضاهم بفعل آبائهم

He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj is True in all of His^-azwj Statements. The descendants of the killers of Al-Husayn^-asws would be pleased with the actions of their forefathers. And the one who is happy with a matter is like the one who has done it, even if a man was killed in the East and a man in the West was pleased with him being killed, since the one who is pleased with it, in the Presence of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, is an associate of the killer. But rather, Al-Qaim^-asws would kill them when he^-asws rises, due to them being pleased with the actions of their forefathers’.

قال: فقلت له: بأي شي‏ء يبدأ القائم (عليه السلام) منكم؟ قال: «يبدأ ببني شيبة، و يقطع أيديهم لأنهم سراق بيت الله عز و جل

I asked him^-asws, ‘With what thing will Al-Qaim^-asws from you, begin with?’ He^-asws said: ‘He^-asws will begin with the clan of Shayba, and he^-asws will cut off their hands, because they are thieves in the House of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.^[28]

Quran: 8:7-8

وَإِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ اللَّهُ إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ الشَّوْكَةِ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَيَقْطَعَ دَابِرَ الْكَافِرِينَ {7} لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ الْبَاطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ {8}

And when Allah Promised you one of the two parties that it shall be yours, and you loved that the one without the arms should be yours, and Allah Intended that the Truth be proven true by His Words and to cut off the roots of the Kafirs [8:7].  For the Truth to be proven true and the falsehood to be falsified, and even if the criminals dislike it [8:8]

العياشي: عن جابر، قال سألت أبا جعفر (عليه السلام) عن تفسير هذه الآية في قول الله: وَ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِماتِهِ وَ يَقْطَعَ دابِرَ الْكافِرِينَ. قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): «تفسيرها في الباطن يريد الله فإنه شي‏ء يريده و لم يفعله بعد

Al-Ayyashi, from Jabir, who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the interpretation of the Verse regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj: and Allah Intended that the Truth be proven true by His Words and to cut off the roots of the Kafirs [8:7]. Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘Its esoteric interpretation is Allah^-azwj Intended it, so it was something He^-azwj Wanted it (to happen) but had not done it yet.

و أما قوله: يُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِماتِهِ فإنه يعني يحق حق آل محمد

And as for His^-azwj Words: the Truth be proven true by His Words – it Means He^-azwj Wanted to Prove true the reality of the Truth of the rights of the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww’.

و أما قوله: بِكَلِماتِهِ قال: كلماته في الباطن علي (عليه السلام) هو كلمة الله في الباطن، و أما قوله: وَ يَقْطَعَ دابِرَ الْكافِرِينَ فهم بنو امية هم الكافرون، يقطع الله دابرهم

And as for His^-azwj Words: by His Words, he^-asws said: ‘His^-azwj Words in the esoteric (interpretation) is Ali^-asws. He^-asws is the Word of Allah^-azwj in the esoteric. And as for His^-azwj Words and to cut off the roots of the Kafirs, so they are the Clan of Umayya, they are the Kafirs. Allah^-azwj cut-off their roots.

و أما قوله: لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ فإنه يعني ليحق حق آل محمد حين يقوم القائم (عليه السلام)

And as for His^-azwj Words: For the Truth to be proven true [8:8], so it Means to Manifest the rights of the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww when Al-Qaim^-asws would rise.

و أما قوله: وَ يُبْطِلَ الْباطِلَ يعني القائم (عليه السلام)، فإذا قام يبطل باطل بني امية، و ذلك قوله: لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَ يُبْطِلَ الْباطِلَ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

And as for His^-azwj Words: and the falsehood to be falsified, it Means Al-Qaim^-asws when he^-asws rises, he^-asws would invalidate the falsehood of the Clan of Umayya, and these are His^-azwj Words: and the falsehood to be falsified, and even if the criminals dislike it [8:8]’.^[29]

Quran: 2:249

فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِالْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُمْ بِنَهَرٍ فَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي وَمَنْ لَمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي إِلَّا مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةً بِيَدِهِ ۚ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِنْهُمْ ۚ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ هُوَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ قَالُوا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُو اللَّهِ كَمْ مِنْ فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ {249}

So when Talut departed with the forces, he said: ‘Surely Allah will Test you with a river; so the one who drinks from it, he isn’t from me, and the one who does not taste of it, he is from me, except for the one who scoops out a scoop with his hand’; but they drank from it except for a few of them. So when he had crossed it, he and those who believed were with him, they (drinkers) said: ‘There is no strength for us today with (confronting) Goliath and his army’. Those who were thinking that they would be meeting Allah said, ‘How many times a small group has overcome a numerous group by the Permission of Allah, and Allah is with the patient ones [2:249]

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ الرَّازِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْكُوفِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ‏ طَالُوتَ‏ ابْتُلُوا بِالنَّهَرِ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى- مُبْتَلِيكُمْ بِنَهَرٍ^[30] وَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْقَائِمِ ع يُبْتَلَوْنَ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ

Ali ibn Al-Husayn narrated: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar narrated from Muhammad ibn Hassan al-Razi from Muhammad ibn Ali al-Kufi who narrated: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hashim narrated from Ali ibn Abi Hamza from Abu Basir from:

(Imam) Abu Abdullah^-asws who said: The companions of Talut were tested by the river about which Allah^-azwj the Most High said: “I am testing you.” By a river, and the companions of the Qa’im^-ajfj will be tested with the same.[31] (about companions – don’t know how this can be relevant)

Quran: 103:1-2

وَالْعَصْرِ {1} إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ {2}

(I Swear) by the era [103:1]  Surely, the human being is in loss [103:2] 

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن هارون الفامي، و جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور، و علي بن الحسين بن شاذويه المؤذن (رضي الله عنهم)، قالوا: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن جعفر بن جامع الحميري، قال: حدثنا أبي، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب الزيات، عن محمد بن سنان، عن المفضل بن عمر، قال: سألت الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام)، عن قول الله عز و جل: وَ الْعَصْرِ إِنَّ الْإِنْسانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ، فقال (عليه السلام):  «العصر: عصر خروج القائم (عليه السلام)

Ibn babuwayh, from Ahmad Bin Haroun Al Famy, and Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masour, and Ali Bin Al Husayn Bin Sahzawayh Al Muazzin, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Ja’far Bin Jam’ea Al Humeyri, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khattab Al Zayaat, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar who said,

‘I asked Al-Sadiq Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj: (I Swear) by the time [103:1] Surely the human being is in loss [103:2], so he^-asws said: ‘The era – era of the re-appearance of Al-Qaim^-asws (from Occultation).

إِنَّ الْإِنْسانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ يعني أعداءنا

(For): Surely the human being is in loss [103:2], he^-asws said: ‘It means our^-asws enemies.

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا [يعني‏] بآياتنا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ يعني بمواساة الإخوان وَ تَواصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ يعني بالإمامة وَ تَواصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ، يعني في العسرة

Except for those who believe  – meaning in Our^-asws Signs, and are doing the righteous deed – meaning in the equality of the brethren, and enjoin each other with the Truth – meaning, with the Imamate, and enjoin each other with the patience [103:3] – meaning during the difficulties’’.[32]

Quran: 98:5

وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ {5}

And they had not been Commanded except that they should be worshipping Allah, being sincere to Him of the Religion, upright, and they should be establishing the Salat and giving the Zakat, and that is the correct Religion [98:5] 

شرف الدين النجفي: و روى علي بن أسباط، عن ابن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: وَ ذلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ، قال: «هو ذلك دين القائم (عليه السلام)

Sharaf Al-Deen Najafy, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Ibn Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: and that is the correct Religion [98:5], he^-asws said: ‘That is the Religion of Al-Qaim^-asws’.^[33]

Quran: 97:4-5

تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وَ الرُّوحُ فِيها بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ {4} سَلامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ{5}

The Angels and the Spirit are descending during it by Permission of their Lord regarding every matter [97:4] (They say) Salam! It is such until emergence of the dawn [97:5]

وعن الصادق عليه السلام أنه قال: إنها باقية إلى يوم القيامة، لانها لو رفعت لارتفع القرآن بأجمعه، لان فيها ” تنزل الملائكة والروح  وقال سبحانه بلفظ المستقبل، ولم يقل ” نزل ” بلفظ الماضي

And from Al-Sadiq^-asws, that he^-asws said: ‘It will be remaining (keep occurring) up to the Day of Judgement, because had it been Lifted, the whole of the Quran would be Lifted, because in it is: The Angels and the Spirit are descending during it [97:4], and the Glorious has used the word in future tense, and did not Say “Came down”, by the word in the past tense.

وذلك حق، لانها لا تجئ لقوم دون قوم، بل لسائر الخلق، فلا بد من رجل تنزل عليه الملائكة والروح فيها بالامر المحتوم في ليلة القدر في كل سنة

And that is truth, because it is not for one community but for all other communities. It is for the all of the creation. There needs to be a man on whom the Angels and the Spirit descend on with the inevitable Commands during the Night of Pre-determination (Laylat Al-Qadr) in every year.

ولو لم يكن كذلك لم يكن بكل أمر. ففي زمن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله كان هو المنزل عليه، ومن بعده على أوصيائه أولهم أمير المؤمنين وآخرهم القائم عليهم السلام وهو المنزل عليه إلى يوم القيامة، لان الارض لا تخلو من حجة الله عليها، وهو الحجة الباقية إلى يوم القيامة عليه وعلى آبائه أفضل الصلاة التامة

And, had it not been like that, it would not happen with ‘every matter’. In the era of the Prophet^-saww these Came down upon him^-saww, and after him^-saww on his^-saww successors^-asws, the first of whom is the Amir-al-Momineen^-asws, and the last of them is Al-Qaim^-asws, and these will Come down upon him^-asws up to the Day of Judgement, for the earth cannot be empty of the Divine Authority of Allah^-azwj on it, and he^-asws is the Divine Authority that would remain up to the Day of Judgement. Upon him^-asws and upon his^-asws forefathers are the best of the greetings.’[34]

وروي عن محمد بن جمهور، عن صفوان، عن عبد الله بن مسكان عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قوله عزوجل  ” تنزل الملائكة والروح فيها بإذن ربهم) (أي من عند ربهم) على محمد وآل محمد بكل أمر سلام

And it has been reported from Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from Safwaan, from Abdullah Bin Muskaan, from Abu Baseer, who has said:

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘The Words of the Mighty and Majestic: The Angels and the Spirit descend during it by Permission of their Lord, of every matter [97:4], i.e. from the Presence of their Lord^-azwj, unto Muhammad^-saww and the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww with every matter, (saying): ‘Salam!’’[35]

Quran: 92:1-2

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ {1} وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ {2}

(I Swear) by the night when it spreads (overcomes/broods) [92:1] And (I Swear) by the day (a special day) when it (is going to) light-up (the truth/Justice) [92:2]

ثم قال علي بن إبراهيم: أخبرنا أحمد بن إدريس، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الجبار، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن حماد بن عثمان، عن محمد بن مسلم، قال: سألت أبا جعفر (عليه السلام) عن قول الله عز و جل: وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذا يَغْشى، قال: «الليل في هذا الموضع الثاني، يغشي أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) في دولته التي جرت له عليه، و أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) يصبر في دولتهم حتى تنقضي

Then Ali Bin Ibrahim said – It has been narrated from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hamaad Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said:

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: (I Swear) by the night when it overcomes [92:1], he^-asws said: ‘The night in this subject, is the second one (Umar). He disregarded Amir Al-Momineen^-asws (‘s rights) during his government, which flowed to him (from Abu Bakr). And Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws was patient during his government until it lapsed’.

قال: وَ النَّهارِ إِذا تَجَلَّى، قال: «النهار هو القائم (عليه السلام) منا أهل البيت، إذا قام غلبت دولته دولة الباطل

I asked (what about), ‘And the day when it is displayed [92:2]’. He^-asws said: ‘The day is Al-Qaim^-asws from us^-asws – the People^-asws of the Household, when he^-asws rises his^-asws government would overcome the governments of the falsehood.

و القرآن ضرب فيه الأمثال للناس، و خاطب نبيه به و نحن، فليس يعلمه غيرنا

And the Quran has Given examples regarding this for the people, and has Addressed His^-azwj Prophet^-saww by it and us^-asws. So, no one else knows it apart from us^-asws’.^[36]

Quran: 91:1-4

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا {1} وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا {2} وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا {3} وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا {4}

(I Swear) by the sun and its brightness [91:1] And (I Swear) the moon when it follows it, [91:2] And (I Swear) the day when it radiates enlighten it, [91:3] And (I Swear) the night when it covers it, [91:4]

شرف الدين النجفي، قال: روى علي بن محمد، عن أبي جميلة، عن الحلبي، و رواه أيضا علي ابن الحكم، عن أبان بن عثمان، عن الفضل أبي العباس، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، أنه قال: وَ الشَّمْسِ وَ ضُحاها: «الشمس: أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، و ضحاها: قيام القائم (عليه السلام)، لأن الله سبحانه قال: وَ أَنْ يُحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًى

Sharaf Al-Deen Al-Najafy said, ‘It has been reported from Ali Bin Muhammad, from Abu Jameela, from Al-Halby, and it has been reported as well by Ali Ibn Al-hakam, from Aban Bin Usman, from Al-Fazal Abu Al-Abbas, who has narrated:

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘(I Swear) by the sun and its clarity [91:1] – The sun is Amir-al-Momineen^-asws, and its brightness is the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws because Allah^-azwj the Glorious Said: and let the people be gathered at forenoon’ [20:59]’.

وَ الْقَمَرِ إِذا تَلاها الحسن و الحسين (عليهما السلام) وَ النَّهارِ إِذا جَلَّاها هو قيام القائم (عليه السلام)

And the moon when it follows it, [91:2] – Are Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws And the day when it displays it, [91:3] – It is the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws.

وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذا يَغْشاها حبتر و دولته، قد غشى عليه الحق

And the night when it covers it, [91:4] – Hibter (Abu Bakr) and his government, had covered over the Truth’.^[37]

Quran: 89:1-4

وَالْفَجْرِ {1} وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ {2} وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ {3} وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ {4}

(I Swear) by the dawn [89:1] And (I Swear) ten nights [89:2] And (I Swear) the even and the odd [89:3] And (I Swear) the night when it passes [89:4]

شرف الدين النجفي، [قال‏]: روي بالإسناد مرفوعا، عن عمرو بن شمر، عن جابر بن يزيد الجعفي، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «قوله عز و جل: وَ الْفَجْرِ الفجر هو القائم (عليه السلام)

Sharaf Al-Deen Najafy said, ‘It has been reported by an unbroken chain, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir Bin Yazeed Al-Jufy:

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘The Words of the Mighty and Majestic: (I Swear) by the dawn [89:1] – and the dawn, he^-asws is Al-Qaim^-asws

وَ لَيالٍ عَشْرٍ الأئمة (عليهم السلام) من الحسن إلى الحسن

And ten nights [89:2] – are the (ten) Imams^-asws from Al-Hassan^-asws (Al-Mujtaba) to Al-Hassan (Al-Askari)^-asws.

وَ الشَّفْعِ أمير المؤمنين و فاطمة (عليها السلام)، وَ الْوَتْرِ هو الله وحده لا شريك له

And the even [89:3] – are Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws and (Syeda) Fatima^-asws and the odd [89:3] is Allah^-azwj, One with not associates to Him^-azwj.

وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذا يَسْرِ هي دولة حبتر، فهي تسري إلى دولة القائم (عليه السلام)

And the night when it passes [89:4] – This is the government of Hibter (Abu Bakr), so it would pass to (be eventually replaced by) the government of Al-Qaim^-asws’.^[38]

Quran: 85:1

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ {1}

And (I Swear) by the sky with (holding) the constellations [85:1]

الشيخ المفيد في (الاختصاص): عن محمد بن علي بن بابويه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل، عن محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، عن موسى بن عمران، عن عمه الحسين بن يزيد، عن علي بن سالم، عن أبيه، عن سالم بن دينار، عن سعد بن طريف، عن الأصبغ بن نباتة، قال: سمعت ابن عباس يقول: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «ذكر الله عز و جل عبادة، و ذكري عبادة، و ذكر علي عبادة، و ذكر الأئمة من ولده عبادة

Al-Sheykh Al-Mufeed in ‘Al-Ikhtisaas’, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Babuwayh, from Muhammad Bin Musa Bin Al-Mutawakal, from Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah Al-Kufy, from Musa Bin Imran, from his uncle Al-Husayn Bin Yazeed, from Ali Bin Saalim, from his father, from Saalim Bin Dinar, from Sa’ad Bin Tareyf, from Al-Asbagh Bin Nabata who said, ‘I heard Ibn Abbas saying,

‘The Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Zikr of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic is worship, and my^-saww Zikr is worship, and the Zikr of Ali^-asws is worship, and the Zikr of the Imams^-asws from his^-asws sons^-asws is worship.

و الذي بعثني بالنبوة و جعلني خير البرية، إن وصيي لأفضل الأوصياء، و إنه لحجة الله على عباده، و خليفته على خلقه، و من ولده الأئمة الهداة بعدي

By the One Who^-azwj Sent me^-saww with the Prophet-hood, and Made me^-asws as the best of the Created beings! My^-saww successor^-asws is the best of the successors^-as, and he^-asws is the Divine Authority of Allah^-azwj over His^-azwj creatures, and His^-azwj Caliph over His^-azwj creatures. And (so are) the ones^-asws from his^-asws sons^-asws, the Imams^-asws of Guidance after me^-saww.

بهم يحبس الله العذاب عن أهل الأرض، و بهم يمسك السماء أن تقع على الأرض إلا بإذنه، و بهم يمسك الجبال أن تميد بهم، و بهم يسقي خلقه الغيث، و بهم يخرج النبات

It is due to them^-asws that Allah^-azwj has Withholds the Punishment from the people of the earth, and it is due to them^-asws that He^-azwj has Held back the sky from falling upon the earth except by His^-azwj Permission, and it is due to them^-asws that He^-azwj has Held firm the mountains from shaking, and it is due to them^-asws that He^-azwj Quenches the creatures by the rain, and it is due to them^-asws that He^-azwj Brings forth the vegetation.

أولئك أولياء الله حقا و خلفاؤه صدقا، عدتهم عدة الشهور، و هي اثنا عشر شهرا، و عدتهم عدة نقباء موسى بن عمران (عليه السلام)

They^-asws are the Guardians of Allah^-azwj truly, and His^-azwj truthful Caliphs. Their^-asws number is the number of the Months (12), and these are twelve months. And their^-asws number is the number of the chiefs of Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as.

ثم تلا هذه الآية: وَ السَّماءِ ذاتِ الْبُرُوجِ. ثم قال: «أ تقدر- يا بن عباس- أن الله يقسم بالسماء ذات البروج، و يعني به السماء و بروجها؟». قلت: يا رسول الله، فما ذاك

Then he^-saww recited this Verse: (I Swear) by the sky with the constellations [85:1], then said: ‘Do you think that Allah^-azwj has Sworn by the sky constellation, and He^-azwj Means by it the sky and the constellations?’ I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! So what is that?’

قال: «أما السماء فأنا، و أما البروج فالأئمة بعدي، أولهم علي و آخرهم المهدي

He^-saww said: ‘And as for the constellations, so they^-asws are the Imams^-asws after me^-saww – the first of them^-asws being Ali^-asws, and the last of them^-asws is Al-Mahdi^-asws’.^[39]

Quran: 88:1-4

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ {1} وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ {2} عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ {3} تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً {4}

Has there come to you a Hadeeth of the overwhelming event? [88:1] (Some) Faces on that day will be humiliated [88:2] (Of the) toiling Nasibis (Hostile ones) [88:3] (They will be) Arriving to a scorching Fire [88:4] 

سَهْلٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ هَلْ أَتاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغاشِيَةِ قَالَ يَغْشَاهُمُ الْقَائِمُ بِالسَّيْفِ

Sahl, from Muhammad, from his father has narrated:

Abu Abdullah^-asws having said when it was said to him^-asws: Has there come to you a Hadeeth of the overwhelming event? [88:1], he^-asws said: ‘Al-Qaim^-asws would overwhelm them with the sword.

قَالَ قُلْتُ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خاشِعَةٌ قَالَ خَاضِعَةٌ لَا تُطِيقُ الِامْتِنَاعَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Faces on that day will be humiliated [88:2]?’ He^-asws said: ‘They will be so humiliated that they will not be able to defend themselves.

قَالَ قُلْتُ عامِلَةٌ قَالَ عَمِلَتْ بِغَيْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘(What about): toiling [88:3]?’ He^-asws said: ‘Labouring for other than what Allah^-azwj Revealed’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ ناصِبَةٌ قَالَ نَصَبَتْ غَيْرَ وُلَاةِ الْأَمْرِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘(What about): Nasibis (Hostile ones) [88:3?’ He^-asws said: ‘(Those who) established another master of the command’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ تَصْلى ناراً حامِيَةً قَالَ تَصْلَى نَارَ الْحَرْبِ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَلَى عَهْدِ الْقَائِمِ وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘(What about): Arriving to a scorching Fire [88:4]?’ He^-asws replied: ‘Entering into the fire of the war in the world during the era of the Al-Qaim^-asws, and in the Hereafter the Fire of Hell’.^[40]

Quran: 81:15-16

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ {15} الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ {16}

But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ قَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Musa Bin Ja’far Al Naghdady, from Wahab Bin Shazan, from Al Hassan Bin Abu Al Rabie, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from Umm Hany who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj the Exalted: But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16].

قَالَتْ فَقَالَ إِمَامٌ يَخْنِسُ سَنَةَ سِتِّينَ وَ مِائَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَظْهَرُ كَالشِّهَابِ يَتَوَقَّدُ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الظَّلْمَاءِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتِ زَمَانَهُ قَرَّتْ عَيْنُكِ

She (Umm Hany) said, ‘So he^-asws said: ‘The Imam^-asws would be in concealment in the year two hundred and sixty (260), then he^-asws would appear like the meteor shooting in the dark night. So, if you were to come across his^-asws time, it would delight your eyes’.[41]

في كتاب كمال الدين وتمام النعمة باسناده إلى ابراهيم بن عطية عن ام هاني الثقفية قال: غدوت على سيدى محمد بن على الباقر عليهما السلام فقلت: يا سيدى آية من كتاب الله عزوجل ” فلا اقسم بالخنس الجوار الكنس “

In the book KamaAl-Al-Deen Wa Tamaam Al-Ne’mat, by his chain going up to Ibrahim Bin Atiya, from Umm Hany Al-Saqafy who said:

‘I came to my Chief Muhammad Bin Ali^-asws Al-Baqir^-asws, so I said, ‘O my Chief! (Explain for me) a Verse from the Book of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic:  But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16]’.

قال: نعم المسألة سئلتنى يا ام هاني هذا مولود في آخر الزمان هو المهدى من هذه العترة، يكون له حيرة و غيبة يضل فيها قوم ويهتدى فيها قوم، فيا طوبى لك ان ادركتيه ويا طوبى لمن أدركه

He^-asws said: ‘Yes, the question which you have asked me^-asws, O Umm Hany, this is a coming (which will take place) during the end of times. He^-asws is Al-Mahdi^-asws from this Family^-asws, about whom^-asws there will be confusion during his^-asws absence. A people would go astray with regards to it, and a people would be guided with regards to it. So beatitude is for you if you come across him^-asws, and beatitude would be for the one who comes across him^-asws’.[42]

محمد بن يعقوب: عن عدة من أصحابنا، عن سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن الحسن، عن عمر ابن يزيد، عن الحسن بن الربيع  الهمداني، قال: حدثنا محمد بن إسحاق، عن أسيد بن ثعلبة، عن أم هانئ، قالت: لقيت أبا جعفر محمد بن علي (عليهما السلام)، فسألته عن هذه الآية فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ، قال: «الخنس: إمام يخنس في زمانه عند انقطاع من علمه عند الناس سنة ستين و مائتين، ثم يبدو كالشهاب الثاقب في ظلمة الليل، فإن أدركت ذلك قرت عينك

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from a number of our companions, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan, from Umar Ibn Yazeed, from Al Hassan Bin Al Rabi’e Al Hamdany, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from Aseyd Bin Sa’alba, from Umm Hany who said,

‘I met Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws, and I asked him^-asws about these Verses: But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16]. He^-asws said: ‘The concealed one – Imam^-asws who would be concealed during his^-asws era during the cutting-off from his^-asws knowledge in the presence of the people, in the year two hundred and sixty (260). Then he^-asws would appear like the brilliant meteor during the dark night. So if you were to come across him^-asws, it would delight your eyes’’.[43]

Quran: 74:9-10

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ {9} عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ {10}

That day, it will be such a harsh day [74:9]. Upon the Kafirs, it would not be easy [74:10]

و في حديث آخر عنه (عليه السلام)، قال: «إذا نقر في أذن القائم (عليه السلام) أذن له في القيام

And in another Hadeeth from him (6^th Imam^-asws) having said: ‘When it resonates in the ears of Al-Qaim^-asws, it would be the Permission for him^-asws for the Rising’.[44]

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِذا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنَّا إِمَاماً مُظَفَّراً مُسْتَتِراً فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ إِظْهَارَ أَمْرِهِ نَكَتَ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُكْتَةً فَظَهَرَ فَقَامَ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: So when it is resonated in the organ [74:8]. He^-asws said: ‘From us^-asws there is an Imam^-asws, who is victorious, hidden (in Occultation). So when Allah^-azwj, Mighty is His^-azwj Mention, Intends to Manifest His^-azwj Command, would Imprint in his^-asws heart with an imprint, so he^-asws would appear, and stand by the Command of Allah^-azwj the Blessed and Exalted’.[45]

و روى عن عمرو بن شمر، عن جابر بن يزيد، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: «قوله عز و جل: فَإِذا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ، قال: الناقور هو النداء من السماء، ألا إن وليكم الله و فلان بن فلان القائم بالحق

And it has been reported from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir Bin Yazeed, who has reported the following:

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘The Words of the Mighty and Majestic: So when it (trumpet) is resonated in the organ [74:8], he^-asws said: ‘The organ – It is the Call from the sky: ‘Indeed! Your Guardian is Allah^-azwj and so and so Al-Qaim^-asws is with the truth.

ينادي به جبرئيل في ثلاث ساعات من ذلك اليوم، فذلك يوم عسير على الكافرين غير يسير، يعني بالكافرين المرجئة الذين كفروا بنعمة الله و بولاية علي بن أبي الطالب (عليه السلام)

Jibraeel^-as would Call out at three (different) times on that Day. Then that, on that Day, it would be a difficult Day [74:9] – Meaning by the Kafirs, the Murjiites, those who committed Kufr with the Favour of Allah^-azwj and Wilayah of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.[46]

Quran: 72:24

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا رَأَوْا مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا {24}

Until when they see what they are being threatened with, then they would come to know who is with weaker helpers and fewer number [72:24]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْمَاضِي ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى إِذا رَأَوْا ما يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ ناصِراً وَ أَقَلُّ عَدَداً يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ الْقَائِمَ وَ أَنْصَارَهُ

Ali Bin Muhammad, from some of our companions, from Ibn Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzayl,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan Al-Maazy^-asws (7^th Imam^-asws), said, ‘I asked Him^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Until when they see what they are being threatened with, then they would come to know who is with weaker helpers and fewer number [72:24]. (He^-asws said): ‘It Means by that Al-Qaim^-asws and his^-asws helpers’. ^[47]

Quran: 70:44

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ {44}

Their visions humbled, humiliation having tired them. That is the Day which they had been Promised [70:44]

شرف الدين النجفي: بإسناده، عن سليمان بن خالد، عن ابن سماعة، عن عبد الله بن القاسم، عن يحيى بن ميسر، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: خاشِعَةً أَبْصارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كانُوا يُوعَدُونَ، قال: «يعني يوم خروج القائم (عليه السلام)

Sharaf Al- Deen Al- Najafy, by his chain, from Suleyman Bin Khalid, from Ibn Sama’at, from Abdullah Bin Al- Qasim, from Yahya Bin Maysar, who has said:

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws, regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Their visions humbled, humiliation having exhausted them. That is the Day which they had been Promised [70:44], he^-asws said: ‘It Means the day of the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws’.^[48]

Quran: 70:26

وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ {26}

And those who are ratifying the Day of Religion [70:26]

محمد بن يعقوب: عن علي بن محمد، عن علي بن العباس، عن الحسن بن عبد الرحمن، عن عاصم بن حميد، عن أبي حمزة، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: وَ الَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ، قال: «بخروج القائم (عليه السلام)

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Al-i Bin Muhammad, from Al-i Bin Al- Abbas, from Al- Hassan Bin Abdul Rahman, from Asim Bin Hameed, from Abu Hamza, who has said:

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: And those who are ratifying the Day of Religion [70:26], he^-asws said: ‘(Ratifying) the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws’.[49]

Quran: 67:30

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِمَاءٍ مَعِينٍ {30}

Say: ‘Have you considered if your water were to (sink into the ground) become sunken, so who can come to you any water from a spring? with flowing water?’ [67:30]

و عنه، قال: حدثنا أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن موسى بن القاسم بن معاوية بن وهب البجلي، و أبي قتادة علي بن محمد بن حفص، عن علي بن جعفر، عن أخيه موسى بن جعفر (عليهما السلام)، قال: قلت: ما تأويل قول الله عز و جل: قُلْ أَ رَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ ماؤُكُمْ غَوْراً فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِماءٍ مَعِينٍ؟

And from him, said, ‘My father narrated to us, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muha Bin Al-Qasim Bin Muawiya Bin Wahab Al-Bajaly, and Abu Qatada Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Hafs, who has narrated the following:

‘Ali son of Ja’far^-asws, from his brother Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws, said, ‘I said, ‘What is the explanation of the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Say: ‘Have you considered if your water were to become sunken, so who can come to you with flowing water?’ [67:30]’.

فقال: «إذا فقدتم إمامكم فلم تروه فما ذا تصنعون؟

So he^-asws said: ‘When you lose your Imam^-asws, and you do not see him^-asws (anymore), so what is it what you would be doing?’[50]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْبَجَلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْ أَ رَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ ماؤُكُمْ غَوْراً فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِماءٍ مَعِينٍ قَالَ إِذَا غَابَ عَنْكُمْ إِمَامُكُمْ فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِإِمَامٍ جَدِيدٍ

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Musa Bin Al Qasim Bin Muawiya Al Bajaly,

(It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far^-asws, from his brother^-asws Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Say: ‘Have you considered if your water were to become sunken, so who can come to you with flowing water?’ [67:30]. He^-asws said: ‘When your Imam^-asws is absent from you all, so who would come to you with a new Imam^-asws?’[51]

وباسناده إلى ابى بصير عن ابى جعفر عليه السلام في قول الله عزوجل: ” قل ارايتم ان اصبح ماؤكم غورا فمن يأتيكم بماء معين ” فقال: هذه نزلت في الامام القائم يقول: ان اصبح امامكم غائبا عنكم لا تدرون اين هو ؟ فمن يأتيكم بامام ظاهر يأتيكم باخبار السماوات والارض وحلال الله وحرامه

And by his chain going up to Abu Baseer, who has narrated:

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Say: ‘Have you considered if your water were to become sunken, so who can come to you with flowing water?’ [67:30], so he^-asws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding Al-Qaim^-asws. He^-azwj is Saying; “When your Imam^-asws recedes and is hidden from you all, you will not be knowing where he^-asws is? So there comes to you the apparent Imam^-asws, bringing to you the news of the skies and the earth, and Permissibles of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Prohibitions”.

ثم قال عليه السلام: والله ما جاء تأويل هذه الاية ولابد ان يجيئ تأويلها

Then he^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! The interpretation of this Verse has not come yet, and it is inevitable that its interpretation should come’.[52]

Quran: 61:8

يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ {8}

They are intending to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths but Allah will Complete His Light, and even if the Kafirs abhor it [61:8]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْمَاضِي ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِؤُا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْواهِهِمْ قَالَ يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِئُوا وَلَايَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ

Ali Bin Muhammad, from some of our companions, from Ibn Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzayl,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan Al-Maazy^-asws (7^th Imam^-asws), said, ‘I asked Him^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: They are intending to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths [61:8]. He^-asws said: ‘They are intending to extinguish the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineen^-asws with their mouths (by talking against it)’.

قُلْتُ وَ اللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ قَالَ وَ اللَّهُ مُتِمُّ الْإِمَامَةِ لِقَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الَّذِينَ فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ النُّورِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْنا فَالنُّورُ هُوَ الْإِمَامُ

I said, ‘The Words of the Exalted: but Allah will Complete His light [61:8]’. He^-asws said: ‘And Allah^-azwj will Complete the Imamate. And the Imamate, it is the Light (النُّور), and these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Therefore believe in Allah and His Rasool and the Light which We Sent down [64:8]’. He^-asws said: ‘The Light (النُّور), it is the Imam^-asws’.

قُلْتُ هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدى وَ دِينِ الْحَقِّ قَالَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَمَرَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْوَلَايَةِ لِوَصِيِّهِ وَ الْوَلَايَةُ هِيَ دِينُ الْحَقِّ

I said, ‘He is the One Who Sent His Rasool with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth [61:9]’. He^-asws said: ‘He^-azwj is Who Commanded His^-azwj Rasool^-saww with the Wilayah of his^-saww successor^-asws, and the Wilayah – is the Religion of the Truth’.

قُلْتُ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ قَالَ يُظْهِرُهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْأَدْيَانِ عِنْدَ قِيَامِ الْقَائِمِ

I said, ‘in order to prevail it upon all the Religions [61:9]’. He^-asws said: ‘Prevail it upon the entirety of the Religions during the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws’ (an extract).^[53]

Quran: 57:17

اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ {17}

Know that Allah Revives the earth after its death. We Clarified the Signs for you, perhaps you would be using your intellects [57:17]

محمد بن العباس، عن حميد بن زياد، عن الحسن بن محمد بن سماعة، عن أحمد بن الحسن الميثمي، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن أبي جعفر الأحول، عن سلام بن المستنير، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها: يعني بموتها كفر أهلها، و الكافر ميت، فيحييها الله بالقائم (عليه السلام) فيعدل فيها، فتحيا الأرض و يحيا أهلها بعد موتهم

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Hameed Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Maysami, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub,

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws Al-Ahowl, from Salam Bin Al-Mustaneer, from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Know that Allah Revives the earth after its death [57:17]: ‘It mean by its death, the Kufr of its people, and the Kafir is a dead (person), so Allah^-azwj will Revive it by Al-Qaim^-asws, who^-asws will do justice in it. Thus, the earth would be revived, and its people would be revived, after their death’.^[54]

Quran: 55:41

يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ {41}

The criminals would be recognised by their marks, so they shall be seized by the forelocks and the feet [55:41]

محمد بن إبراهيم النعماني، قال: أخبرنا علي بن أحمد، قال: أخبرنا عبيد الله بن موسى، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن سليمان الديلمي، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله تعالى: يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيماهُمْ، قال: «الله يعرفهم، و لكن أنزلت في القائم يعرفهم بسيماهم فبخبطهم بالسيف هو و أصحابه خبطا

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al-No’many, from Ali Bin Ahmad, from Ubeydullah Bin Musa, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al-Dulaymi, from Abu Baseer,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: ‘الْمُجْرِمُونَ’ The criminals would be recognised by their marks [55:41], he^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj (already) Recognises them, but it was Revealed regarding Al-Qaim^-asws so he^-asws would recognise them by their marks. He^-asws would thus mark them by the sword, he^-asws himself^-asws as well as his^-asws companions’.^[55]

حدثنا ابراهيم بن هاشم عن ابى سليمان الديلمى عن معاوية الدهنى عن ابى عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عزوجل يعرف المجرمون بسيماهم فيؤخذ بالنواصى والاقدام فقال يا معاوية ما يقولون في هذا

Muhammad Bin Hassan Al-Saffar, from Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al-Daylami, from his father Suleyman, from Muawiya Al-Dahny, who has said:

Abu Abdullah^-asws, regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj, Blessed and Exalted: The criminals would be recognised by their marks, so they shall be seized by the forelocks and the feet [55:41], he^-asws said: ‘O Muawiya! what are they (people) saying about this?’

قال قلت يزعمون ان الله تبارك وتعالى يعرف المجرمون بسيماهم يوم القيمة فيأمر بهم فيؤخذ بنواصيهم واقدامهم ويلقون في النار

I said, ‘They claim that Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted will Recognise the criminals by their marks on the Day of Judgement. He^-azwj will Order them to be seized by their forelocks and their feet, to be flung into the Fire.’

قال فقال لى و كيف يحتاج الجبار تبارك وتعالى إلى معرفة خلق انشأهم وهو خلقهم

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-asws said to me: ‘And how does the need arise for Allah^-azwj, the Compeller, the Blessed and Exalted to Recognise the creation that He^-azwj Himself^-azwj Created?’

قال فقلت فما ذاك جعلت فداك قال ذلك اوقد قام قائمنا اعطاء الله السيما فيأمر بالكافر فيوخذ بنواصيهم و اقدامهم ثم يخبط بالسيف خبطا

I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws, and what is that (then)?’ He^-asws said: ‘That is when Al-Qaim^-asws rises, Allah^-azwj will Give him^-asws the Sign. He^-asws will order the Kafirs to be seized by their forelocks and their feet, then he^-asws will mark them by the sword.’^[56]

Quran: 51:23

فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ {23}

So, by the Lord of the sky and the earth! It is the Truth, similar to what you are talking about [51:23]

محمد بن العباس (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا علي بن عبد الله، عن إبراهيم بن محمد الثقفي، عن الحسن بن الحسين، عن سفيان بن إبراهيم، عن عمرو بن هاشم، عن إسحاق بن عبد الله، عن علي بن الحسين (عليهما السلام)، في قول الله عز و جل: فَوَ رَبِّ السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ ما أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ، قال: «قوله تعالى: إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ، [هو] قيام القائم (عليه السلام)، و فيه نزلت: وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَ لَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضى لَهُمْ وَ لَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْناً

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Ali Bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al-Saqafy, from Al-Hassan Bin Al-Husayn, from Sufyan Bin Ibrahim, from Amro bin Hashim, from Is’haq Bin Abdullah,

‘Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: So, by the Lord of the sky and the earth! It is the Truth, similar to what you are talking about [51:23]. He^-asws said: ‘The Words of the Exalted: It is the Truth – it is the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws’’. And regarding it was revealed: Allah^-azwj has Promised those among you who believe and do righteous deeds that He^-azwj will surely Make them successors upon the earth just as He^-azwj Made those before them successors and that He^-azwj will surely Establish for them their religion which He^-azwj has Approved for them and that He^-azwj will surely Substitute for them, after that, the true religion.” Their fear is security.[57]

Quran: 50:41-42

وَاسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِنْ مَكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ {41} يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُرُوجِ {42}

And listen intently on the Day when the Caller will Call out from a near place [50:41].  A Day they would be hearing the Scream with the Truth, that would be the Day of coming forth [50:42]

ثم قال علي بن إبراهيم: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد، عن عمر بن عبد العزيز، عن جميل بن دراج، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله تعالى: يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ ذلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُرُوجِ قال: «هي الرجعة

Then Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘Ahmad Bin Muhammad narrated to us, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from Jameel Bin Daraaj,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: A Day they would be hearing the Scream with the Truth, that would be the Day of coming forth [50:42], he^-asws said: ‘The return (الرجعة) (of the Imam Mahdi^-asws)’.^[58]

خص، منتخب البصائر سَعْدٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‏ قُلْتُ لَهُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِنَّا لَنَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنا وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْأَشْهادُ

(The book) ‘Muntakhab Al Basaair’ – Sa’ad, from Ibn Isa, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from Jameel Bin Darraj,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Surely, We would Help Our Rasools and those who believe, in the life of the world and on the Day the witnesses would stand [40:51]’.

قَالَ ذَلِكَ وَ اللَّهِ فِي الرَّجْعَةِ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ فِي أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ كَثِيراً لَمْ يُنْصَرُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ قُتِلُوا وَ أَئِمَّةٍ قَدْ قُتِلُوا وَ لَمْ يُنْصَرُوا فَذَلِكَ فِي الرَّجْعَةِ

He^-asws said: ‘That, by Allah^-azwj, is regarding the Raj’at! Don’t you know that among the Prophets^-as there are many who were not helped in the world, and they were killed, and the Imams^-asws have been killed and were not helped. So that would be during the Raj’at’.

قُلْتُ‏ وَ اسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنادِ الْمُنادِ مِنْ مَكانٍ قَرِيبٍ يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ ذلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُرُوجِ‏- قَالَ هِيَ الرَّجْعَةُ

I said, ‘And listen intently on the Day when the Caller will Call out from a near place [50:41] A Day they would be hearing the Scream with the Truth, that would be the Day of coming forth [50:42]’. He^-asws said: ‘It is the Raj’at (the time of the Imam Mahdi^-asws)’’.^[59]

Quran: 48:25

هُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَالْهَدْيَ مَعْكُوفًا أَنْ يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌ مُؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَاءٌ مُؤْمِنَاتٌ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ أَنْ تَطَئُوهُمْ فَتُصِيبَكُمْ مِنْهُمْ مَعَرَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۖ لِيُدْخِلَ اللَّهُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَوْ تَزَيَّلُوا لَعَذَّبْنَا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا {25}

They are those who committed Kufr and blocked you from the Sacred Masjid, and prevented the sacrificial animal to reach its place. And if the Momineen men and the Mominaat women, whom you did not know might have been trampled upon, then a harm might have afflicted you from them without knowledge – in order for Allah to Enter into His Mercy one He so Desires to. If they had been apart, We would have Punished those who committed Kufr from them with a painful Punishment [48:25]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن محمد ابن عامر، عن عمه عبد الله بن عامر، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عمن ذكره، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، [قال‏]: قلت له: ما بال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) لم يقاتل فلانا و فلانا؟ قال: «لآية في كتاب الله عز و جل: لَوْ تَزَيَّلُوا لَعَذَّبْنَا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذاباً أَلِيماً

Ibn Babuwayh, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masroor, from Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Ibn Aamir, from his uncle Abdullah Bin Aamir, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from the one who mentioned it,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws  replied, ‘ (when) I asked from him^-asws , ‘What was it with Amir Al-Momineen^-asws  that he did not kill so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar)?’ He^-asws  said: ‘The Verse in the Book of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: If they had been apart, We would have Punished those who committed Kufr from them with a painful Punishment [48:25]’.

قال: قلت: و ما يعني بتزايلهم؟ قال: «ودائع مؤمنون في أصلاب قوم كافرين، و كذلك القائم (عليه السلام) لن يظهر أبدا حتى تخرج ودائع الله عز و جل، فإذا خرجت ظهر على من ظهر من أعداء الله عز و جل فقتلهم

I said, ‘And what is the Meaning of their having been apart?’ He^-asws said: ‘And the Momineen are deposits in the loins of the Kafirs, and similar to that is Al-Qaim^-asws, who will never appear ever, until Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Extracts (all of) these deposits. So when they are exited from the backs of the enemies of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, he^-asws  (Al-Qaim^-asws) would kill them’.^[60]

Quran: 45:14

قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَغْفِرُوا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ أَيَّامَ اللَّهِ لِيَجْزِيَ قَوْمًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ {14}

Say to those who believe, to let-off those who do not hope for the days of Allah, for Him to Recompense a people due to what they had been earning [45:14]

قال: روي عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، أنه قال: «أيام الله المرجوة ثلاثة: يوم قيام القائم (عليه السلام)، و يوم الكرة، و يوم القيامة

And in has been reported from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said; ‘They hoped for days of Allah^-azwj are three – The day of the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws, and the day of the return (Raj’at), and the Day of Judgement’.^[61]

Quran: 43:66

هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ {66}

Are they awaiting only for the Hour lest it comes to them suddenly while they are not aware? [43:66]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا علي بن عبد الله بن أسد، عن إبراهيم بن محمد، عن إسماعيل بن يسار، عن علي بن جعفر الحضرمي، عن زرارة بن أعين، قال: سألت أبا جعفر (عليه السلام) عن قول الله عز و جل: هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً، قال: «هي ساعة القائم (عليه السلام)، تأتيهم بغتة

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Asad, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad, from Ismail Bin Yasaar, from Ali Bin Ja’far Al-Hazramy, from Zurara Bin Ayn who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Are they awaiting only for the Hour lest it comes to them suddenly [43:66], he^-asws said: ‘It is the Hour (time of appearance) of Al-Qaim^-asws, it will come upon them suddenly’.[62]

Quran: 42:41

وَلَمَنِ انْتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ {41}

And the one who triumphs after having been oppressed, so those ones (the triumphs), there is no way (to blame) upon them (of the war) [42:41]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا علي بن عبد الله، عن إبراهيم بن محمد، عن علي بن هلال الأحمسي، عن الحسن بن وهب، عن جابر الجعفي، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: وَ لَمَنِ انْتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِ فَأُولئِكَ ما عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ، قال: «ذلك القائم (عليه السلام)، إذا قام انتصر من بني امية و من المكذبين و النصاب

Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Ali Bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hilal Al Ahmasy, from Al Hassan Bin Wahab, from Jabir Al Ju’fy,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: And the one who triumphs after having been oppressed, so those ones, they is no way (to blame) upon them [42:41], he^-asws said: ‘That is Al-Qaim^-asws, when he^-asws rises, he^-asws would overcome the clan of Umayya, and the beliers, and the Hostile Ones (Nasibis)’.^[63]

[ في تفسير علي بن إبراهيم ] [ قال: ] حدثنا جعفر بن أحمد قال: حدثنا عبد الكريم بن عبد الرحيم، عن محمد بن علي، عن محمد بن الفضيل، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام) قال: سمعته يقول: * (ولمن انتصر بعد ظلمه) * يعني القائم (عليه السلام) وأصحابه * (فأولئك ما عليهم من سبيل) * والقائم إذا قام انتصر من بني امية ومن المكذبين والنصاب هو وأصحابه وهو قول الله: * (إنما السبيل على الذين يظلمون الناس ويبغون في الارض بغير الحق أولئك لهم عذاب أليم) *.

In Tafseer of Ali Bin Ibrahim, said, ‘Ja’far Bin Ahmad narrated to us, from Abdul Kareem Bin Abdul Raheem, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Al Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza Al Sumaly who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far^-asws saying: ‘And the one who triumphs after having been oppressed [42:41] – Meaning Al-Qaim^-asws and his^-asws companions, so those ones, they is no way (to blame) upon them [42:41]. And Al-Qaim^-asws, when he^-asws rises, would overcome ones from the Clan of Umayya, and from the liars and the Hostile ones (Nasibis), him^-asws and his^-asws companions. And these are the Words of Allah^-azwj: But rather, the way (to blame) is upon those who are oppressing the people and are rebelling in the land without the right. Those ones, for them is a painful Punishment [42:42]’.^[64]

Quran: 42:20

مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ نَصِيبٍ {20}

One Who wants the harvest of the Hereafter, We will Increase in his harvest for him, and one who wants the harvest of the world, We would Give to him from it, and there would not be a share for him in the Hereafter [42:20]

محمد بن يعقوب: عن محمد بن يحيى، عن سلمة بن الخطاب، عن الحسين بن عبد الرحمن، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: قلت: اللَّهُ لَطِيفٌ بِعِبادِهِ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشاءُ، قال: «ولاية أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)».

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Salmat Bin Al Khataab, from Al Husayn Bin Abdul Rahman, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘I said, ‘(What about): Allah is Gentle with His servants. He Graces one He so Desires to [42:19]?’ He^-asws said: ‘(The Grace) is Amir Al-Momineen^-asws’.

قلت: مَنْ كانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ، فقال: «معرفة أمير المؤمنين و الأئمة (عليهم السلام)». نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ قال: «نزيده منها»، قال: «يستوفي نصيبه من دولتهم

I said, ‘(What about): One Who wants the harvest of the Hereafter [42:20]?’ He^-asws said: ‘Recognition of Amir Al-Momineen^-asws and the Imams^-asws’. We will Increase in his harvest for him, he^-asws said: ‘We^-asws will Give him more from it’. He^-asws said: ‘Fulfilling his share from their^-asws governance’.

وَ مَنْ كانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْها وَ ما لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ نَصِيبٍ. قال: «ليس له في دولة الحق مع القائم نصيب

and one who wants the harvest of the world, We would Give to him from it, and there would not be a share for him in the Hereafter [42:20], he^-asws said: ‘There would be no portion for them in the government of Al-Qaim^-asws’.^[65]

Quran: 41:53

سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ {53}

We will be Showing them Our Signs in the horizons and within their own selves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the Truth. Or, does is not suffice that your Lord is a Witness upon all things? [41:53]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، عن القاسم بن إسماعيل الأنباري، عن الحسن بن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبيه، عن إبراهيم، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: سَنُرِيهِمْ آياتِنا فِي الْآفاقِ وَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ [قال: في الآفاق: انتقاص الأطراف عليهم، و في أنفسهم: بالمسخ حتى يتبين لهم أنه الحق‏] أي أنه القائم (عليه السلام)

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Ja’far Bin Malik, from Al-Qasim Bin Ismail Al-Anbary, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from his father, from Ibrahim,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: We will be Showing them Our Signs in the horizons and within their own selves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the Truth [41:53], he^-asws said: ‘in the horizons – In the wide expanse surrounding them; and within their own selves – By the metamorphosis, until it will become clear to them that it is the Truth, i.e., he^-asws is definitely Al-Qaim^-asws’.[66]

سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنِ الطَّيَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سَنُرِيهِمْ آياتِنا فِي الْآفاقِ وَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ قَالَ خَسْفٌ وَ مَسْخٌ وَ قَذْفٌ

Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Sa’albat Bin Maymoun, from Al-Tayyaar, who has narrated the following:

Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Statement of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: We will be Showing them Our Signs in the horizons and within their own selves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the Truth [41:53]. He^-asws said: ‘Submergence (in the ground), and metamorphosis, and stoning’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ قَالَ دَعْ ذَا ذَاكَ قِيَامُ الْقَائِمِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘What about “until it will becomes clear to them”?’ He^-asws said: ‘Leave that. That is the rising of the Rising One (Al-Qaim^-asws)’’.[67]

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سَنُرِيهِمْ آياتِنا فِي الْآفاقِ وَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ قَالَ يُرِيهِمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمُ الْمَسْخَ وَ يُرِيهِمْ فِي الْآفَاقِ انْتِقَاضَ الْآفَاقِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَرَوْنَ قُدْرَةَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ فِي الْآفَاقِ

Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad bin Abdul Jabbar, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, who has said:

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: We will be Showing them Our Signs in the horizons and within their own selves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the Truth [41:53], he^-asws said: ‘He^-azwj would Show them in their own selves, the metamorphosis, and Show them in the horizon, the breakdowns in the horizons so they would see the Power of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic within themselves and in the horizon’.

قُلْتُ لَهُ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ قَالَ خُرُوجُ الْقَائِمِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَرَاهُ الْخَلْقُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ

I said to him, (What about) “until it will becomes clear to them that it is the truth”?’ He^-asws said: ‘The coming out of Al-Qaim^-asws, that it is the truth from the Presence of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic which the creatures will see; there is no escape from it’.[68]

Quran: 41:16

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي أَيَّامٍ نَحِسَاتٍ لِنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ ۖ وَهُمْ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ {16}

So We Sent upon them a wind (called) ‘Sar Sar’ during the inauspicious days to Make them taste the abasing Punishment in the life of the world, and the Punishment of the Hereafter is even more abasing, and they will not be Helped [41:16]

محمد بن إبراهيم النعماني، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد، قال: حدثني علي بن الحسن التيملي، عن علي بن مهزيار، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن الحسين بن مختار، عن أبي بصير، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله (عليه السلام): قوله عز و جل: عَذابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا ما هو؟

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Nu’mani said, ‘It was informed to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Al Taymali, from Ali Bin Mahziyar, from Hamad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Mukhtar, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘(What about) the Words of Mighty and Majestic: the abasing Punishment in the life of the world [41:16], what is it?’

فقال: «و أي خزي أخزى- يا أبا بصير- من أن يكون الرجل في بيته، و حجلته على خوانه وسط عياله، إذ شق أهله الجيوب عليه و صرخوا، فيقول الناس: ما هذا؟ فيقال: مسخ فلان الساعة

So he^-asws said: ‘And which abasement is more abasing, O Abu Baseer, that if the man happens to be in his house, and his body (falls) upon his table-spread in the middle of his dependants, then his family tear off their clothes and shriek. So the people are saying, ‘What is that (which happened)?’ It is said, ‘So and so has been metamorphosed this moment’.

فقلت: قبل [قيام‏] القائم أو بعده؟ قال: «لا، بل قبله».

I said, ‘(Would that happen) before the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws or after it?’ He^-asws said: ‘No, but (it would happen) before it’’.[69]

Quran: 41:17

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَىٰ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ {17}

And as for Samood, so We Guided them, but they loved the blindness over the Guidance, so the abasing Punishment of the thunderbolt seized them due to what they had been earning [41:17]

6- كنز، كنز جامع الفوائد و تأويل الآيات الظاهرة عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ وَ رَوَاهُ أَيْضاً عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: وَ الشَّمْسِ وَ ضُحاها الشَّمْسُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ ضُحَاهَا قِيَامُ الْقَائِمِ ع‏

(The books) ‘Kunz Jamie Al Fawaid’ and ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Ali Bin Muhammad, from Abu Jameela, from Al Halby, and it is reported as well by Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban Bin Usman, from Al Fazl Bin Al Abbas,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘(I Swear) by the sun and its clarity [91:1] – The sun is Amir Al-Momineen^-asws and its clarity the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws.

وَ الْقَمَرِ إِذا تَلاها الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع‏ وَ النَّهارِ إِذا جَلَّاها هُوَ قِيَامُ الْقَائِمِ ع‏ وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذا يَغْشاها حَبْتَرٌ وَ دُلَامٌ غَشِيَا عَلَيْهِ الْحَقَّ

And the moon when it follows it, [91:2] – Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws; And the day when it displays it, [91:3] it is rising of Al-Qaim^-asws. And the night when it covers it, [91:4] – Hibter (Abu Bakr) and his government, had covered upon the Truth.

وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ السَّماءِ وَ ما بَناها قَالَ هُوَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص هُوَ السَّمَاءُ الَّذِي يَسْمُو إِلَيْهِ الْخَلْقُ فِي الْعِلْمِ

And as for His^-azwj Words: And the sky and what He Built [91:5], he^-asws said: ‘He^-saww is Muhammad^-saww. He^-saww is the sky which rises above the creatures regarding the Knowledge’.

وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ ما طَحاها قَالَ الْأَرْضُ الشِّيعَةُ

And His^-azwj Words: And the earth and what He Spread [91:6], he^-asws said: ‘The earth – the Shias’.

وَ نَفْسٍ وَ ما سَوَّاها قَالَ هُوَ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمَسْتُورُ وَ هُوَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ

And a soul and what He Completed [91:7] – He^-asws said: ‘It is the Momin veiled (under cover) and (although) he is upon the Truth’.

وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ فَأَلْهَمَها فُجُورَها وَ تَقْواها قَالَ مَعْرِفَةُ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ‏

And His^-azwj Words: Then He Inspired it, it’s immorality and its piety [91:8] – He^-asws said; ‘Recognised the truth from the falsehood.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاها قَالَ قَدْ أَفْلَحَتْ نَفْسٌ زَكَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ قَدْ خابَ مَنْ دَسَّاها اللَّهُ

He has succeeded, one who purifies it [91:9], he^-asws said: ‘He has succeeded, a soul whom Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Purified, And he has failed, one who corrupts it [91:10], Allah^-azwj.

وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْواها قَالَ ثَمُودُ رَهْطٌ مِنَ الشِّيعَةِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَ يَقُولُ‏ وَ أَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْناهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمى‏ عَلَى الْهُدى‏ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صاعِقَةُ الْعَذابِ الْهُونِ‏ فَهُوَ السَّيْفُ‏ إِذَا قَامَ الْقَائِمُ ع

(The people of) Samood belied by their transgression [91:11], he^-asws said: ‘(People of) Samood were a group of the Shia, as Allah^-azwj the Glorious Says: And as for Samood, so We Guided them, but they loved the blindness over the Guidance, so the abasing Punishment of the thunderbolt seized [41:17] – it is the sword when Al-Qaim^-asws rises.

وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ تَعَالَى‏ فَقالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ هُوَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ ناقَةَ اللَّهِ وَ سُقْياها قَالَ النَّاقَةُ الْإِمَامُ الَّذِي فَهَّمَهُمْ عَنِ اللَّهِ‏ وَ سُقْياها أَيْ عِنْدَهُ مُسْتَقَى الْعِلْمِ‏

And Words of the Exalted: So a Rasool of Allah said to them:’ [91:13] – and it is the Prophet^-saww, ‘(It is) a she-camel of Allah, and quench it’ [91:13]. He^-asws said: ‘The camel is the Imam^-asws who gives them understanding from Allah^-azwj, and quench it, i.e., with him^-asws is the quenching of the knowledge’.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوها فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاها قَالَ فِي الرَّجْعَةِ وَ لا يَخافُ عُقْباها قَالَ لَا يَخَافُ مِنْ مِثْلِهَا إِذَا رَجَعَ‏

But they belied him, and they hamstrung it, so their Lord Pounded them due to their sins and Levelled it (their town) [91:14], he^-asws said: ‘During the Return (Raj’at)’. And He does not fear its consequence [91:15], he^-asws said: ‘He^-azwj does not fear the like of it when it returns’’.^[70]

Quran: 39:69

وَأَشْرَقَتِ الْأَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ وَجِيءَ بِالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ {69}

And the earth will shine with the Noor (Light) of its Lord, and the Book would be placed, and they would come with the Prophets and the witnesses, and it would be Judged between them with the Truth, and they would not be wronged [39:69]

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد، قال: حدثني القاسم بن الربيع، قال: حدثنا صباح المدائني، قال: حدثنا المفضل بن عمر، أنه سمع أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول في قوله تعالى: وَ أَشْرَقَتِ الْأَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّها، قال: رب الأرض يعني إمام الأرض

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah narrated to us, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Al-Qasi, Bin Al-Rabi’e, from Sabah Al-Mada’iny,

‘Al-Mufazzal Bin Umar who heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying regarding the Words of the Exalted: And the earth will shine with the Noor (Light) of its Lord [39:69], The Lord of the earth, means the Imam^-asws of the earth’.

قلت: فإذا خرج يكون ماذا؟ قال: «إذن يستغني الناس عن ضوء الشمس و نور القمر و يجتزون بنور الإمام

I said, ‘So what would happen when he^-asws comes out (the 12^th Imam)?’ He^-asws said: ‘Then the people would be needless of the illumination of the sun and the light of the moon, and they would be going by the Noor (Light) of the (12^th) Imam^-asws’.[71]

Quran: 38:88

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ {88}

And you will come to know his (Al-Qaim) News after a while [38:88]

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْ ما أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَ ما أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعالَمِينَ قَالَ هُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عليه السلام)

And by this chain,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Say: ‘I do not ask you for any recompense over it, nor am I from the pretenders [38:86] Surely, he is only a Zikr to the worlds [38:87]. He^-asws said: ‘He^-asws (the Zikr) is Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws’.

وَ لَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ قَالَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِ الْقَائِمِ (عليه السلام)

And you will come to know his News after a while [38:88] – He^-asws said: ‘During the coming out (appearance) of Al-Qaim^-asws’.^[72]

Quran: 37:82

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ {82}

Then We Drowned the others [37:82]

فقال (عليه السلام): «إن الله سبحانه لما خلق إبراهيم (عليه السلام) كشف له عن بصره، فنظر، فرأى نورا إلى جنب العرش، فقال: إلهي، ما هذا النور؟ فقيل له: هذا نور محمد صفوتي من خلقي

So he^-asws said: ‘When Allah^-azwj the Glorious Created Ibrahim^-as, Uncovered his^-as vision for him^-as, so he^-as looked and saw a Light going up to the side of the Throne, and he^-as said: ‘My^-as God! What is this Light?’ So Allah^-azwj Said to him^-as: ‘This is the Light of Muhammad^-saww, the elite of My^-azwj creatures”.

و رأى نورا إلى جنبه، فقال: إلهي، و ما هذا النور؟ فقيل له: هذا نور علي بن أبي طالب ناصر ديني

And he^-as saw a Light to the side of him^-saww, so he^-saww said: ‘And what is this Light?’ So Allah^-azwj Said to him^-as: “This is the Light of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, the helper of My^-azwj Religion’.

و رأى إلى جنبهما ثلاثة أنوار، فقال: إلهي، و ما هذه الأنوار؟ فقيل له: هذا نور فاطمة، فطمت محبيها من النار، و نور ولديها: الحسن، و الحسين. و رأى تسعة أنوار قد حفوا بهم؟ فقال: إلهي، و ما هذه الأنوار التسعة؟ قيل: يا إبراهيم، هؤلاء الأئمة من ولد علي و فاطمة

And he^-as saw three Lights to the side of these two, so he^-as said: ‘My^-as God! And what are these Lights?’ So Allah^-azwj Said to him^-as: “This is the Light of Fatima^-asws, she^-asws would remove those that love her^-asws (and her^-asws progeny) from the Fire, and the Lights of her^-asws two sons^-asws Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws. And do you^-as see the nine Lights which have surrounded them^-asws?” So he^-as said: ‘My^-as God! And what are these nine Lights?’ Allah^-azwj Said: “O Ibrahim^-as! They^-asws are the Imams^-asws from the sons^-asws of Ali^-asws and (Syeda) Fatima^-asws”.

فقال إبراهيم: إلهي، بحق هؤلاء الخمسة، إلا ما عرفتني من التسعة. فقيل: يا إبراهيم، أولهم علي بن الحسين، و ابنه محمد، و ابنه جعفر، و ابنه موسى، و ابنه علي، و ابنه محمد، و ابنه علي، و ابنه الحسن، و الحجة القائم ابنه

So Ibrahim^-as said: ‘My^-as God! By the right of these five^-asws, can You^-azwj Introduce the nine to me^-as?’ So He^-azwj Said: “O Ibrahim^-as! The first of them^-asws is Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, and his^-asws son^-asws Muhammad^-asws, and his^-asws son^-asws Ja’far^-asws, and his^-asws son^-asws Musa^-asws, and his^-asws son^-asws Ali^-asws, and his^-asws son^-asws Muhammad^-asws, and his^-asws son^-asws Ali^-asws, and his^-asws son^-asws Al-Hassan^-asws, and the Divine Authority Al-Qaim^-asws, his^-asws son^-asws’.

فقال إبراهيم: إلهي و سيدي، أرى أنوارا قد أحدقوا بهم، لا يحصي عددهم إلا أنت؟ قيل: يا إبراهيم، هؤلاء شيعتهم، شيعة أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب

So Ibrahim^-as said: ‘My^-as God and my^-as Master! I^-as see Lights which have surrounded them^-asws, whose number no one can count except for You^-azwj?’ He^-azwj Said: “Those are their^-asws Shias, the Shias of Amir-Al-Momineen Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws”.

فقال إبراهيم: و بم تعرف شيعته؟ فقال: بصلاة إحدى و خمسين، و الجهر ببسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، و القنوت قبل الركوع، و التختم في اليمين

So Ibrahim^-as said: ‘And what are his^-asws Shias recognised?’ So He^-azwj Said: “By the fifty-one (Cycles of daily) Salat, and the loud recitation of ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful’, and for the invocation (القنوت) before the bowing, and the wearing of the ring in the right hand”.

فعند ذلك قال إبراهيم: اللهم، اجعلني من شيعة أمير المؤمنين. قال: فأخبر الله في كتابه، فقال: وَ إِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ لَإِبْراهِيمَ

So upon that, Ibrahim^-as said: ‘Our Allah^-azwj! Make me^-as to be from the Shias of Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws’. He^-asws said: ‘Thus, Allah^-azwj Informed about it in His^-azwj Book, so He^-azwj Said: And indeed from his Shias, was Ibrahim [37:83]’.^[73]

Quran: 34:51

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا مِنْ مَكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ {51}

And if only you could see when they will panic, and they shall not escape, and they would be seized from a nearby place [34:51]

العياشي: عن عبد الأعلى الحلبي، قال: قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): «يكون لصاحب هذا الأمر غيبة- و ذكر حديثا طويلا يتضمن غيبة صاحب الأمر (عليه السلام) و ظهوره، إلى أن قال (عليه السلام)- فيدعو الناس- يعني القائم (عليه السلام)- إلى كتاب الله، و سنة نبيه، و الولاية لعلي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام)، و البراءة من عدوه

Al-Ayyashi, from Abdul A’la Al-Halby who said,

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘There would happen to be an Occultation for the Master^-asws of this Command’ – and he (the narrator) mentioned a lengthy Hadeeth which included the occultation of the Master^-asws of the Command and his^-asws appearance, to the point that he^-asws said – So he^-asws would call the people’ – meaning Al-Qaim^-asws – ‘to the Book of Allah^-azwj, and the Sunnah of His^-azwj Prophet^-saww, and to the Wilayah of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, and the disavowing from his^-asws enemies.

و لا يسمي أحدا، حتى ينتهي إلى البيداء، فيخرج إليه جيش السفياني، فيأمر الله الأرض فتأخذهم من تحت أقدامهم، و هو قول الله: وَ لَوْ تَرى إِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلا فَوْتَ وَ أُخِذُوا مِنْ مَكانٍ قَرِيبٍ وَ قالُوا آمَنَّا بِهِ يعني بقائم آل محمد وَ قَدْ كَفَرُوا بِهِ يعني بقائم آل محمد- إلى آخر السورة

And he^-asws will not name anyone until he^-asws ends up to Al-Bayda. The army of Al-Sufyani would come out against him^-asws. So Allah^-azwj would Command the earth, and it would seize them from underneath their feet, and these are the Words of Allah^-azwj: And if only you could see when they will panic, and they shall not escape, and they would be seized from a nearby place [34:51] And they shall say, ‘We believe in it’. [34:52] – meaning Al-Qaim^-asws of the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww And they had disbelieved in it from before [34:53] – meaning in Al-Qaim^-asws of the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww – up to the end of the Chapter.

فلا يبقى منهم إلا رجلان، يقال لهما: وتر، و وتيرة، من مراد، وجوههما في أقفيتهما، يمشيان القهقرى، يخبران الناس بما فعل بأصحابهما

So there will not remain among them except for two men called Wietar, and Wateera, from Maraad. Their faces would be turned around, and they would be walking backwards, informing the people of what had befallen their companions’.^[74]

وأن رجلا من ولدك مشوم ملعون جلف جاف منكوس القلب فظ غليظ قد نزع الله من قلبه الرأفة والرحمة، أخواله من كلب، كأني أنظر إليه ولو شئت لسميته ووصفته وابن كم هو. فيبعث جيشا إلى المدينة

(Suleym Bin Qays said), ‘Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said: ‘And that a man from your sons, and evil, accursed, rude, unpleasant, deficient of the heart, vulgar, harsh, and from whom Allah^-azwj has Removed leniency and mercy, whose maternal uncles will be from dogs, it is as if I^-asws can see him and had I^-asws so wished, I^-asws would have named him, and described him, and how old he will be, so he will send an army to Al-Medina.

فيدخلونها فيسرفون فيها في القتل والفواحش، ويهرب منه رجل من ولدي زكي نقي، الذي يملأ الأرض عدلا وقسطا كما ملئت ظلما وجورا. وإني لأعرف اسمه وابن كم هو يومئذ وعلامته. وهو من ولد ابني الحسين الذي يقتله ابنك يزيد، وهو الثائر بدم أبيه

So, they will enter it, and there will be looting and destruction in it, including the reckless killings (of innocents) and stripping the honours of women. (After this) A man from my^-asws sons^-asws, pure and holy, who will fill the earth with justice and equity just as it was filled with injustice and inequity, they will flee from him. And I^-asws know his^-asws name, and how old he^-asws will be on that day, and his^-asws signs. And he^-asws will be from the sons^-asws of my^-asws son^-asws Al-Husayn^-asws who will be killed by your son Yazeed, and he^-asws will avenge the blood of his^-asws father^-asws.

فيهرب إلى مكة ويقتل صاحب ذلك الجيش رجلا من ولدي زكيا بريا عند أحجار الزيت. ثم يسير ذلك الجيش إلى مكة، وإني لأعلم اسم أميرهم وعدتهم وأسمائهم وسمات خيولهم، فإذا دخلوا البيداء واستوت بهم الأرض خسف الله بهم. قال الله عز وجل: (ولو ترى إذ فزعوا فلا فوت وأخذوا من مكان قريب)

He^-asws will go to Mecca, and the commander of the army (opposing him^-asws) will kill a pure man from my^-asws sons at a place with stones of oil (Ahjaar Al-Zayt). Then that army will travel to Mecca, and I^-asws know the name of its Emir (leader), and their number, and their names, and the description of their horses. So, when they enter Al-Bayda, the earth will spread out and Allah^-azwj will Make it to swallow them up. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said: And if only you could see when they will panic, and they shall not escape, and they would be seized from a nearby place [34:51].

قال: من تحت أقدامكم – فلا يبقى من ذلك الجيش أحد غير رجل واحد يقلب الله وجهه من قبل قفاه

He^-asws said: ‘(The ground will shift) from underneath their feet – and there will not remain from that army anyone apart from one man, whose face will have been turned from the scruff of his neck.

ويبعث الله للمهدي أقواما يجتمعون من أطراف الأرض قزع كقزع الخريف. والله إني لأعرف أسمائهم واسم أميرهم ومناخ ركابهم

And Allah^-azwj will Send a people for Al-Mahdi^-asws. He^-azwj will Gather them from the corners of the earth like the gathering of the clouds in autumn. By Allah^-azwj, I^-asws know their names, and the name of their Emir (leader), and where their rides will stop.

فيدخل المهدي الكعبة ويبكي ويتضرع، قال الله عز وجل: (أمن يجيب المضطر إذا دعاه ويكشف السوء ويجعلكم خلفاء الأرض) هذا لنا خاصة أهل البيت

Then Al-Mahdi^-asws will enter the Kabah, and he^-asws will be crying and Praying. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said: Or, One Who Answers the distressed one when he supplicates to Him and He Removes the evil, and He will Make you to be Caliphs of the earth! [27:62]. This is exclusively for us^-asws, the People^-asws of the Household.’^[75]

Quran: 32:29

قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لَا يَنْفَعُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِيمَانُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ {29}

Say: ‘On the Day of the victory, those who committed Kufr (before), their expressing Eman (then) would not benefit them nor would they be Respited’ [32:29]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن عامر، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن محمد بن سنان، عن ابن دراج، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول في قول الله عز و جل: قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لا يَنْفَعُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِيمانُهُمْ وَ لا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ. قال: «يوم الفتح، يوم تفتح الدنيا على القائم (عليه السلام)، لا ينفع أحدا تقرب بالإيمان ما لم يكن قبل مؤمنا

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Al-Husayn Bin Aamir, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn Bin Abu Al-Khattab, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ibn Daraaj who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: [32:29] Say: On the Day of the victory, their belief of those who disbelieved (before) will not profit them, nor will they be Respited, he^-asws said: ‘The Day of the victory, is the Day the world would be opened up for Al-Qaim^-ajfj, and it shall not benefit anyone who will come closer to the Eman if he had not been a Momin before.

و بهذا الفتح موقنا، فذلك الذي ينفعه إيمانه، و يعظم عند الله قدره و شأنه، و تزخرف له يوم القيامة و البعث جنانه، و تحجب عنه نيرانه، و هذا أجر الموالين لأمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، و لذريته الطيبين (عليهم السلام)

And by this victory, he would be certain of, so for it shall benefit his belief. And his value and importance is great in the Presence of Allah^-azwj, and the Day of Judgment and the Resurrection would be decorated for his heart, and the Fire would be veiled from him. And this is the Recompense of the one in the Wilayah of Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws and his^-asws goodly offspring’.^[76]

Quran: 32:21

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ {21}

And We will Make them taste from the smallest Punishment besides the biggest, perhaps they would be returning [32:21]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا علي بن حاتم، عن حسن بن محمد، بن  عبد الواحد، عن  حفص بن عمر بن سالم، عن محمد بن حسين بن عجلان، عن مفضل بن عمر، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام)، عن قول الله عز و جل: وَ لَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذابِ الْأَدْنى دُونَ الْعَذابِ الْأَكْبَرِ، قال: «الأدنى: غلاء السعر ، و الأكبر: المهدي (عليه السلام) بالسيف

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Ali Bin Haatim, from Hassan Bin Muhammad, Bin Abdul Wahid, from Hafs Bin Umar Bin Salim, from Muhammad Bin Husayn Bin Ajlaan, from Mufazzal Bin Umar who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And We will Make them taste from the smallest Punishment besides the biggest [32:21], said: ‘The smallest (Punishment) – high prices, and the biggest (Punishment) – Al-Mahdi^-asws with the sword’.^[77]

الشيباني في (نهج البيان)، قال: روي عن جعفر الصادق (عليه السلام): «أن الأدنى: القحط، و الجدب، و الأكبر: خروج القائم المهدي (عليه السلام) بالسيف في آخر الزمان

Al-Shaybani, in Nahj Al-Bayaan, said,

‘It has been reported from Ja’far Al-Sadiq^-asws that: ‘The smallest (Punishment) – the drought and the poverty. And the biggest (Punishment) – Rising of Al-Mahdi^-asws with the sword at the end of the times’.^[78]

Quran: 30:4

فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ ۗ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُ ۚ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ {4}

Within a few years. For Allah is the Command from before and from afterwards, and on that day the Momineen shall rejoice [30:4]

أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير الطبري في (مسند فاطمة) (عليها السلام)، قال: حدثني أبو المفضل محمد ابن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن همام، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، قال: حدثنا إسحاق بن محمد بن‏ سميع، عن محمد بن الوليد، عن يونس بن يعقوب، عن أبي عبد الله الصادق (عليه السلام)، في قول الله عز و جل: يَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ، قال: «في قبورهم بقيام القائم (عليه السلام)

Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Jareer Al-Tabary in Masnad Fatima ^-asws, said, ‘Abu Al-FazAl-Muhammad Ibn Abdullah narrated to me, from Muhammad Bin Hamam, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Maalik, from Is’haq Bin Muhammad Bin Sami’e, from Muhammad Bin Al-Waleed, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub,

‘From Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq^-asws, regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: and on that day the Momineen shall rejoice [30:4] With the Help of Allah. [30:5]. He^-asws said: ‘Rejoice in their graves, due to the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws’.^[79]

Quran: 26:4

إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ {4}

If We Desired to, We would Send down upon them a Sign from the sky, so their necks would be humbled to it [26:4]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ خَمْسُ عَلَامَاتٍ قَبْلَ قِيَامِ الْقَائِمِ الصَّيْحَةُ وَ السُّفْيَانِيُّ وَ الْخَسْفُ وَ قَتْلُ النَّفْسِ الزَّكِيَّةِ وَ الْيَمَانِيُّ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Abu Ayyub Al-Khazaz, from Umar Bin Hanzala who said:

I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘There would be five Signs before the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws – The scream, and the Sufyani, and the submerging (of the earth), and the killing of the pure soul (Al-Nafs Al-Zakkiyya) and Al-Yamany’.

فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنْ خَرَجَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ قَبْلَ هَذِهِ الْعَلَامَاتِ أَ نَخْرُجُ مَعَهُ قَالَ لَا

So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws, if someone from your^-asws Household comes out (in revolt) before these signs, shall we (also) come out (in revolt) along with him?’ He^-asws said: ‘No’.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ تَلَوْتُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْناقُهُمْ لَها خاضِعِينَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَ هِيَ الصَّيْحَةُ فَقَالَ أَمَا لَوْ كَانَتْ خَضَعَتْ أَعْنَاقُ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

So when it was the next morning, I recited this Verse: If We Desired to, We would Send down upon them a Sign from the sky, so their necks would be humbled to it [26:4]. I said, ‘Is this the scream?’ He^-asws said: ‘If that was, then the necks of the enemies of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic would be humbled to it’.[80]

علي بن إبراهيم: عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «تخضع رقابهم- يعني بني أمية- و هي الصيحة من السماء باسم صاحب الأمر (عليه السلام)

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham, who from:

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘Their necks would be submissive – meaning the clan of Umayya – and it is the Scream from the sky with the name of the Master of the Command^-asws (صاحب الأمر)’.[81]

محمد بن إبراهيم النعماني، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد، قال: حدثنا محمد بن المفضل بن إبراهيم بن قيس، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي بن فضال، قال: حدثنا ثعلبة بن ميمون، عن معمر بن يحيى، عن داود الدجاجي، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي (عليهما السلام)، قال: «سئل أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) عن قول الله عز و جل: فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ، فقال: انتظروا الفرج في ثلاث». فقيل: يا أمير المؤمنين، و ما هن؟ فقال: «اختلاف أهل الشام بينهم، و الرايات السود من خراسان، و الفزعة في شهر رمضان

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al-Nu’mani, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Mufazzal Bin Ibrahim Bin Qays, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal from Sa’albat Bin Maymoun, from Moamar Bin Yahya, from Dawood Al-Dajajy,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws having said: ‘Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws was asked about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: But the parties disagreed from between them [19:37], so he^-asws said: ‘Await the Relief (Rising of Al Qaim^-asws) during three (events)’. So it was said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen^-asws! And what are these?’ He^-asws said: ‘Differing of the people of Syria between them, and the black flags from Khurasan, and the terror during the Month of Ramazan’.

فقيل: و ما الفزعة في شهر رمضان؟ فقال: «أو ما سمعتم قول الله عز و جل في القرآن: إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْناقُهُمْ لَها خاضِعِينَ، هي آية تخرج الفتاة من خدرها، و توقظ النائم، و تفزع اليقظان

So it was said, ‘And what is the terror during the Month of Ramazan?’ So he^-asws said: ‘Have you not heard the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: If We Desired to, We would Send down upon them a Sign from the sky, so their necks would be humbled to it [26:4]? It is a Sign which would make the young girl come out from her veil, and the sleeping one would be awakened, and the awake one would be terrified’.[82]

وعنه، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسن، عن أبيه، عن أحمد بن عمر الحلبي، عن الحسين بن موسى، عن فضيل بن محمد مولى محمد بن راشد البجلي، عن أبي‏ عبد الله (عليه السلام)، أنه قال: «أما إن النداء من السماء باسم القائم في كتاب الله لبين». فقلت: أين هو، أصلحك الله؟

And from him (Nu’mani), said, ‘Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed informed us, from Ali Bin Al Hassan, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Umar Al Halby, from Al Husayn Bin Musa, from Fazeyl Bin Muhammad, a slave of Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Bajaly,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘But, the Call from the sky by the name of Al-Qaim^-asws is in the Book of Allah^-azwj, clearly’. I said, ‘Where is it, may Allah^-azwj Keep you^-asws well?’

فقال: «في طسم تِلْكَ آياتُ الْكِتابِ الْمُبِينِ قوله تعالى: إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْناقُهُمْ لَها خاضِعِينَ- قال- إذا سمعوا الصوت، أصبحوا و كأنما على رؤوسهم الطير

So he^-asws said: ‘In Ta Sin Meem [26:1] These are the Verses of the Clarifying Book [26:2] (Chapter 26), in the Words of the Exalted: If We Desired to, We would Send down upon them a Sign from the sky, so their necks would be humbled to it [26:4]. When they hear the voice, they would become such as if there are birds on top of their heads’.[83]

وعنه، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن بن علي، قال: حدثنا أبي، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن إسماعيل، عن حنان بن سدير، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: سألته عن قول الله عز و جل: إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْناقُهُمْ لَها خاضِعِينَ، قال: «نزلت في قائم آل محمد (صلوات الله عليهم)، ينادي باسمه من السماء

From him, said, ‘It was narrated to us by Ahmad bin Al Hassan Bin Ali, from his father, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Hanan Bin Sadeyr,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him^-asws about the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: If We Desired to, We would Send down upon them a Sign from the sky, so their necks would be humbled to it [26:4]. He^-asws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding the Qaim^-asws of the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww. He^-asws would be Called by his^-asws name from the sky’’.[84]

Quran: 26:205-207

أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ {205} ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ {206} مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ {207}

Can you see, if We were to Let them enjoy for years [26:205].  Then there comes to them what they were threatened of [26:206].  It would not avail them what they were enjoying. [26:207]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن صفوان ابن يحيى، عن أبي عثمان، عن معلى بن خنيس عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: أَ فَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْناهُمْ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ جاءَهُمْ ما كانُوا يُوعَدُونَ، قال: «خروج القائم (عليه السلام)» ما أَغْنى عَنْهُمْ ما كانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ، قال: «هم بنو امية الذين متعوا في دنياهم

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Al-Husayn Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Safwan Ibn Yahya, from Abu Usman, from Moala Bin Khunays,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Can you see, if We were to Let them enjoy for years [26:205] Then there comes to them what they were threatened of [26:206], he^-asws said: ‘The rising of Al-Qaim^-asws’. It would not avail them what they were enjoying? [26:207], he^-asws said: ‘They are the clan of Umayya^-la who enjoyed themselves in the world’.[85]

Quran: 24:35

اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ {35}

Allah is Light of the skies and the earth. An example of His Light is like a niche wherein is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, and the glass is as if it is a brightly shining star ignited from a Blessed tree of olives, neither eastern nor western. Its oil almost illuminates and even though fire does not touch it. Light upon Light. Allah Guides to His Light ones He so Desires to, and Allah Strikes examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things [24:35]

وعنه: عن علي بن محمد، و محمد بن الحسن، عن سهل بن زياد، عن محمد بن الحسن بن شمون، عن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الأصم، عن عبد الله بن القاسم، عن صالح بن سهل الهمداني، قال: قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قول الله عز و جل: «اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكاةٍ فاطمة (عليها السلام)، فِيها مِصْباحٌ الحسن، الْمِصْباحُ فِي زُجاجَةٍ الحسين، الزُّجاجَةُ كَأَنَّها كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ فاطمة (عليها السلام)، كوكب دري بين نساء أهل الدنيا، يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ إبراهيم (عليه السلام)، زَيْتُونَةٍ لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَ لا غَرْبِيَّةٍ لا يهودية، و لا نصرانية

And from him, from Ali Bin Muhammad, and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Asam, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, from Salih Bin Sahl Al Hamdany who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Allah is Light of the skies and the earth. An example of His Light is like a niche [24:35] – Fatima^-asws, wherein is a lamp – Al-Hassan^-asws, the lamp is in a glass, Al-Husayn^-asws, and the glass is as if it is a brightly shining star – Fatima^-asws is the brightly shining star between the women of the world, ignited from a Blessed olive tree – Ibrahim^-as, neither eastern nor western – neither Jewish nor Christian.

يَكادُ زَيْتُها يُضِي‏ءُ يكاد العلم يتفجر منها وَ لَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نارٌ نُورٌ عَلى نُورٍ إمام منها بعد إمام

Its oil almost illuminates – illumination of the knowledge which almost explodes from her^-asws, and even though fire does not touch it. Light upon Light – an Imam^-asws after an Imam^-asws.

يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ يهدي الله للأئمة (عليهم السلام) من يشاء وَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثالَ لِلنَّاسِ

Allah Guides to His Light ones He so Desires to – Allah^-azwj Guides to the Imam^-asws ones He^-azwj so Desires to, and Allah Strikes examples for the people [24:35]’.[86]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن هارون بن الهيتي بمدينة السلام، قال: حدثني محمد بن أحمد ابن أبي الثلج، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن أيوب، عن محمد بن غالب، عن علي بن الحسين، عن الحسن بن أيوب، عن الحسين بن سليمان، عن محمد بن مروان الذهلي، عن الفضيل بن يسار، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله الصادق (عليه السلام): اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ؟ قال: «كذلك الله عز و جل». قال: قلت: مَثَلُ نُورِهِ؟ قال: «محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله) قلت: كَمِشْكاةٍ؟ قال: «صدر محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله). قلت: فِيها مِصْباحٌ؟ قال: «فيه نور العلم، يعني النبوة». قلت: الْمِصْباحُ فِي زُجاجَةٍ؟ قال: «علم رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) صدر إلى قلب علي (عليه السلام)

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘Ibrahim Bin Haroun Bin Al Hayti narrated to us at the city of Al Islam, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Ibn Abu Al Salj, from Al Husayn Bin Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Ghalib, from Ali Bin Al Husayn, from Al Hassan Bin Ayoub, from Al Husayn Bin Suleyman, from Muhammad Bin Marwan Al Zahly, from Al Fazeyl Bin Yasaar who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq^-asws, ‘(What about): Allah is Light of the skies and the earth [24:35]?’ He^-asws said: ‘Such is Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’. I said, ‘An example of His Light [24:35]?’ He^-asws said: ‘Muhammad^-saww’. I said, ‘is like a niche?’ He^-asws said: ‘Chest of Muhammad^-saww’. I said, ‘wherein is a lamp?’ He^-asws said: ‘In it is the light of Knowledge, meaning the Prophet-hood’. I said, ‘the lamp is in a glass?’ He^-asws said: ‘The Knowledge of Rasool-Allah^-saww passed on to the heart of Ali^-asws’.

قلت: كَأَنَّها؟ قال: «لأي شي‏ء تقرأ كأنها؟» فقلت: فكيف، جعلت فداك؟ قال: «كأنه كوكب دري». قلت: يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَ لا غَرْبِيَّةٍ؟ قال: «ذلك أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام)، لا يهودي و لا نصراني

I said, ‘as if it is?’ He^-asws said: ‘For which thing are you reading ‘as if it is?’ So I said, ‘So how, may I be sacrificed for you^-asws?’ He^-asws said: ‘as if it is a brightly shining star’. I said, ‘ignited from a Blessed olive tree, neither eastern nor western?’ He^-asws said: ‘That is Amir-Al-Momineen Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, neither Jewish nor Christian’.

قلت: يَكادُ زَيْتُها يُضِي‏ءُ وَ لَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نارٌ قال: «يكاد العلم يخرج من فم العالم من آل محمد (عليهم السلام) من قبل أن ينطق به». قلت: نُورٌ عَلى نُورٍ؟ قال: «الإمام في أثر الإمام

I said, ‘Its oil almost illuminates and even though fire does not touch it?’ He^-asws said: ‘The Knowledge almost comes out from the mouth of the Knowledgeable one^-asws from the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww from before he^-asws speaks it’. I said, ‘Light upon Light?’ He^-asws said: ‘The Imam^-asws in the footsteps of the Imam^-asws’.[87]

روي عن جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري، قال: دخلت إلى مسجد الكوفة، و أمير المؤمنين (صلوات الله و سلامه عليه) يكتب بإصبعه و يتبسم، فقلت له: يا أمير المؤمنين، ما الذي يضحكك؟ فقال: «عجبت لمن يقرأ هذه الآية و لم يعرفها حق معرفتها». فقلت له: أي آية، يا أمير المؤمنين؟

It has been reported from Jabir Bin Abdullah Al Ansary who said,

‘I entered the Masjid Al-Kufa, and Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws was writing with his^-asws finger and smiling. So I said to him^-asws, ‘O Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws, what is it which make you^-asws laugh?’ So he^-asws said: ‘I^-asws wonder at the one who recites this Verse and does not understand it as it deserves to be understood’. So I said to him, ‘Which Verse, O Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws?’

فقال: «قوله تعالى: اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكاةٍ، المشكاة: محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله)، فِيها مِصْباحٌ، أنا المصباح. فِي زُجاجَةٍ الزجاجة الحسن و الحسين (عليهما السلام)، كَأَنَّها كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ و هو علي بن الحسين (عليه السلام)، يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ محمد بن علي (عليه السلام)، زَيْتُونَةٍ جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام) لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ موسى بن جعفر (عليه السلام)، وَ لا غَرْبِيَّةٍ علي بن موسى (عليه السلام)، يَكادُ زَيْتُها يُضِي‏ءُ محمد بن علي (عليه السلام)، وَ لَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نارٌ علي بن محمد (عليه السلام)، نُورٌ عَلى نُورٍ الحسن ابن علي (عليه السلام)، يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ القائم المهدي (عليه السلام) وَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيمٌ

He^-asws said: ‘The Words of the Exalted: Allah is Light of the skies and the earth [24:35]. The niche is Muhammad^-saww, wherein is a lamp – I^-asws am the lamp, the lamp is in a glass, The glass – Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws, as if it is a brightly shining star – it is Ali^-asws Bin Al Husayn^-asws, ignited from a Blessed tree Muhammad Bin Ali^-asws, of olives – Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, neither eastern – Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws, nor western – Ali^-asws Bin Musa^-asws, Its oil almost illuminates – Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws – and even though fire does not touch it – Ali^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, Light upon Light – Al-Hassan^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws, Allah Guides to His Light ones He so Desires to – Al-Qaim Al-Mahdi^-asws, and Allah Strikes examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things [24:35]’.[88]

Quran: 22:41

الَّذِينَ إِنْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَمَرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْأُمُورِ {41}

Those, if We were to Enable them in the land, they would Establish the Salat and give the Zakat, and they would enjoin with the good and forbid from the evil; and to Allah is the end-result of the matters [22:41]

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: في رواية أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام): «الَّذِينَ إِنْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَقامُوا الصَّلاةَ وَ آتَوُا الزَّكاةَ فهذه لآل محمد (عليهم السلام) إلى آخر الآية، و المهدي و أصحابه (عليه السلام) يملكهم الله مشارق الأرض و مغاربها، و يظهر الدين، و يميت الله به و بأصحابه البدع و الباطل كما أمات السفهة الحق، حتى لا يرى أثر للظلم، و يأمرون بالمعروف، و ينهون عن المنكر

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘In a report of Abu Al Jaroud,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws (re): Those, if We were to Enable them in the land, they would Establish the Salat and give the Zakat [22:41]: ‘So this is for the Progeny^-asws up to the end of the Verse, and (for) Al-Mahdi^-asws and his^-asws companions. Allah^-azwj will Make them rule the east of the earth and its west, and the Religion will prevail, and Allah^-azwj will Cause to die, through him^-asws and his^-asws companions, the companions of the innovation and the falsehood, just as the foolishness dies by the Truth, to the extent that the traces of the injustice will no longer be seen, and they would be enjoining with the good and forbidding from the evil’’.^[89]

Quran: 10:20

وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ ۖ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا الْغَيْبُ لِلَّهِ فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ {20}

And they are saying: ‘If only a Sign had been Sent to him from his Lord’. Say: ‘But rather, the unseen is for Allah, therefore wait, for I too am from the waiting ones [10:20]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الدقاق (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، قال: حدثنا موسى بن عمران النخعي، عن عمه الحسين بن يزيد، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن يحيى بن أبي القاسم، قال: سألت الصادق (عليه السلام) عن قول الله عز و جل: الم ذلِكَ الْكِتابُ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدىً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘Ali Bin Ahmad Al Daqaq, from Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Kufyy, from Musa Bin Umran Al Nakhai’e, from his uncle Al Husayn Bin Yazeed, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Yahya Bin Abu Al Qasim who said,

‘I asked Al-Sadiq^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Alif Lam Meem [2:1] That is the Book. There is no doubt in it is Guidance for the pious [2:2] Those who are believing in the unseen [2:3]

فقال: «المتقون: شيعة علي (عليه السلام)، و الغيب: هو الحجة القائم، و شاهد ذلك قول الله عز و جل: وَ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ لا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا الْغَيْبُ لِلَّهِ فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ

So he^-asws said: ‘The pious – the Shias of Ali^-asws, and the unseen – it is Al-Hujjat Al-Qaim^-asws. And the testimony of that are the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: [10:20] And they are saying: ‘If only a Sign had been Sent to him from his Lord’. Say: ‘But rather, the unseen is for Allah, therefore wait, for I too am from the waiting ones [10:20]’.[90]

و عنه: بإسناده عن محمد بن الفضيل، عن أبي الحسن الرضا (عليه السلام)، قال: سألته عن الفرج. قال: «إن الله عز و جل يقول: فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ

And from him, by his chain, from Muhammad Bin Al Fazeyl,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza^-asws, said, ‘I asked him^-asws about the Relief (Al-Qaim^-asws). He^-asws said: ‘Surely, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying: therefore wait, for I too am from the waiting ones [10:20]’.[91]

و عنه: بإسناده عن محمد بن مسعود، قال: حدثني أبو صالح خلف بن حماد الكشي، قال: حدثنا سهل بن زياد، قال: حدثني محمد بن الحسين، عن أحمد بن محمد بن أبي نصر، قال: قال الرضا (عليه السلام): «ما أحسن الصبر و انتظار الفرج! أما سمعت قول الله عز و جل: وَ ارْتَقِبُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ و فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ، فعليكم بالصبر، فإنه إنما يجي‏ء الفرج على اليأس، فقد كان الذين من قبلكم أصبر منكم

And from him, by his chain from Muhammad Bin Masoud, from Abu Salih Khalaf Bin Hamad Al Kashy, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr who said,

‘Al-Reza^-asws said: ‘How excellent is the patience and awaiting the relief (Al-Qaim^-asws! But, have you not heard the Words of Allah^-azwj Might and Majestic: and watch out, I (too) am watching out along with you [11:93]; and therefore wait, for I too am from the waiting ones [10:20]. Thus, it is upon you to be with the patience, for rather the relief (Al-Qaim^-asws) would come upon the despair, as those people who were before you were more patient than you are’’.[92]

Quran: 16:45

أَفَأَمِنَ الَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ {45}

Are the ones plotting the evil feeling secure from Allah Causing the earth to submerge with them, or the Punishment coming to them from where they are not aware of? [16:45]

عن جابر الجعفي، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)- في حديث طويل- قال له: «و إياكم و شذاذا من آل محمد، فإن لآل محمد و علي (عليهم السلام) راية، و لغيرهم رايات [فالزم الأرض، و لا تتبع منهم رجلا أبدا حتى ترى رجلا من ولد الحسين، معه عهد نبي الله و رايته و سلاحه

From Jabir Al Ju’fy,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws – in a lengthy Hadeth – said to him: ‘And beware of the Shazaza[93] from the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww, because for the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww there is a flag, and for others there are flags. Therefore, necessitate the ground and do not follow any man from them, ever, until you see a man^-asws from the sons^-asws of Al-Husayn^-asws, with him^-asws being a Covenant of the Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj and his^-saww flag and his^-saww weapons.

فإن عهد نبي الله صار عند علي بن الحسين، ثم صار عند محمد بن علي، و يفعل الله ما يشاء]، فالزم هؤلاء أبدا، و إياك و من ذكرت لك

The Covenant of the Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj came to be with Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, then it came to be with Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws, and Allah^-azwj does whatever He^-azwj so Desires to. Therefore, necessitate them^-asws for ever, and beware of the ones I^-asws mentioned to you.

فإذا خرج رجل منهم معه ثلاث مائة و بضعة عشر رجلا، و معه راية رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) عامدا إلى المدينة حتى يمر بالبيداء، حتى يقول: هذا مكان القوم الذين خسف بهم، و هي الآية التي قال الله تعالى: أَ فَأَمِنَ الَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئاتِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَشْعُرُونَ أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِي تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَما هُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ

So when a man^-asws from them comes out, with him^-asws being three hundred and some ten men, and with him^-asws is the flag of Rasool-Allah^-saww, deliberating towards Al-Medina until he^-asws passes by Al-Bayda’a, until he^-asws is saying; ‘This is the place of the people, those would be submerged with’. And it is the Verse which Allah^-azwj the Exalted Says: Are the ones plotting the evil feeling secure from Allah Causing the earth to submerge with them, or the Punishment coming to them from where they are not aware of? [16:45] Or (from) Him Seizing them during their moving around, so they would not be escaping? [16:46]’’.[94]

Quran: 16:1

أَتَىٰ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ {1}

The Command of Allah will come, therefore do not hasten it. Glorious is He and Exalted from what they are associating [16:1]

محمد بن إبراهيم النعماني، قال: أخبرنا علي بن أحمد، عن عبيد الله بن موسى العلوي، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين، عن علي بن حسان، عن عبد الرحمن بن كثير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) في قوله عز و جل: أَتى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ. قال: «هو أمرنا، أمر الله عز و جل أن لا يستعجل به حتى يؤيده الله بثلاثة أجناد: الملائكة، و المؤمنين، و الرعب، و خروجه كخروج رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و ذلك قوله عز و جل: كَما أَخْرَجَكَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ بِالْحَقِّ

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al No’mani, from Ali Bin Ahmad, from Ubeydullah Bin Musa Al Alawy, from Ali Bin Al Husayn, from Ali Bin Hisaan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: The Command of Allah will come, therefore do not hasten it [16:1], he^-asws said: ‘It is our^-asws matter (Al-Qaim^-asws), the Command of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, that there is no hastening of it until Allah^-azwj Supports it with three armies – the Angels, and the Momineen, and the fear. And his^-asws (Al-Qaim^-asws)’s rising would be like the rising of Rasool-Allah^-saww, and these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Just as your Lord Caused you to go forth from your house with the Truth [8:5]’.^[95]

أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير الطبري في (مسند فاطمة): قال: أخبرني أبو المفضل محمد بن‏ عبد الله، قال: أخبرنا محمد بن همام، قال: أخبرنا جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، قال: حدثنا علي بن يونس الخزاز، عن إسماعيل بن عمر بن أبان، عن أبيه، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال: «إذا أراد الله قيام القائم (عليه السلام)، بعث جبرئيل (عليه السلام) في صورة طائر أبيض، فيضع إحدى رجليه على الكعبة و الاخرى على بيت المقدس، ثم ينادي بأعلى صوته أَتى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ

Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Jareer Al Tabary in (the book) ‘Masnad Fatima’, said, ‘Abu Al Mufazzal Muhammad Bin Abdullah informed me, from Muhammad Bin Hamam, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Maalik, from Ali Bin Yunus Al Khazaz, from Ismail Bin Umar Bin Abaan, from his father,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Intends Al-Qaim^-asws to rise, He^-azwj would Send Jibraeel^-as in the image of a white bird. So he^-as would place one of his feet upon the Kaaba, and the other upon Bayt Al-Maqdas, then he^-as would call out in a loud voice: The Command of Allah will come, therefore do not hasten it [16:1]’.

– قال- فيحضر القائم فيصلي عند مقام إبراهيم ركعتين، ثم ينصرف و حواليه أصحابه، و هم ثلاثمائة و ثلاثة عشر رجلا، إن فيهم لمن يسري من فراشه ليلا فيخرج و معه الحجر، فيلقيه فتعشب الأرض

He^-asws said: ‘So, Al-Qaim^-asws would appear, and Pray two Cycles at Maqaam-e-Ibrahim^-as. Then he^-asws would leave and his^-asws companions would be around him^-asws, and they would be three hundred and thirteen men. Among them would be ones who would have slept upon their beds at night, and would come out with him^-asws at Al-Hajar (The Black Stone). So they would meet him^-asws, and the earth would become greener’.^[96]

العياشي: عن هشام بن سالم، عن بعض أصحابنا، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال: سألته عن قول الله أَتى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ. قال: «إذا أخبر الله النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) بشي‏ء إلى الوقت فهو قوله أَتى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ حتى يأتي ذلك الوقت

Al-Ayyashi, from Hisham Bin Salim, from one of our companions,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj: The Command of Allah will come, therefore do not hasten it [16:1]. He^-asws said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Informs the Prophet^-saww about something up to the time, so these are His^-azwj Words: The Command of Allah will come, therefore do not hasten it [16:1], until that time actually comes’.

و قال: «إن الله إذا أخبر أن شيئا كائن فكأنه قد كان

And he^-asws said: ‘Surely Allah^-azwj, when He^-azwj Informs that something would be happening, so it is as if it has already happened (definitely happen – the rising of the Al-Qaim^-asws)’’.[97]

Quran: 12:110

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَنْ نَشَاءُ ۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ {110}

Until when the Rasools despaired (from the people) and they (people) thought that they had lied, Our Help came to them (Rasools). So We Rescued the one We so Desired to, and Our Punishment cannot be averted from the criminal people [12:110]

أبو جعفر بن جرير الطبري: بإسناده إلى أبي علي النهاوندي، قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد القاساني، قال: حدثنا محمد بن سليمان، قال: حدثنا علي بن يوسف، قال: حدثني أبي، عن المفضل بن عمر، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «جاء رجل إلى أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) فشكا إليه طول دولة الجور

Abu Ja’far Bin Jareer Al Tabari, by his chain up to Abu Ali Al Nahawandy, from Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Qasany, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Ali Bin Yusuf, from his father, from Al Mufazzal bin Umar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘A man came to Amir Al-Momineen^-asws and complained to him^-as about the prolongation of the government of tyranny.

فقال له أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): و الله لا يكون ما تأملون حتى يهلك المبطلون، و يضمحل الجاهلون، و يأمن المتقون، و قليل ما يكون حتى لا يكون لأحدكم موضع قدمه، و حتى تكونوا على الناس أهون من الميتة عند صاحبها

So, Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said to him: ‘By Allah^-azwj! What you are wishing for will not be happening until the falsifiers are destroyed, and the ignorant ones are scattered, and the pious ones are secure, and few is what they would happen to be to the extent that there would not happen to be for anyone of you, place for his feet, and until there would happen to be upon the people least (importance) of the deceased with his companion.

فبينا أنتم كذلك إذ جاء نصر الله و الفتح و هو قول ربي عز و جل في كتابه: حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنا

So, while you are like that, then the Help of Allah^-azwj and the victory would come (the rising of the Mahdi^-asws), and these are the Words of my^-asws Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic in His^-azwj Book: Until when the Rasools despaired and they (people) thought that they had lied, Our Help came to them [12:110]’.^[98]

Quran: 4:59

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ ۖ فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا {59}

O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you. Thus, if you were to quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Rasool if you were believing in Allah and the Last Day, that would be better and of excellent interpretation [4:59]

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبي، عن حماد، عن حريز، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «نزلت: فإن تنازعتم في شي‏ء فارجعوه إلى الله و إلى الرسول و إلى اولي الأمر منكم

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Hamad, from Hareyz,

From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘It was Revealed as: Thus, if you were to quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Rasool, and to the ones with (Divine) Authority among you [4:59]’’ (meaning there will always be a Divine Imam^-asws for guidance).[99]

عن عمرو بن سعيد، قال: سألت أبا الحسن (عليه السلام)، عن قوله: أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ، قال: «علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام) و الأوصياء من بعده

From Amro Bin Saeed who said,

‘Abu Al-Hassan^-asws was asked about His^-azwj Words O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59]. He^-asws said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and the successors^-asws from after him^-asws’.[100]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، قال: حدثنا محمد ابن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن عبد الله بن محمد الحجال، عن حماد بن عثمان، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، في قول الله عز و جل: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ، قال: «الأئمة من ولد علي و فاطمة (صلوات الله عليهما) إلى أن تقوم الساعة

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘My father narrated to us, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Humeyri, from Muhammad Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khataab, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Hajaal, from Hamaad Bin Usmaan, from Abu Baseer,

from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59], said: ‘The Imams^-asws from the sons^-asws of Ali^-asws and (Syeda) Fatima^-asws up to the Day of Judgement’.[101]

عن أبان، أنه دخل على أبي الحسن الرضا (عليه السلام)، قال: فسألته عن قول الله: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ. فقال: «ذلك علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام)» ثم سكت

From Aban,

He had gone over to Abu Al Hassan Al Reza^-asws. He said, ‘So I asked him^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj: Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59]. So he^-asws said: ‘That is Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws’. Then he^-asws was silent.

قال: فلما طال سكوته، قلت: ثم من قال: «ثم الحسن». ثم سكت

He (the narrator) said, ‘So when his^-asws silence was prolonged, I said, ‘Then who?’ He^-asws said: ‘Then Al Hassan^-asws’. Then he^-asws was silent.

فلما طال سكوته، قلت: ثم من؟ قال: «ثم الحسين» قلت: ثم من؟ قال: «علي بن الحسين» و سكت، فلم يزل يسكت عند كل واحد حتى أعيد المسألة فيقول، حتى سماهم إلى آخرهم (صلوات الله عليهم)

So when his^-asws silence was prolonged, I said, ‘Then who?’ He^-asws said: ‘Then Al Husayn^-asws?’ I said, ‘Then who?’ He^-asws said: ‘Ali Bin Al Husayn^-asws’, and was silent. Thus his^-asws silence did not cease during each one^-asws until I repeated the question, so he^-asws was saying, until he^-asws had named them^-asws up to the last of them^-asws’’ (Al-Mahdi^-asws).[102]

Quran: 3:83

أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ اللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ {83}

Is it other than Allah’s Religion they are seeking? And to Him submit the ones is in the skies and the earth, willingly and unwillingly, and to Him they would be returning [3:83]

عن رفاعة بن موسى، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول: وَ لَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَنْ فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ طَوْعاً وَ كَرْهاً. قال: «إذا قام القائم (عليه السلام) لا تبقى أرض إلا نودي فيها بشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، و أن محمدا رسول الله

From Rafa’at Bin Musa who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘And to Him submit the ones is in the skies and the earth, willingly and unwillingly [3:83]: ‘When Al-Qaim^-asws rises, there would not remain a land except there would be a call therein that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool-Allah^-saww’.[103]

Quran: 6:158

هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ ۗ يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنْفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْرًا ۗ قُلِ انْتَظِرُوا إِنَّا مُنْتَظِرُونَ {158}

Are they only waiting that the Angels should come to them, or your Lord should come, or some of the Signs of your Lord should come? The day some of the Signs of your Lord do come, a soul will not benefit from its Eman which had not believed from before, or earned goodness during its Eman. Say, ‘Await, (for) we are awaiting (too)’ [6:158]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثني أبي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن‏ الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن علي بن رئاب، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، أنه قال في قول الله عز و جل: يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آياتِ رَبِّكَ لا يَنْفَعُ نَفْساً إِيمانُها لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ. فقال (عليه السلام): «الآيات: الأئمة، و الآية المنتظرة: القائم (عليه السلام)، فيومئذ لا ينفع نفسا إيمانها لم تكن آمنت من قبل قيامه بالسيف، و إن آمنت بمن تقدم من آبائه (عليهم السلام)

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khattab, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Ra’aib,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: The day some of the Signs of your Lord do come, a soul will not benefit from its Eman which had not believed from before [6:158], so he^-asws said: ‘The Signs – The Imams^-asws, and the Sign which is awaited – Al-Qaim^-asws. Thus, on that day a soul will not benefit from its Eman which had not believed from before [6:158] his^-asws rising by the sword and believed in the ones who had preceded from his^-asws forefathers^-asws’.[104]

و عنه، قال: حدثنا المظفر بن جعفر بن المظفر العلوي السمرقندي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مسعود، و حيدر بن محمد بن نعيم السمرقندي جميعا، [عن محمد بن مسعود العياشي، قال: حدثني علي بن محمد بن شجاع‏] ، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير، قال: قال الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليهما السلام) في قول الله عز و جل: يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آياتِ رَبِّكَ لا يَنْفَعُ نَفْساً إِيمانُها لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمانِها خَيْراً: «يعني خروج القائم المنتظر منا

And from him, said, ‘It was narrated to us by Al Muzaffar Bin Ja’far Bin Al Muzaffar Al Alawy Al Samarqandy, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masoud, and Hyder Bin Muhammad Bin Naeem Al Zamarqandy, altogether from Muhammad Bin Masoud Al Ayyashi, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Shaja’a, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘Al-Sadiq Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws said regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: The day some of the Signs of your Lord do come, a soul will not benefit from its Eman which had not believed from before, or earned goodness during its Eman [6:158]: ‘It means the rising of Al-Qaim^-asws, and awaiting one from us^-asws’.

ثم قال (عليه السلام): «يا أبا بصير، طوبى لشيعة قائمنا، المنتظرين لظهوره في غيبته، و المطيعين له في ظهوره، أولئك أولياء الله، الذين لا خوف عليهم و لا هم يحزنون

Then he^-asws said: ‘O Abu Baseer! Beatitude is for the Shias of our^-asws Qaim^-asws, the ones awaiting for his^-asws appearance during his^-asws occultation, and the followers of his^-asws during his^-asws appearance. They are the friends of Allah^-azwj, those upon whom there would neither be fear nor would they be grieving’’.[105]

Quran: 7:159

وَمِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ {159}

And from the people of Musa there is a community is guiding with the Truth and by it they are dispensing justice [7:159]

عن المفضل بن عمر، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «إذا قام قائم آل محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله) استخرج من ظهر الكوفة سبعة و عشرين رجلا، خمسة عشر من قوم موسى الذين يقضون بالحق و به يعدلون، و سبعة من أصحاب الكهف، و يوشع وصي موسى، و مؤمن آل فرعون، و سلمان الفارسي، و أبا دجانة الأنصاري، و مالك الأشتر

From Mufazzal Bin Umar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘When the Qaim^-asws of the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww rises, he^-asws would extract from the back of Al-Kufa, twenty seven men – fifteen being from the people of Musa^-as who were judging with the Truth and by it they were dispensing justice, and seven from the Companions of the Cave, and Yoshua Bin Noon^-as the successor^-as of Musa^-as, and the Momin from the people of Pharaoh^-la, and Salman Al-Farsy^-ra, and Abu Dajjana Al-Ansary^-ra, and Malik Al-Ashtar^-ra’’.[106]

Quran: 11:80

قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ {80}

He said: ‘If only there was strength for me against you, or a recourse to a strong support’ [11:80]

و عنه، قال: حدثني محمد بن جعفر، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد، عن محمد بن الحسين، عن موسى بن سعدان، عن عبد الله بن القاسم، عن صالح، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال: في قوله تعالى: قُوَّةً. قال: «القوة: القائم (عليه السلام)، و الركن الشديد: ثلاثمائة و ثلاثة عشر

And from him, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Musa Bin Sa’adan, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, from Salih,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said regarding the Words of the Exalted: The strength [11:80]. He^-asws said: ‘The strength – Al-Qaim^-asws, and the strong support [11:80] – three hundred and thirteen’.^[107]

Quran: 22:39

أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ {39}

There is Permission (to fight) for those who are fought against because they are oppressed, and surely Allah is Able upon Helping them [22:39]

و عنه، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد المالكي، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن مثنى الحناط، عن عبد الله بن عجلان، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، في قول الله عز و جل: أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلى نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ، قال: «هي في القائم (عليه السلام) و أصحابه

And from him, from Al Husayn Bin Ahmad Al Malaky, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Masny Al Hanaat, from Abdullah Bin Ajlaan,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: There is Permission (to fight) for those who are fought against because they are oppressed, and surely Allah is Able upon Helping them [22:39], he^-asws said: ‘It is regarding Al-Qaim^-asws and his^-asws companions’.[108]

ثم قال علي بن إبراهيم: حدثني أبي، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن ابن مسكان، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله: أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلى نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ. قال: «إن العامة يقولون: نزلت في رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) لما أخرجته قريش من مكة، و إنما هو القائم (عليه السلام) إذا خرج يطلب بدم الحسين (عليه السلام)

Then Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibn Muskaan,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: There is Permission (to fight) for those who are fought against because they are oppressed, and surely Allah is Able upon Helping them [22:39]. He^-asws said: ‘The generality of the Muslims are saying, ‘It was Revealed regarding Rasool-Allah^-saww when he^-saww was expelled by the Quraysh from Makkah’. But rather, it is Al-Qaim^-asws, when he^-asws comes out seeking to avenge the blood of Al-Husayn^-asws’.[109]

و عنه: عن محمد بن همام، عن محمد بن إسماعيل، عن عيسى بن داود، عن أبي الحسن موسى ابن جعفر، عن أبيه (عليهما السلام)، في قوله عز و جل: وَ لَوْ لا دَفْعُ اللَّهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَهُدِّمَتْ صَوامِعُ وَ بِيَعٌ وَ صَلَواتٌ وَ مَساجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا اسْمُ اللَّهِ كَثِيراً، قال: «هم الأئمة الأعلام، و لو لا صبرهم، و انتظارهم الأمر أن يأتيهم من الله لقتلوا جميعا. قال الله عز و جل: وَ لَيَنْصُرَنَّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ

And from him, from Muhammad Bin Hamam, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Isa Bin Dawood,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Musa^-asws Ibn Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: And if Allah does not Repel the people, some of them by the others, the Monasteries and Churches, and Synagogues and Masjid would have been demolished, wherein the Name of Allah is mentioned a lot [22:40], he^-asws said: ‘They^-asws are the Imams^-asws, the Flags. And had it not been for their^-asws patience, and their^-asws awaiting the matter (Al-Qaim^-asws) that would be coming to them from Allah^-azwj, all of them^-asws would have been murdered in their^-asws entirety. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says: And Allah will Help the one who Helps him, surely Allah is Strong, Mighty [22:40]’.[110]

Quran: 86:15-17

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا {15} وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا {16} فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا {17}

They would be plotting a plot [86:15]  And I would (too) be Planning a plan [86:16]  So, respite the Kafirs, respiting them gently for a while [86:17]

ثم قال علي بن إبراهيم: حدثنا جعفر بن أحمد، عن عبد الله بن موسى، عن الحسن بن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبيه، عن أبي بصير، في قوله: إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْداً وَ أَكِيدُ كَيْداً

Then Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi) said:

‘It has been narrated to us from Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Abdullah Bin Musa, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from his father, from Abu Baseer regarding His^-azwj Words: They would be plotting a plot [86:15].

قال: «كادوا رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) و كادوا عليا (عليه السلام)، و كادوا فاطمة (عليها السلام)، فقال الله: يا محمد إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْداً وَ أَكِيدُ كَيْداً فَمَهِّلِ الْكافِرِينَ يا محمد أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْداً لوقت بعث القائم (عليه السلام) فينتقم لي من الجبابرة و الطواغيت من قريش و بني أمية و سائر الناس

He^-asws said: ‘They plotted against Rasool-Allah^-saww, and plotted against Ali^-asws, and plotted against (Syeda) Fatima^-asws, so Allah^-azwj Said: They would be plotting a plot [86:15] And I would be Planning a plan [86:16] So respite the Kafirs, O Muhammad^-saww, respiting them gently for a while [86:17], – up to the time of the Sending of Al-Qaim^-asws, so he^-asws will revenge for Me^-azwj against the mighty and the tyrants of Quraysh, and the clan of Umayya, and the rest of the people’.^[111]

Quran: 32:24

وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُوا ۖ وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ {2432:}

And We Made Imams from them, guiding by Our Command, due to their being patient, and they were certain of Our Signs [32:24]

وعنه، قال: حدثني أبي، عن القاسم بن محمد، عن سليمان بن داود المنقري، عن حفص بن غياث، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)- في حديث- عن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «فصبر رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) في جميع أحواله، ثم بشر بالأئمة من عترته، و وصفوا بالصبر، فقال: وَ جَعَلْنا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنا لَمَّا صَبَرُوا وَ كانُوا بِآياتِنا يُوقِنُونَ

And from him (Ali Bin Ibrahim) who said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al-Munqary, from Hafs Bin Ghayaas,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws – in a Hadeeth – from Rasool-Allah^-saww, said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww observed patience in all of his^-saww situations. Then He^-azwj Gave the glad tidings of the Imams^-asws from his^-saww Family, and characterised them^-asws with the patience. So He^-azwj Said: And We Made Imams from them, guiding by Our Command, due to their being patient, and they were certain of Our Signs [32:24]’.[112]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا علي بن عبد الله بن أسد، عن إبراهيم بن محمد الثقفي، عن علي ابن هلال الأحمسي، عن الحسن بن وهب العبسي، عن جابر الجعفي، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي (صلوات الله عليهم)، قال: «نزلت هذه الآية في ولد فاطمة (عليها السلام) خاصة: وَ جَعَلْنا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنا لَمَّا صَبَرُوا وَ كانُوا بِآياتِنا يُوقِنُونَ

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Asad, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al-Saqafy, from Ali Ibn Hilal Al-Ahmasy, from Al-Hassan Bin Wahab Al-Abasy, from Jabir Al-Ju’fy,

‘Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws has said: ‘This Verse was Revealed in particular for the sons^-asws of (Syeda) Fatima^-asws: And We Made Imams from them, guiding by Our Command, due to their being patient, and they were certain of Our Signs [32:24]’.[113]

Quran: 27:62

أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ الْأَرْضِ ۗ أَإِلَٰهٌ مَعَ اللَّهِ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ {62}

Or, One Who Answers the distressed one when he supplicates to Him and He Removes the evil, and He will Make you to be Caliphs of the earth! Is there a god along with Allah? Little is what you heed [27:62]

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبي، عن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن صالح بن عقبة، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «نزلت في القائم من آل محمد (عليهم السلام)، هو و الله المضطر، إذا صلى في المقام ركعتين، و دعا الله فأجابه، و يكشف السوء، و يجعله خليفة في الأرض» و هذا مما ذكرنا أن تأويله بعد تنزيله

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal, from Salih Bin Uqba,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘It was Revealed regarding Al-Qaim^-asws from the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww. By Allah^-azwj! He^-asws is the distressed one. When he^-asws prays two Cycles (of salat) in Al-Maqam (of Ibrahim^-as), and supplicates to Allah^-azwj, so He^-azwj would Answer him^-asws, and He^-azwj would Remove the evil (from the face of the earth), and Make him^-asws to be a Caliph in the earth. And this is from what we^-asws have mentioned from its explanation, after its Revelation’.^[114]

وعنه: عن حميد بن زياد، عن الحسن بن محمد بن سماعة، عن إبراهيم بن عبد الحميد، عن أبي‏ عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «إن القائم (عليه السلام) إذا خرج، دخل المسجد الحرام، فيستقبل القبلة، و يجعل ظهره إلى المقام، ثم يصلي ركعتين، ثم يقوم، فيقول: يا أيها الناس، أنا أولى الناس بآدم. يا أيها الناس، أنا أولى الناس بإبراهيم. يا أيها الناس، أنا أولى الناس بإسماعيل، يا أيها الناس، أنا أولى الناس بمحمد (صلى الله عليه و آله)

And from him, from Hameed Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘When Al-Qaim^-asws rises, he^-asws would enter the Sacred Masjid, and he^-asws would be facing towards the Qiblah, and make his^-asws back to be to Al-Maqam (of Ibrahim^-as), then he^-asws would be praying two cycles of Salat, then he^-asws would be standing, and he^-asws would be saying: ‘O you people! I^-asws am the closest of the people with Adam^-as. O you people! I^-asws am the closest of the people with Ibrahim^-as. O you people! I^-asws am the closest of the people with Ismail^-as. O you people! I^-asws am the closest of the people with Muhammad^-saww’.

ثم يرفع يديه إلى السماء، و يدعو، و يتضرع، حتى يقع عليه وجهه، و هو قوله عز و جل: أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذا دَعاهُ وَ يَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَ يَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفاءَ الْأَرْضِ أَ إِلهٌ مَعَ اللَّهِ قَلِيلًا ما تَذَكَّرُونَ

Then he^-asws would raise his^-asws hands to the sky, and he^-asws would supplicate, and cry out until he^-asws falls down upon his^-asws face (in Sajdah). And these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Or, One Who Answers the distressed one when he supplicates to Him and He Removes the evil, and He will Make you to be Caliphs of the earth! Is there a god along with Allah? Little is what you heed [27:62]’^[115]

محمد بن إبراهيم النعماني، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد، قال: حدثني محمد بن علي التيملي، عن محمد بن إسماعيل بن بزيع، قال: حدثني غير واحد، عن منصور بن يونس بزرج، عن إسماعيل ابن جابر، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي (عليهما السلام)،: «و هو و الله المضطر الذي يقول الله فيه: أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذا دَعاهُ وَ يَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَ يَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفاءَ الْأَرْضِ فيه نزلت و له

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al-Nu’mani said, ‘Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed informed us, from Muhammad Bin Al-Al-Taymali, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazi’e, from someone else, from Mansour Bin Yunus Bazraj, from Ismail Ibn Jabir,

‘Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws having said: ‘And he^-asws (Al-Qaim^-asws) by Allah^-azwj is the distressed one (المضطر) regarding whom Allah^-azwj is Saying: Or, One Who Answers the distressed one when he supplicates to Him and He Removes the evil, and He will Make you to be Caliphs of the earth! [27:62]. It was regarding him^-asws that is Revealed, and for him^-asws (Al-Qaim^-asws)’.^[116]

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبي، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن منصور بن يونس، عن أبي خالد الكابلي، قال: قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): «و الله لكأني أنظر إلى القائم (عليه السلام) و قد أسند ظهره إلى الحجر، ثم ينشد الله حقه، ثم يقول: يا أيها الناس، من يحاجني في الله فأنا أولى بالله. أيها الناس، من يحاجني في آدم فأنا أولى بآدم

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘My father narrated to me from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Abu Khalid Al-Kalby who said:

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! It is as if I^-asws am looking at Al-Qaim^-asws, with his^-asws back against Al-Hajar (The Black Stone), then he^-asws adjures to Allah^-azwj of his^-asws rights, then he^-asws is saying: ‘O you people! The one who disputes with me^-asws, regarding Allah^-azwj, so (beware) I^-asws am the closest with Allah^-azwj. O you people! The one who disputes with me^-asws regarding Adam^-as, so I^-asws am the closest with Adam^-as’.

أيها الناس، من يحاجني في نوح فأنا أولى بنوح. أيها الناس، من يحاجني في إبراهيم فأنا أولى بإبراهيم. أيها الناس، من يحاجني في موسى فأنا أولى بموسى. أيها الناس، من يحاجني في عيسى فأنا أولى بعيسى

O you people! The one who disputes with me^-asws regarding Noah^-as, so I am the closest with Noah^-as. O you people! The one who disputes with me regarding Ibrahim^-as, so I^-asws am the closest with Ibrahim^-as. O you people! The one who disputes with me regarding Musa^-as, so I^-asws am the closest with Musa^-as. O you people! The one, who disputes with me^-asws regarding Isa^-as, so I^-asws am the closest with Isa^-as.

أيها الناس، من يحاجني في رسول الله فأنا أولى برسول الله. أيها الناس، من يحاجني في كتاب الله فأنا أولى بكتاب الله. ثم ينتهي إلى المقام، فيصلي ركعتين، و ينشد الله حقه

O you people! The one who disputes with me^-asws regarding Rasool-Allah^-saww, so I^-asws am the closest with Rasool-Allah^-saww. O you people! The one who disputes with me^-asws regarding the Book of Allah^-azwj, so I^-asws am the closest with the Book of Allah^-azwj’. Then he^-asws would end up to the Al-Maqam (of Ibrahim^-as) so he^-asws would pray two Cycles (of Salat), and adjure to Allah^-azwj of his^-asws rights’.

ثم قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): «هو و الله المضطر في كتاب الله، في قوله: أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذا دَعاهُ وَ يَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَ يَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفاءَ الْأَرْضِ

Then Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! He^-asws (Al-Qaim^-asws) is the restless one (المضطر) in the Book of Allah^-azwj, regarding His^-azwj Words: Or, One Who Answers the distressed one when he supplicates to Him and He Removes the evil, and He will Make you to be Caliphs of the earth! [27:62].

فيكون أول من يبايعه جبرئيل، ثم الثلاث مائة و الثلاثة عشر رجلا، فمن كان ابتلي بالمسير وافى، و من لم يبتل بالمسير فقد عن فراشه، و هو قول أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): هم المفقودون عن فرشهم

It would so happen that the first one who will pledge allegiance to him^-asws would be Jibraeel^-as, then three hundred and thirteen (313) men. So the one who will be Tried by the journey would fulfil it, and the one who will not be Tried by the journey would be upon his bed. And it is the speech of Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws: ‘They would be missing from their beds’.^[117]

Quran: 13:7

وَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ ۗ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرٌ ۖ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ {7}

And those who commit Kufr are saying, ‘Why has not a Sign been Sent down upon him from his Lord?’ But rather, you are a Warner, and for every people there is a Guide [13:7]

ابن الفارسي في (الروضة) قال: قال علي (عليه السلام): «إِنَّما أَنْتَ مُنْذِرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هادٍ المنذر: محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و لكل قوم هاد: أنا

Ibn Al Farsy in (the book) Al Rowza, said,

‘Ali^-asws said: ‘But rather, you are a Warner, and for every people there is a Guide [13:7]. The Warner is Muhammad^-saww, and for every people there is a Guide, (it is) me^-asws’’.[118]

In another Hadith;

و يخرج الله تعالى من صلب الحسن الحجة القائم إمام شيعته، و منقذ أوليائه، يغيب حتى لا يرى، فيرجع عن أمره قوم، و يثبت عليه آخرون وَ يَقُولُونَ مَتى هذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ و لو لم يكن من الدنيا إلا يوم واحد لطول الله عز و جل ذلك اليوم حتى يخرج قائمنا

And Allah^-azwj the Exalted would Extract from the spine of Al-Hassan (Al Askari^-asws, the Divine Authority Al-Qaim^-asws, Imam^-asws of his^-asws Shias, and saviour of his^-asws friends. He^-asws would be absent until he^-asws would not be seen, so a people would retract from his^-asws matter, and others would be steadfast upon it and they (the first ones) And they will be saying: ‘When would be this threat, if you were truthful?’ [10:48]. And if there does not happen (to remain) from the (time) of the world except for one day, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic would Prolong that day until our^-asws Qaim^-asws comes out.

فيملأ الأرض قسطا و عدلا، كما ملئت ظلما و جورا، فلا تخلو الأرض منكم، أعطاكم الله علمي و فهمي، و لقد دعوت الله تبارك و تعالى أن يجعل العلم و الفقه في عقبي و عقب عقبي و زرعي و زرع زرعي

Then, he^-asws would fill the earth with fairness and justice just as it would have been filled with injustice and tyranny (before that). So the earth will not be empty from you (Imams^-asws). Allah^-azwj would Give you^-asws all my^-saww knowledge and my^-saww understanding, and I^-saww have supplicated to Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted that He^-azwj should Make the knowledge and the understanding to be in my^-saww posterity and my^-saww offspring, and offspring of my^-saww offspring’’ (an extract).[119]

Appendix I: Some Ahadith from Ahl Al-Sunna regarding the coming of the prophet ‘Isa^-as and Imam Mahdi^-asws

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ مِينَاءَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ وَاللَّهِ لَيَنْزِلَنَّ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ حَكَمًا عَادِلاً فَلَيَكْسِرَنَّ الصَّلِيبَ وَلَيَقْتُلَنَّ الْخِنْزِيرَ وَلَيَضَعَنَّ الْجِزْيَةَ وَلَتُتْرَكَنَّ الْقِلاَصُ فَلاَ يُسْعَى عَلَيْهَا وَلَتَذْهَبَنَّ الشَّحْنَاءُ وَالتَّبَاغُضُ وَالتَّحَاسُدُ وَلَيَدْعُوَنَّ إِلَى الْمَالِ فَلاَ يَقْبَلُهُ أَحَدٌ ‏”‏

… I swear by Allah that the son of Maryam will certainly descend as a just judge… (Sahih Muslim, Book 001, Number 0289)

It is narrated to us by Quteyba Bin Saeed, from Lays, from Saeed Bin Abu Saeed, from Ata’a Bin Mina’a, from Abu Huraira who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘By Allah^-azwj ! The son^-as of Maryam^-as will be descending as a just judge, and he^-as will break the cross and kill the pigs, and he^-as will place the taxes

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ فِيكُمُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ حَكَمًا مُقْسِطًا، فَيَكْسِرَ الصَّلِيبَ، وَيَقْتُلَ الْخِنْزِيرَ، وَيَضَعَ الْجِزْيَةَ، وَيَفِيضَ الْمَالُ حَتَّى لاَ يَقْبَلَهُ أَحَدٌ ‏”‏‏

The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you as a just ruler… (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 43, Number 656)

حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ آدَمَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ نَبِيٌّ – يَعْنِي عِيسَى

There is no prophet between me and him, that is, Jesus (pbuh). He will descend (to the earth). (Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 37, Number 4310; Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and Tirmidhi)

حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَحَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، – وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ – عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ “‏ لاَ تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يُقَاتِلُونَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ – قَالَ – فَيَنْزِلُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَيَقُولُ أَمِيرُهُمْ تَعَالَ صَلِّ لَنَا ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ لاَ ‏.‏ إِنَّ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ أُمَرَاءُ ‏.‏ تَكْرِمَةَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةَ ‏”‏

… Jesus son of Mary would then descend and their (Muslims’) commander would invite him to come and lead them in prayer, but he would say: No, some amongst you are commanders over some (amongst you). This is the honour from Allah for this Ummah. (Sahih Muslim, Book 001, Number 0293)

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمَلِيحِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ بَيَانٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ “‏ الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنْ عِتْرَتِي مِنْ وَلَدِ فَاطِمَةَ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْمَلِيحِ يُثْنِي عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ وَيَذْكُرُ مِنْهُ صَلاَحًا ‏

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu’minin:

The Prophet (saww) said: The Mahdi will be of my family, of the descendants of Fatimah. … (Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 36, Number 4271)

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَزَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، – رضى الله تعالى عنه – عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ إِلاَّ يَوْمٌ لَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي يَمْلأُهَا عَدْلاً كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًا ‏”‏

Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib:

The Prophet^-saww said: If only one day of this time (world) remained, Allah^-azwj would raise up a man from my family who would fill this earth with justice as it has been filled with oppression. (Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 36, Number 4270)

Appendix II: Obedience to an Imams^-asws Appointed by Allah^-azwj is Obligatory

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ ذَكَرْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَوْلَنَا فِي الْأَوْصِيَاءِ إِنَّ طَاعَتَهُمْ مُفْتَرَضَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Al Husayn Bin Abu Al A’ala who said,

‘I mentioned to Abu Abdullah^-asws (Imam Jafar e Sadiq) our words regarding the successors^-asws, ‘Is obedience to them^-asws a necessity?’. So he^-asws said: ‘Yes. They^-asws are the ones for whom Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said: O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59]; and they^–asws the ones for whom Allah^–azwj Mighty and Majestic Said But rather, only Allah is your Guardian and His Rasool and those who believe [5:55]’.[120]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ طَاعَتَنَا لَا يَسَعُ النَّاسَ إِلَّا مَعْرِفَتُنَا وَ لَا يُعْذَرُ النَّاسُ بِجَهَالَتِنَا مَنْ عَرَفَنَا كَانَ مُؤْمِناً وَ مَنْ أَنْكَرَنَا كَانَ كَافِراً وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْنَا وَ لَمْ يُنْكِرْنَا كَانَ ضَالًّا حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْهُدَى الَّذِي افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِنَا الْوَاجِبَةِ فَإِنْ يَمُتْ عَلَى ضَلَالَتِهِ يَفْعَلِ اللَّهُ بِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Salih Bin Al Sindy, from Ja’far Bin Bashir, from Abu Salma,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying: ‘We^-asws are those, obedience to whom Allah^-azwj has necessitated. The people have no leeway except recognising us^-asws, nor are the people excused of being ignorant of us^-asws. The one who recognises us^-asws would be a Momin, and the one who denies us^-asws would be a disbeliever, and the one who does not recognise us^-asws and does not deny us^-asws, would be a strayer until he returns to the guidance which Allah^-azwj has Necessitated upon him, from being obedient to us^-asws, the Obligatory. So if he was to die upon his straying, Allah^-azwj will Do with him whatever He^-azwj so Desires to’.[121]

Appendix III: Verse 28:5-6 – The Arrival of our Master^-asws, the 12^th Imam^-asws

وعنه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله الحسين بن رزق الله، قال: حدثني موسى بن محمد بن القاسم بن حمزة بن موسى بن جعفر بن محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب (عليهم السلام)، قال: حدثتني حكيمة بنت محمد بن علي بن موسى بن جعفر بن محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب (عليهم الصلاة و السلام)، قالت: بعث إلي أبو محمد الحسن بن علي (عليهما السلام)، فقال: «يا عمة، اجعلي إفطارك الليلة عندنا، فإنها ليلة النصف من شعبان، فإن الله تبارك و تعالى سيظهر في هذه الليلة الحجة، و هو حجته في أرضه

And from him, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Ahmad Bin Al-Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al-Ataar, from Abu Abdullah Al-Husayn Bin Razaqallah, from Musa Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Qasim Bin Hamza, who says:

(It has been narrated from the) Son^-asws of Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws having said: ‘My aunt Hakeema daughter of Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws said, ‘ Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan Bin Ali^-asws sent for me and said: ‘O aunt! Break your fast with us^-asws tonight, for it is a night from the middle of Shabaan. Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted will Manifest the Divine Authority in this night, and he^-asws is His^-asws Divine Authority in His^-azwj earth’.

قالت: فقلت له: و من امه؟ قال لي: «نرجس». قلت له: و الله- جعلني الله فداك- ما بها أثر. قال: «هو ما أقول لك

I said, ‘And who is his^-asws mother?’ He^-asws said: ‘Narjis^-as’. I said to him, ‘By Allah^-azwj – May Allah^-azwj make me to be sacrificed for you^-asws – she^-as is not with any traces of it (women normally show)’. He^-asws said: ‘It would be as I^-asws have said it to you’.

قالت: فجئت، فلما سلمت و جلست، جاءت تنزع خفي، و قالت لي: يا سيدتي، كيف أمسيت؟ فقلت: بل أنت سيدتي، و سيدة أهلي. قالت: فأنكرت قولي، و قالت: ما هذا، يا عمة؟ قالت: فقلت لها: بنية، إن الله تبارك و تعالى سيهب لك في ليلتك هذه غلاما سيدا في الدنيا و الآخرة

She said, ‘I went to her^-as. So when I had greeted and was seated, she^-as came forward to take my slippers, and said to me, ‘O Chieftess! How was your evening?’ I said, ‘But, you^-as are my Chieftess, and the Chieftess of my family’. She^-as denied my words and said: ‘What is this, O aunt?’ So I said to her, ‘Daughter, Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted would be Endowing to you^-as, during this very night, a boy^-asws who is the Chief in the world and in the Hereafter’.

قالت: فخجلت، و استحيت، فلما فرغت من صلاة العشاء الآخرة، أفطرت، و أخذت مضجعي فرقدت، فلما كان في جوف الليل، قمت إلى الصلاة ففرغت من صلاتي و هي نائمة، ليس بها حادث، ثم جلست معقبة، ثم اضطجعت، ثم انتبهت فزعة و هي راقدة، ثم قامت فصلت و نامت

She said, ‘She^-as became shy and embarrassed by it. So when I was from the Evening Prayer, I broke the Fast, and I took to my bed and lied down. When it was the middle of the night, I stood up to pray Salat, and when I was free from my Salat, she^-as was sleeping, and there were no signs of child with her. So I sat down and started panicking as she^-as was still sleeping. Then I stood up to pray Salat and then slept.

قالت حكيمة: و خرجت أتفقد الفجر، فإذا أنا بالفجر الأول كذنب السرحان، و هي نائمة، فدخلتني الشكوك، فصاح بي أبو محمد (عليه السلام) من المجلس، فقال: «لا تعجلي- يا عمة- فإن الأمر قد قرب». قالت: فجلست و قرأت الم السجدة، و يس

Hakeema^-as said, ‘And I went out to view the dawn and saw that she^-as was still sleeping. So doubt crept into me. Abu Muhammad^-asws called out at me from the seating: ‘Do not be hasty – O aunt – for the matter has drawn near!’. I sat down and recited الم السجدة (Chapter 32) and يس (Chapter 36).

فبينما أنا كذلك، إذ انتبهت فزعة، فوثبت إليها، و قلت: اسم الله عليك، ثم قلت لها: تحسين شيئا؟ قالت: نعم، يا عمة، فقلت لها: اجمعي نفسك، و اجمعي قلبك، فهو ما قلت لك

I was in the middle of that, when she^-as got up alarmed. So I rushed towards her and said, ‘The Name of Allah ^-azwj be upon you^-as’. Then I said to her^-as, ‘Do you^-as feel anything?’ She^-as said: ‘Yes, O aunt!’ So I said, ‘Pull yourself together, and strengthen your^-as heart, for it is what has been said to you^-as’.

قالت حكيمة: ثم أخذتني فترة، و أخذتها فترة، فانتبهت بحس سيدي، فكشفت الثوب عنه، فإذا به (عليه السلام) ساجدا يتلقى الأرض بمساجده، فضممته (عليه السلام) إلي، فإذا أنا به نظيف منظف

Hakeema^-as said, ‘Then natured seized me, and nature seized her^-as, and I noticed the sensing of my Master^-asws, so I uncovered the cloth from him^-asws and there he^-asws was, performing Sajdah upon the ground. So I^-asws took him^-asws to myself, and he^-asws was clean and pure.

فصاح بي أبو محمد (عليه السلام): «هلم إلي ابني، يا عمة». فجئت به إليه، فوضع يديه تحت أليته و ظهره، و وضع قدميه على صدره، ثم أدلى لسانه في فيه، و أمر يده على عينيه، و سمعه، و مفاصله، ثم قال: «تكلم، يا بني». فقال: «أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، و أشهد أن محمدا (صلى الله عليه و آله) رسول الله». ثم صلى على أمير المؤمنين، و على الأئمة (عليهم السلام)، إلى أن وقف على أبيه، ثم أحجم

Abu Muhammad^-asws called out to me: ‘Bring my^-asws son^-asws to me^-asws, O aunt!’ So I went with him^-asws to him^-asws, and he^-asws placed his^-asws hands under his^-asws back and his^-asws feet upon his^-asws own chest, then place his^-asws own tongue in his^-asws mouth, and wiped his^-asws hand upon his^-asws eyes, and his^-asws ears, and his^-asws joints, then said: ‘Speak, O my^-asws son!’ He^-asws said: ‘I^-asws hereby testify that there is no god except for Allah^-azwj, One with not associates to Him^-azwj, and I^-asws testify that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool-Allah^-saww’. Then he^-asws sent greetings upon Amir-al-Momineen^-asws, and upon the Imams^-asws, until he^-asws paused at his^-asws father^-asws, then was reluctant’.

ثم قال أبو محمد (عليه السلام): «يا عمة، اذهبي به إلى امه ليسلم عليها، و ائتني به» فذهبت به، فسلم عليها، و رددته و وضعته في المجلس، ثم قال: «يا عمة، إذا كان يوم السابع، فاتينا

The Abu Muhammad^-asws said: ‘O aunt! Go with him^-asws to his^-asws mother^-as, to greet her^-as, and bring him^-asws back to me^-asws’. So I^-asws went with him^-asws. He^-asws greeted her^-as, and I returned him^-asws placed him in the seat. Then he^-asws said: ‘O aunt! When it is the seventh day, come to us’.

قالت حكيمة: فلما أصبحت، جئت لأسلم على أبي محمد (عليه السلام)، فكشفت الستر لأتفقد سيدي (عليه السلام) فلم أره، فقلت له: جعلت فداك، ما فعل سيدي؟ فقال: «يا عمة، إنما استودعناه الذي استودعته ام موسى موسى (عليه السلام)

Hakeema^-as said, ‘When it was the morning, I came to greet Abu Muhammad^-asws. I uncovered the curtain, so that I would see my Master^-asws. But when I did not see him^-asws, I said to him^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws, what happened to my Master^-asws?’ He^-asws replied: ‘O aunt! But rather, I^-asws entrusted him^-asws with the entrustment, which the mother of Musa^-as entrusted Musa^-as’.

قالت حكيمة: فلما كان في اليوم السابع جئت، فسلمت و جلست، فقال: «هلمي إلي ابني» فجئت بسيدي في الخرقة، ففعل به كفعلته الاولى، ثم أدلى لسانه في فيه، كأنه يغذيه لبنا، أو عسلا، ثم قال: «تكلم، يا بني» فقال (عليه السلام): «أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله» و ثنى بالصلاة على محمد، و على أمير المؤمنين، و الأئمة (صلوات الله عليهم أجمعين) حتى وقف على أبيه (عليه السلام)

Hakeema^-as said, ‘So when it was the seventh day, I came and greeted him^-asws and was seated. He^-asws said: ‘Bring my^-asws son^-asws to me^-asws’. So she^-as came with my Master^-asws in the cloth. But he^-asws did with him^-asws as he^-asws had done before, then inserted his^-asws own tongue into him^-asws, as if he^-asws was feeding him^-asws milk, or honey, then said: ‘Speak, O my^-asws son^-asws!’ He^-asws said: ‘I^-asws hereby testify that there is no god except for Allah^-azwj’. And he^-asws Extolled with the Salawat upon Muhammad^-saww, and upon Amir-al-Momineen^-asws, and the Imams^-asws until he^-asws paused upon his^-asws father.

ثم تلا هذه الآية بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَ نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ نَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَ نَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوارِثِينَ وَ نُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ نُرِيَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ هامانَ وَ جُنُودَهُما مِنْهُمْ ما كانُوا يَحْذَرُونَ

Then he^-asws recited this verse: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. And We Intend to Confer upon those who were weakened in the land, and to Make them Imams, and Make them the inheritors [28:5] And to Enable for them in the land, and to Show Pharaoh and Haman and their armies what they used to beware from them [28:6]’.

قال موسى: فسألت عقبة الخادم عن هذا، قال: صدقت حكيمة

Musa (the narrator) said, ‘I asked the servant about this. He said, ‘Hakeema^-as spoke the truth’.^[122]

 

[1] الكافي 1: 226/ 1

[2] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 84 H 5

[3] List of Quranic verses, Courtesy of List of Quranic Verses about Imam al-Mahdi (a) – wikishia

[4] كفاية الأثر: 297

[5] تأويل الآيات 1: 332/ 22

[6] نهج البيان 3: 221 «مخطوط»

[7] مجمع البيان 7: 239، و ذيل الحديث في الفصول المهمة: 294، و منتخب كنز العمال 6: 30.

[8] Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira – Ch 2 – H 1

[9] الغيبة للنعماني: 313/ 4

[10] الغيبة للنعماني: 241/ 37

[11] الكافي 8: 313/ 487

[12] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 66/ 117.

[13] الغيبة: 199/ 13

[14] Tafseer Furat V 1 P 113 H 114

[15] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 670/ 16، ينابيع المودة: 423.

[16] الخصال: 108/ 75، ينابيع المودة: 424.

[17] تفسير العيّاشي 2: 242/ 14

[18] تفسير العيّاشي 2: 250/ 37.

[19] تأويل الآيات 1: 280/ 10.

[20] تفسير العيّاشي 2: 290/ 67، ينابيع المودة: 425.

[21] الكافي 8: 287/ 432.

[22]                         تفسير القمي، ج‏2، ص: 65

[23] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 108 H 22

[24] ( 3) كذا صحّحناه من البرهان، و في الخطّية:« و الهدى».

[25] تأويل الآيات الظاهرة في فضائل العترة الطاهرة، ص: 317

[26] (تأويل الآيات 2: 734/ 6) (Extract)

[27] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 368/ 6.

[28] عيون أخبار الرّضا (عليه السّلام) 1: 273/ 5، علل الشرائع: 229/ 1، ينابيع المودة: 424.

[29] تفسير العياشي 2: 50/ 24.

[30] ( 4). مضمون مأخوذ من قوله تعالى‏\i« إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُمْ بِنَهَرٍ»\E في سورة البقرة: 249.

[31] الغيبة للنعماني، النص، ص: 316

[32] (كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 656/ 1.)

[33] (تأويل الآيات 2: 831/ 2)

[34] Taweel Al Ayaat – Ch 97 H 7

[35] Taweel Al Ayaat – Ch 97 H 2

[36] (تفسير القمي 2: 425)

[37] تأويل الآيات 2: 803/ 1. (Extract)

[38] (تأويل الآيات 2: 792/ 1.)

[39] (الاختصاص: 223)

[40] Al Kafi – V 8 H 14461

[41] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 80 H 22

[42] Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn – CH 81 H 18

[43] الكافي 276/ 23

[44] (تأويل الآيات 2: 732/ 2.)

[45] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 80 H 30

[46] (تأويل الآيات 2: 732/ 3.)

[47] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 108 H 91 (Extract)

[48] (تأويل الآيات 2: 726/ 7)

[49] (الكافي 8: 287/ 432)

[50] (كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 360/ 3.)

[51] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 80 H 14

[52] Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn – CH 67 H 41

[53] الكافي 1: 358/ 91، تأويل الآيات 2: 686/ 5

[54] تأويل الآيات 2: 663/ 15.

[55] الغيبة: 242/ 39.

[56] Basaair Al Darajaat – P 7 CH 17 H 8

[57] تأويل الآيات 2: 615/ 4 (Extract)

[58] تفسير القمّي 2: 327.

[59] Bihar Al Anwaar – V 53 The book of History – Imam Al Mahdi^ajtf, Ch 29 H 57 a

[60] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 641

[61] تأويل الآيات 2: 576/ 3.

[62] تأويل الآيات 2: 1: 571/ 46.

[63] تأويل الآيات 2: 549/ 18.

[64] Tafseer Abu Hamza Al Sumaly – Hadeeth No. 276

[65] الكافي 1: 361/ 92.

[66] تأويل الآيات 2: 541/ 17

[67] Al Kafi – V 8 H 14629

[68] Al-Kafi – V 8 H 15022

[69] غيبة النعماني: 269/ 41

[70] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 24, The book of Imamate, P 1 Ch 30 H 6

[71] تفسير القمّي 2: 253.

[72] Al Kafi – H 14880 (Extract)

[73] تأويل الآيات 2: 496/ 9.

[74] تفسير العيّاشي 2: 56/ 49.

[75] Kitaab Sulaym Bin Qays Al Hilali – H 25

[76] تأويل الآيات 2: 445/ 9

[77] تأويل الآيات 2: 444/ 6

[78] نهج البيان 3: 232 «مخطوط»

[79] دلائل الإمامة: 248، ينابيع المودّة: 426

[80] Al Kafi – V 8 H 14931

[81] تفسير القمّي 2: 118.

[82] الغيبة: 251/ 8.

[83] الغيبة: 263/ 23.

[84] ». تأويل الآيات 1: 386/ 2، ينابيع المودة: 426.

[85] تأويل الآيات 1: 392/ 18.

[86] الكافي 1: 151/ 5. (Extract)

[87] التوحيد: 157/ 3.

[88] غاية المرام: 317، اللوامع النورانية: 247

[89] تفسير القمّي 2: 87.

[90] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 17.

[91] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 645/ 4.

[92] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 645/

[93] A person not from their^asws immediate families.

[94] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 65/ 117

[95] الغيبة: 243/ 43

[96] دلائل الإمامة: 252

[97] تفسير العيّاشي 2: 254/ 2.

[98] دلائل الإمامة: 251.

[99] تفسير القمّي 1: 141.

[100] تفسير العيّاشي 1 لا 253/ 176.

[101] كما الدين و تمام النعمة: 222/ 8.

[102] فسير العيّاشي 1: 251/ 171.

[103] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 183/ 81، ينابيع المودة: 421.

[104] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 336/ 8

[105] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 357/ 54، ينابيع المودة: 422

[106] تفسير العيّاشي 2: 32/ 90.

[107] تفسير القمي 1: 335.

[108] تأويل الآيات 1: 338/ 16

[109] تفسير القمّي 2: 84. (Extract)

[110] تأويل الآيات 1: 340/ 20

[111] (تفسير القمّي 2: 416)

[112] تفسير القمي 1: 197

[113] تأويل الآيات 2: 444/ 8، شواهد التنزيل 1: 454/ 625.

[114] تفسير القمّي 2: 129.

[115] تأويل الآيات 1: 402/ 5

[116] لغيبة: 181/ 30 (Extract)

[117] تفسير القمّي 2: 205

[118] روضة الواعظين: 104، 116.

[119] كفاية الأثر: 162

[120] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 8 H 7

[121] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 8 H 11

[122] كمال الدين و تمام النعمة: 424/ 1.