The twenty-first is, a crowd of revived people will be in His Excellency’s entourage (mgehr). Based on a narration from Shaykh Mufīd, twenty-seven individuals from [prophet] Moses (pbuh)’s nation, seven men from Aṣḥāb al Kahf1, Joshua, Salmān, Abū Ḏarr al-Ghifārīy, Abū Dujāna Anṣārī, Miqdād, and Mālik bin al-Ashtar will be His Excellency’s companions. Then, they will rule in [different] towns.
And it has been narrated that, if one recites Ahd prayer, for forty mornings,
“اَللّھُمَّ رَبَّ النُّورِ الْعَظیمِ”
“God! I bring my demand to you, to your almighty power. And to your brightness of your face.”
he will become one of His Excellency’s helpers. Even if he passes away before His Excellency, the Almighty God will bring him out of his grave, to be in His Excellency’s service.
The twenty-second is, the treasures and reserves hidden and deposited in the ground will be revealed.
يَوْمَ تُبَدِّلُ الاَرْضُ غَیْرَ الاَرْضِ
The twenty-third is, the increase of rain, plants, trees, fruits, and other benefits of the Earth. At that time, the condition of the earth will be different from before. So the promise of the Almighty God will be fulfilled that: “On the day when the Earth shall be changed into a different Earth” [2]
The twenty-fourth is that, the intellects of the people will become perfect, thanks to His Excellency’s emergence and putting his blessed hand over people’s heads. There, their hearts will be faded from jealousy; which has become the second nature of mankind, since the day when Abel was slayed!
يُغْنِ اللّهُ كُلا مِنْ سَعَتِهِ
The increase in knowledge and wisdom. [Such as] the knowledge will be instilled into the believers’ hearts. So a believer will not need to acquire his brother’s knowledge. Then, the interpretation of the following holy verse comes true: “Allah will provide for all from His all-reaching bounty”[3].
The twenty-fifth is, the extraordinary power in the sight and hearing [ability] of His Excellency’s companions. It is so much that, if even they are twenty kilometers away from His Excellency, he will talk to them and they can hear and see his majesty.
The twenty-sixth is, the long life of His Excellency’s companions and helpers. It has been narrated that in His Excellency’s domain, a man will live so long, that he will have one thousand sons.
The twenty-seventh is that, plague, disasters, and weakness will be removed from the body of His Excellency’s helpers.
The twenty-eighth is, each of His Excellency’s Aids and Helpers will be given the strength of forty men. And their hearts (will power) will become as firm as pieces of iron. So much that, if they intend to destroy a mountain, they will.
The twenty-ninth is, when His Excellency’s light will suffice for the creatures. And they don’t need the moonlight and sunlight any more.
It has been narrated in the interpretation of the holy verse, as
“اَشْرَقَتِ الاَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّھا”
‘And the Earth will shine with the Glory of its Lord’[4]
There, Imām Zamān (mgehr) is the instructor of [the people of] the Earth.
The thirtieth is, His Excellency will carry the flag of the Messenger of God (pbuh&h).
The thirty-first, the Messenger of God (pbuh&h)’s armor will not fit anybody, except his Excellency. It fits his Excellency’s, just as it did the Messenger of God (pbuh&h).
The Thirty-second is, there is a special cloud for his Excellency; reserved by the Almighty God. and it has been provided by lighting. There, the Excellency will get on it and it will take him to through seven skies and seven Earths.
1. The expression means,” People of the Cave”. They were few young believers from Ephesus [a Greek city] lived in a time when they were tortured for their beliefs. Upon the guidance of God, they fled the city, where believers were persecuted, together with their dog (Arabic: كَـلـب, dog), and took refuge in a cave where they fell asleep. When they woke they found themselves that the people of the city had become believers.
2. Holy Qurʾān, Surah Ibrāhīm, verse 48.
3. Holy Qurʾān, Surah An-Nisa’, verse 130.
4. Holy Qurʾān, Surah Az-Zumar, verse 69.