We do a little!
قَعَدَت بÙÛŒ اَغلاَلی
The chains of sin have stuck me to the ground2
Other times, we haven’t [even] set off, or we have set off but it wasn’t the true way; we have been paving a [wrong] way.
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Lost intention
While you are to say “Amen†when the people pray!â€
It is important; your idea is essential to God! Your intention is important to God. The thing you wish is essential to God. God has created the world for you!
The condition for looking forward to the Emergence
If someone attempts to reach the ImÄm (mgehr) and stays with him, nothing will harm him. However, this is very difficult, because this is the essence of the test that the Almighty God takes from us.
The other technique of the enemies against The Emergence, is destruction.
Destruction is done in two ways:
a ) Inducing doubt: They [the enemies] destroy the addresses’ minds and distort the belief, by coining some questions and doubts, in a cunning way!
b) Humiliation and ridiculing: As in the early Islamic Era, the enemies usually ridicule the believers.
Paying Attention to ImÄm ZamÄn (mgehr)
KhwÄja Aba á¹¢alt al-HirawÄ« was the only one who was aware of the martyrdom of ImÄm RÄ«á¸a (pbuh). MaʾmÅ«n ordered not to let him go free; as he knew about the martyrdom story and would inform the others. ‘Arrest him and send him to jail’ ordered MaʾmÅ«n.
KhwÄja Aba á¹¢alt was in the prison for a year and a half. Finally, his heart broke For a moment and he invoked to ImÄm al-JawÄd (pbuh) in his heart and beseeched,…
“KarbalÄâ€Â The bridge of Emergence
The rise of Imam Huṣayn (pbuh) wasn’t not limited in time and space.
As supporting ImÄm Huá¹£ayn (pbuh) meant fighting in the “battlefront of Karbala”, supporting Ḥojjat ibn al- Haá¹£an1 [ImÄm ZamÄn (mgehr)] is through taking part in the “soft war of knowledge and culture.”
Ä€shÅ«rÄii companions not only weren’t afraid of being wounded by swords and spears, but also they welcomed the martyrdom with smiles.
Have we ever had any divine call in the past?
When His Excellency Ê¿AlÄ« (pbuh) showed those brevities and sacrifices in in the Battle of Uhud1, Gabriel called,”الاسی٠الّا دوالÙقار، ولا Ùتی الّا علی”2 And the people who were present, heard it from the sky…
Zayd ibn Wahab3 told Ibn Masūd4, ‘ʿAlī resistance in Uhud was the matter of marvel!’
Ibn Masud reacted, ‘You are not the only one who wonders! Even the other angels were verily marveled! Haven’t you heard that while he was ascending to sky, Gabriel called, “الاسی٠الّا دوالÙقار، ولا Ùتی الّا علی?!
M like Mother!
Although there is not any available, and clearly explicit biography of ImÄm MahdÄ« (mgehr)’s mother, based on the well- known assumption_ from some narrations_ she played the role of a slave who had been captured in the war, in order to join ImÄm AskarÄ« (pbuh)’s respected family at last. [It had been planned before, by ImÄm AskarÄ« (pbuh)’s father; ImÄm HÄdÄ« (pbuh) in order to save her. Then she married ImÄm AskarÄ«, as she had dreamt it in a heavenly dream.]
The Light of the Guidance
With his martyrdom,
Imam Huá¹£ayn (pbuh) disgraced Umayyad government. And this led to its destruction at last.
Likewise, by his emergence, ImÄm ZamÄn (mgehr) will cause a disgrace in all of the oppressing government in the world.
The signs to recognize and identify ImÄm MahdÄ« (mgehr), from false claimers.
If you have doubts about the event [The Emergence], you will become sure by: seeing “Prophet of God (pbuh&h)’s promise, the flag, the armâ€1, and one of ImÄm Huá¹£ayn (pbuh)’s offspring “Nafs al- Zakiyyahâ€. But if you have doubts again, you will become definite by hearing “The Divine Call2†which calls upon his [ImÄm MahdÄ« (mgehr)’s] name and his divine duty3. (TafsÄ«r al- Najashi, Volume 1, Page 65)