Friday Messages: Near or not!

Contributed by bineshan on 28 Jun 2009 - 12:44 AM

The very first individual of human species created on this old earth was Adam (PBUH), the starter of this human race. In other words, Allah -the Compassionate and Merciful- first created a Hojjat and Proof, a Representative and Caliph of Allah, before creating the rest of human race on earth, so that His people would never be without an Allah-Chosen Infallible Proof to follow. This has been the unchangeable Sunnah of the Merciful Allah; the human race on earth has never been and will never be deprived of a Divinely Chosen Guide and Hojjat of Allah.


Allah -Glory be to He- based upon His Encompassing Wisdom, Benevolence, Knowledge, Mercy, Compassion and …, has Willed to create certain individuals with Divinely bestowed capacities to receive Knowledge and Power to be Infallible -those who do not lie, cheat, deceive, seek this world, make mistakes, misguide and …-, to lead human race in this world in the best and most perfect Allah-Specified manner and therefore to smoothly and pleasantly guide humankind toward achievement of true success and ideal beauty Here, and Everlasting bliss and Eternal Salvation in the Hereafter. Ah! Truly, who is more Benevolent and knowledgeable, wiser and kinder than Allah?! But from the beginning, certain malevolent and selfish human beings -led by Eblis- distorted the facts and deceived human through seemingly attractive propositions, and therefore separated human race from the Hojjats of Allah.


One very deceiving, dangerous and satanic proposition has always been that human can lead his own life and society, and needs not the Leadership of Hojjats of Allah. Eblis started this way of thinking when he refused to follow the Hojjat of Allah, Hadrat Adam (PBUH). And from then on, Eblis has been inculcating his followers with this very deceiving idea. History has witnessed that all Prophets of Allah (PBUT) were faced with enmities, and then the Successorship of their Allah Chosen Successors (PBUT) were usurped, and many of them were martyred; these have all been Shaitaan's schemes to separate humankind from the Straight Path to Eternal Salvation which is only achieved through the obedience of the kind and loving Hojjats of Allah; remember, this has been Eblis' promise where he told Allah:


Qur'an 7:16 … I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy Straight Path.


And remember, the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP), in many occasions, including in the Ghadir Sermon, has said:


"O' people! I am the Straight Path of Allah that He has commanded you to follow, and such after me also is Ali, and then my offspring from his loins, the Imams who guide with Truth and turn (people) to it.”


And remember after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP), when the Allah-Bestowed Successorship Right of Ali (PBUH) -which was to save humankind- was usurped, i.e. when Eblis through his followers tried once again to block the Straight Path of Allah, as he had done after previous Prophets (PBUT), this is what the Lady Fatemah (PBUH) said in her Ayaadat Sermon:


"… Woe unto them! they snatched it (Successorship of the Prophet) away from the foundations of the Messenger-ship, fundamentals of the Prophethood and Guidance, away from the place of descent of “Rooh-Ol-Amin” and away from he who is aware of every thing in this world and the Hereafter!

Swear by Allah, (had they accepted Ali's leadership), whenever they would have deviated from the clear Path and from acceptance of the apparent Reasons, surely he (Ali) would have returned them to the Path, and supported and carried them on it, and directed them easily and smoothly, in a way that the carrier would not be damaged, and the guide would not be tired, and the traveler would not be harmed; he (Ali) would have directed them to the pure and limpid fountainhead, overflowing with fresh waters, which had no impurity; he (Ali)would have quenched their thirst; he (Ali) would have benevolently, secretly or openly, guided them; while he (Ali) would never favor himself with the worldly things with any personal gain and pleasure, his only goal from obtaining the world would have been, quenching the thirst of the thirsty, and feeding the hungry; thus, the pious would have been distinguished from the worldly people, and the honest from the dishonest.

'And if the people of the towns had believed and became pious (guarded against evil), We would certainly have opened up for them blessings from the heavens and the earth, but they rejected, so We overtook them for what they had earned.'[Qur'an 7:96]

Behold! Pay attention and listen, in your life times you shall see (dreadful) wonders!

swear by my own existence, it (future, …) has conceived; so wait, until its fruit comes about ; then milk full buckets of fresh blood and fatal poison; on that time, the dealers of untruth shall suffer; and the ones who come to follow shall know the evil which their forefathers have established; so be happy with your world (now), but prepare your hearts for calamities, beware of sharp swords (against you), and assaults of tyrant enemies, and overwhelming and lasting confusions and chaos, and atrocity of oppressors who shall plunder your belongings and harvest you all! …"


Surely history verifies that humankind, for the most part, has turned his back to the Divinely Ordained Leadership of Infallible Ones (PBUT), i.e. away from the Straight Path, and as the direct result has been and is experiencing much dreadful wonders, confusions, chaos, oppression, wars, calamities, injustice, dishonesty, and … .


And today, Eblis is still keeping his promise and is 'certainly lying and waiting for humankind in Allah's Straight Path'; let us not forget that today's Straight Path is Hadrat Mahdi (PBUH). Eblis has been instilling satanic ideas in minds and hearts of mankind that the Appearance of Imam Mahdi (PBUH) is either a lie or it is not going to happen any time soon! In this manner, Eblis is surely keeping humankind away from the only Remaining Infallible Imam, away from the Straight Path which leads to the pure and limpid fountainhead, overflowing with fresh waters, which has no impurity …!


Today that humankind is experiencing and observing so much chaos and …, has the duty to truly Anticipate the Emergence of the Last Infallible Imam (PBUH), as we are commanded:


"Expect the Amr (Matter of Emergence and …) of your Saaheb (lord) in your nights and your days … .


Alas! How neglectful, we all have been! Have we truly believed that our true Anticipation can draw the time of Emergence closer? Have we truly believed that Allah has Promised that He corrects his Amr in just one night if He Wills? Have we truly believed that the Glorious Moment of Appearance could be very very close? …?


We in this site: kindfather.com have been trying to discuss the many aspects of this vital issue in different writings such as the more recent articles: "Justice-oid [1]", "Golden Key", "Melody of last heartbeats" and … . One thing is for sure, our lack of true steadfastness, belief, anticipation and … is prolonging the worldwide chaos, spiritual and physical injustice, and … .


Let us not forget that a true Believer always feels the PRESENCE of the Imam (PBUH) in his/her heart even in Occultation, and therefore always implores Allah to remove all hardships, including the extreme hardship of Occultation, because of HIS BLESSED PRESENCE; and in addition, he/she sees the Emergence very near, right around the corner, and thus Anticipates and prays for APPEARANCE day and night; as he/she recites in the Ahd Supplication:


"O Allah! Remove this sorrow from this nation with his PRESENCE, and hasten for us his APPEARANCE; surely they consider it to be distant while we consider it to be near."

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