A Very Auspicious Day
"And We desired to show favour to those who were abased in the land, and to make them Imams, and to make them the Heirs;” (Holy Qur’an 28:5)
Heartiest felicitations to you on a very auspicious day! Today is the blessed 9th of the month of Rabi al-Awwal, a day of happiness after over two months of mourning for the Chief of Martyrs, Imam Husain (AS), in the months of Muharram and Safar in commemoration of history’s most heartrending tragedy. We celebrate the start of the imamate or divinely-designated leadership of the 12th and Last Infallible Heir of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), after having paid tributes of tears yesterday on the 8th of Rabi al-Awwal to his martyred father, Imam Hasan Askari (AS).
We have firm faith in the promise of God Almighty that on his reappearance, Imam Mahdi al-Qa’em will end corruption and oppression on Planet Earth by establishing the global government of peace, prosperity and justice, as the holy Qur’an refers to: "Certainly, We had written in the Psalms, after the Reminder (Torah), Indeed My righteous servants shall inherit the earth." (21:105).
He will announce his advent at the holy Ka’ba in Mecca with the words: "Ala ya ahl al-alam! An-al-Imam al-Qa’em” (O’ people of the world, know that I am Imam al-Qa’em).”
He will then say: "Ala ya ahl al-alam! Inna Jaddi al-Husain qatalu atashanan, (Know O’ people of the world! Indeed my ancestor [Imam] Husain [AS] was slain in the state of acute thirst).”
"Ala ya ahl al-alam! Inna Jaddi al-Husain tarahuho uryanan, (Know O’ people of the world! Surely, my ancestor [Imam] Husain [AS] lay bare without a shroud or burial.”
"Ala ya ahl al-alam! Inna Jaddi al-Husain sahquho uryanan, (Know O’ people of the world! The bare body of my ancestor [Imam] Husain [AS] was trampled [by the Omayyad horsemen].”
God’s promise is true. Whatever the arrogant and the ignorant do, with all their material and military power, they cannot belie it.
Today, the Pharaohs, the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Achaemenians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Omayyads, the Abbasids, the Ottomans, the British and all other empire-builders have long vanished from the world scene.
Tomorrow, it will be the turn of the United States of America – so far the most satanic of world powers – which is all poised to fall into the dustbin of history, despite its arsenal of doomsday weapons and its monopolization of global economy.
According to Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS), the Gateway of the City of Wisdom and Knowledge, the above cited ayah that God Almighty revealed to His Last and Greatest Messenger, refers to the Imams of the Ahl al-Bayt of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), whose rights were usurped and the day will come when the 12th and Last Infallible Heir of the Seal of Messengers, will appear to establish the global government of peace, prosperity and justice.
The Abbasid regime, superpower of the days, unable to find any trace of the 5-year old orphan and deeming him too weak to pose any danger to their rule, since his mother had predeceased his father and his uncle Ja’far was also against him, continued their misrule of sins, corruption and oppression for a few more centuries, until another bloodthirsty tyrant, the Mongol Marauder Hulaku Khan, thrust the so-called caliph into several sacks and trampled him under the hooves of horses.
As for the boy-Imam, God Almighty – Who had given wisdom to Yayha (John the Baptist) while still a mere child and entrusted prophethood and the scripture to the infant Jesus with the miraculous power to speak from the cradle when the ever rebellious Israelis tried to slander his virgin mother, Mary – ensured that Imam Mahdi (AS) grows into youth and manhood during the Minor Occultation (Ghaybat as-Sughra) before start of the lengthy period of the Major Occultation (Ghaybat al-Kubra), guiding the faithful all the time, like the resplendent sun on cloudy days.
Over a century before the birth of Imam Mahdi (AS), Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS), was expounding to a group of faithful the hadith "the earth has not been devoid of a representative of God, since God created Adam; a representative that was either visible and well-known or invisible and concealed. (Likewise) The earth will not remain devoid of such a representative of God till the occurrence of the Hour (Doomsday), for if it were to remain without God’s representative, then God would not be worshipped!”
A person asked: So how does mankind benefit from an invisible and hidden representative?
The 6th Imam replied: "Just as they benefit from the sun when the clouds hide it!”
For the past 1178 lunar years, the devotees of the Ahl al-Bayt have continued to benefit from the presence of the Imam of the Age, while eagerly awaiting his reappearance for materialization of God’s promise to establish the global government of peace, prosperity and justice.
So firm has been their faith that they have not just weathered the storms of seditions generated by the enemies of Islam and humanity, such as the modern day Wahhabis and Takfiris, but have spread the liberating ideology of God’s promise to make the weak inheritors of the earth when the promised Redeemer of mankind reappears – as is evident by the tens of millions of Nigerians who have become devout followers of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt with readiness to face oppression and martyrdom.
No wonder, Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) said to his divinely-designated vicegerent:
"O Ali, know that the strangest of the people of faith and the greatest of them in certainty are those people who will be in end times. They will not meet the Prophet. And their Imam will be hidden from them. But they will believe (only) due to black upon white."
Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS) explaining this hadith has said:
"The "black upon white" means the writings on paper. It means that these people will believe in the Qur’an and the sunnah as recorded in the books, even though they may not see their Imam.
The 6th Imam has also said:
"When the Qa’em shall arise, he will rule with justice, the tyrants of his time shall fear him, the righteous will be safe, the earth shall reveal its treasures, all the truth-seekers will seek his company and no follower of any religion would
Felicitations on Start of the Mission of Imam Mahdi (AS)
Heartiest felicitations to you on a very auspicious day! Today is the blessed 9th of the month of Rabi al-Awwal, a day of happiness after over two months of mourning for the Chief of Martyrs, Imam Husain (AS), in the months of Muharram and Safar in commemoration of history’s most heartrending tragedy. We celebrate the start of the imamate or divinely-designated leadership of the 12th and Last Infallible Heir of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), after having paid tributes of tears yesterday on the 8th of Rabi al-Awwal to his martyred father, Imam Hasan Askari (AS).
We have firm faith in the promise of God Almighty that on his reappearance, Imam Mahdi al-Qa’em will end corruption and oppression on Planet Earth by establishing the global government of peace, prosperity and justice, as the holy Qur’an refers to: "Certainly, We had written in the Psalms, after the Reminder (Torah), Indeed My righteous servants shall inherit the earth." (21:105).
He will announce his advent at the holy Ka’ba in Mecca with the words: "Ala ya ahl al-alam! An-al-Imam al-Qa’em” (O’ people of the world, know that I am Imam al-Qa’em).”
He will then say: "Ala ya ahl al-alam! Inna Jaddi al-Husain qatalu atashanan, (Know O’ people of the world! Indeed my ancestor [Imam] Husain [AS] was slain in the state of acute thirst).”
"Ala ya ahl al-alam! Inna Jaddi al-Husain tarahuho uryanan, (Know O’ people of the world! Surely, my ancestor [Imam] Husain [AS] lay bare without a shroud or burial.”
"Ala ya ahl al-alam! Inna Jaddi al-Husain sahquho uryanan, (Know O’ people of the world! The bare body of my ancestor [Imam] Husain [AS] was trampled [by the Omayyad horsemen].”
God’s promise is true. Whatever the arrogant and the ignorant do, with all their material and military power, they cannot belie it.
Today, the Pharaohs, the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Achaemenians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Omayyads, the Abbasids, the Ottomans, the British and all other empire-builders have long vanished from the world scene.
Tomorrow, it will be the turn of the United States of America – so far the most satanic of world powers – which is all poised to fall into the dustbin of history, despite its arsenal of doomsday weapons and its monopolization of global economy.
According to Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS), the Gateway of the City of Wisdom and Knowledge, the above cited ayah that God Almighty revealed to His Last and Greatest Messenger, refers to the Imams of the Ahl al-Bayt of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), whose rights were usurped and the day will come when the 12th and Last Infallible Heir of the Seal of Messengers, will appear to establish the global government of peace, prosperity and justice.
The Abbasid regime, superpower of the days, unable to find any trace of the 5-year old orphan and deeming him too weak to pose any danger to their rule, since his mother had predeceased his father and his uncle Ja’far was also against him, continued their misrule of sins, corruption and oppression for a few more centuries, until another bloodthirsty tyrant, the Mongol Marauder Hulaku Khan, thrust the so-called caliph into several sacks and trampled him under the hooves of horses.
As for the boy-Imam, God Almighty – Who had given wisdom to Yayha (John the Baptist) while still a mere child and entrusted prophethood and the scripture to the infant Jesus with the miraculous power to speak from the cradle when the ever rebellious Israelis tried to slander his virgin mother, Mary – ensured that Imam Mahdi (AS) grows into youth and manhood during the Minor Occultation (Ghaybat as-Sughra) before start of the lengthy period of the Major Occultation (Ghaybat al-Kubra), guiding the faithful all the time, like the resplendent sun on cloudy days.
Over a century before the birth of Imam Mahdi (AS), Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS), was expounding to a group of faithful the hadith "the earth has not been devoid of a representative of God, since God created Adam; a representative that was either visible and well-known or invisible and concealed. (Likewise) The earth will not remain devoid of such a representative of God till the occurrence of the Hour (Doomsday), for if it were to remain without God’s representative, then God would not be worshipped!”
A person asked: So how does mankind benefit from an invisible and hidden representative?
The 6th Imam replied: "Just as they benefit from the sun when the clouds hide it!”
For the past 1178 lunar years, the devotees of the Ahl al-Bayt have continued to benefit from the presence of the Imam of the Age, while eagerly awaiting his reappearance for materialization of God’s promise to establish the global government of peace, prosperity and justice.
So firm has been their faith that they have not just weathered the storms of seditions generated by the enemies of Islam and humanity, such as the modern day Wahhabis and Takfiris, but have spread the liberating ideology of God’s promise to make the weak inheritors of the earth when the promised Redeemer of mankind reappears – as is evident by the tens of millions of Nigerians who have become devout followers of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt with readiness to face oppression and martyrdom.
No wonder, Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) said to his divinely-designated vicegerent:
"O Ali, know that the strangest of the people of faith and the greatest of them in certainty are those people who will be in end times. They will not meet the Prophet. And their Imam will be hidden from them. But they will believe (only) due to black upon white."
Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS) explaining this hadith has said:
"The "black upon white" means the writings on paper. It means that these people will believe in the Qur’an and the sunnah as recorded in the books, even though they may not see their Imam.
The 6th Imam has also said:
"When the Qa’em shall arise, he will rule with justice, the tyrants of his time shall fear him, the righteous will be safe, the earth shall reveal its treasures, all the truth-seekers will seek his company and no follower of any religion would
Felicitations on Start of the Mission of Imam Mahdi (AS)