****************************** 75 - Recognition Of Imam-e-Zamana(A.J.T.F.S) ****************************** السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه ****************************** بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ****************************** Chapter: Resemblance of His Eminence to the Prophets (a.s.) ****************************** Topics: Resemblance to Dhulqarnain(a.s) ****************************** Dhulqarnain was not a prophet but he called the people to the path of Allah and he called towards piety and fear of God. Qaim (a.s.) is also not a prophet because there is no prophet after our Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.s.), however His Eminence, would also invite to the Almighty Allah, to piety and devoutness. Dhulqarnain was a Divine Proof on the people.[1] Qaim (a.s.) is also a Divine Proof on all the people of the world. The Almighty Allah took Dhulqarnain on the sky of the world and the whole world was unveiled for him. He saw all the earth – including the mountains and the deserts – from the east to the west; and the Almighty Allah bestowed him the knowledge of everything so that by this he may recognize truth and falsehood. And on his two horns He appointed a chunk of cloud having darkness, lightning and thunder so that he is obeyed. After that he was sent to the earth and it was revealed to him that he must travel to the eastern and the western-most points of the earth.[2] This is mentioned by Allamah Majlisi in the fifth volume ofBiharul Anwar in a lengthy tradition related from Amirul Momineen (a.s.). Qaim (a.s.) took him higher than the first sky then returned him to the earth as we have previously explained. Dhulqarnain was in occultation away from the sight of his people and had a very long occultation. Qaim (a.s.) is also having a very long occultation and in the tradition of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) related by Ahmad bin Ishaq it is mentioned that Ahmad asked: “What is the resemblance to Dhulqarnain and Khizr?” He replied, “A long occultation, O Ahmad…” The full text of the above tradition has already passed in the chapter of Letter ‘Gh’. Dhulqarnain, on the basis of what is mentioned in the Holy Quran reached upto the eastern and the western limits of the earth. Qaim (a.s.) would also be such; as mentioned in the report of Jabir Ibne Abdullah Ansari Kamaluddin through the author’s own chain of narrators that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) say: “Dhulqarnain was a righteous servant of Allah whom the Almighty Allah appointed as a Divine Proof on the people. So he called his people to God and piety. They hit on his horn and he disappeared from them for a long time till they began to debate about him saying: He has died or he has gone into which wilderness? After that he reappeared and came back to his community, but once again they happened to strike at his horn. And there is among you (Muslims) someone who is on his practice and manner. And indeed Allah, the Mighty and Sublime settled Dhulqarnain in the earth and bestowed him with a cause of everything. He reached up to the eastern and the western limits of the earth. The Almighty Allah would repeat his Sunnah in the Qaim of my progeny till he conquers the east and the west of the earth. Till there does not remain any wet and dry place, mountain and highland, that Dhulqarnain had crossed. And the Almighty Allah would expose for him the treasures and mines and He would help him by giving him awe and through him He would fill the earth with justice and equity in the same way as it would be full of injustice and oppression.”[3] Dhulqarnain had jurisdiction and control over the whole world. Qaim (a.s.) would also have jurisdiction and control over the whole world. Dhulqarnain was not a Prophet but he was a recipient of Divine revelation as mentioned in the traditions. Qaim (a.s.) in the same way is not a Prophet; but as mentioned in the traditions, divine revelation would descend on him. Dhulqarnain rode on a cloud. Qaim (a.s.) would also sit on a cloud. That which proves this matter is a tradition that Saffar and Allamah Majlisi have quoted inBasair and Biharul Anwar respectively through their own chain of narrators from Abdur Raheem from His Eminence, Abu Ja’far Baqir (a.s.) that he said: “Dhulqarnain was given a choice to choose between two clouds and he chose the tame one and the hard cloud is saved for your master. The narrator says: I asked: Which is the hard one? He replied: That which is having lightning and thunder. Your master would ride on that cloud, once he will ride the cloud and reach to the ‘Sevens’ the seven heavens and the seven earths, five for building and two for demolishing.”[4] And in Basairud Darajaat a tradition similar to this is narrated through the author’s own chain of reporters from Surah from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.).[5] And through the chains of those two (Basair and Ikhtisas) from His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (a.s.) it is narrated that he said: “The Almighty Allah gave Dhulqarnain the choice of two, hard and tame clouds and he chose the tame one and it is one in which there is no lightning and thunder. And if he had chosen the hard one it would not have become available for him because the Almighty Allah has stored it for Qaim (a.s.).”[6] ******************************* Reference: Book: Mikyalul Makarim [1] A tradition says that his name was Ayyash and another tradition says that it was Ayyasha. And Allamah Majlisi has said: According to reports he was other than Alexander and he lived at the time of Ibrahim and the first rulers after Nuh (a.s.). (The Author) [2] Biharul Anwar; Vol. 12, Pg. 198 [3] Kamaluddin, Vol. 2, Pg. 394 [4] Biharul Anwar; Vol. 12, Pg. 182, Al-Ikhtisas, Pg. 194 [5] Basair ad-Darajaat, Pg. 408 [6] Biharul Anwar; Vol. 12, Pg. 183 ******************************* اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ وَاﻟْﻌَﻦ أَﻋْﺪَاﺋَﻬُﻢْ ْ اَﺟْﻤَﻌِﻴن ******************************* Join Group: Shahensha-e-Karbala WhatsApp/Hike/Telegram +919769525868 *******************************
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