‘Does God need to know guilty people by their marks, despite the fact that he created them?!’
I asked [again], ‘May I be thy ransomed! What is the meaning of the verse, then?’
The Imam (pbuh) stated, ‘When Imam Qa`em (mgehr) arises, God gives (grant) him the science of knowing [sinners by] their marks (so he knows them by their complexions and confronts them, then)”
……, and that they should not become like those to whom was given Revelation aforetime, but long ages passed over them and their hearts grew hard? For many among them are rebellious transgressors (Holy Qur`an, Surah AL-HADID, verse 16)
: Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their religion – the one which He has chosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to one of security and peace:….( Holy Qur`an, Surah Al-Noor, verse 55)
Once I went to Kūfah mosque
and saw Imam Ali (pbuh). He was writing something by his finger and had a smile on his lips.”
I asked, ‘O, Amir Al mu`minin2! What happened?’
The Imam (pbuh) stated:
I wonder when a person reads the following verse,
And We wished to be Gracious to those who were being depressed in the land, to make them leaders (in Faith) and make them heirs,….( Holy Qur`an, Surah AL-QASAS, verse 5)”
و جَعَلَها کلِمَةً باقیَةً فی عَقِبهِ لَعلَّهُم یَرجِعون [زُخرُف/۲۸]
And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came after him, that they may turn back (to Allah). (Holy Qur`an, Surah AZ-ZUKHRUF, verse 28)
و لَمِنَ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعدَ ظُلمِه فَأولئکَ ما عَلیهم مِن سَبیل.[شوری/۴۱]
But indeed if any do help and defend themselves after a wrong (done) to them, against such there is no cause of blame.
(Holy Qur`an, Surah ASH-SHURA, verse 41)
: Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in the heavens and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to enlighten them! (Holy Qur`an, Surah LUQMAN, verse 20)
قالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُبتَليكُم بِنَهَرٍ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنهُ فَلَيسَ مِنّي وَمَن لَم يَطعَمهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنّي إِلّا مَنِ اغتَرَفَ غُرفَةً بِيَدِهِ فَشَرِبوا مِنهُ إِلّا قَليلًا مِنهُم… [بقره/۲۴۹] Translation: …he said: “Allah will test you at the stream: if any drinks of its water, He goes not with my army: Only those who taste not of […]
️أمَّنْ يُجِيبُ المضطر إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ [نمل/۶۲]
Or, Who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and Who relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth? :….( Holy Qur`an, Surah Al-Naml, verse 62)
[Once], Imam al-Baqir (pbuh) stated:
This verse is about our Qa`em (hgr);
when he arises he wears his turban,
