[They] have nothing to say!

الْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ دِينِكُمْ فَلا تَخْشَوْهُمْ…[مائده/۳]

This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not … (The holy Qur’an, Surah AL-MAEDA, Verse 3)

Jābir says, “Imam al-Baqir (pbuh) stated about this verse:

How to greet Imam Mahdi (hgr)?

Once a person asked Imam Sadiq (pbuh), “Can we say to Imam Qa`em1 (hgr)’ Asalam o Alaik ya Amir al-Mu`minin [Islamic way of saying Hello]?’ ”

The Imam (pbuh) replied:

“No, this is a name that God allocated to [just] Imam Ali (pbuh), and [since then] no one calls himself so, except an unbeliever.”

Days of Allah

[Once a person said,] “I heard that Imam al-Baqir (pbuh) stated,

‘Days of Allah are three days: the day in which Imam Qa`em1 (hgr) arises/revolts, day of Raj`a 2, and Doomsday)’

….and teach them to remember the Days of Allah. “Verily in this there are signs for such as are firmly patient and constant,-grateful and appreciative. (The holy Qur`an, surah Ibrahim, verse 5)

Satan1’s Dead End [Iblis]

رَبِّ… ………..الوقت المعلوم( حجر ۳۶-۳۸)

(Iblis) said: “O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised.”
(Allah) said: “Respite is granted thee

“Till the Day of the Time appointed.” (The holy Qur`an, surah al- hijr, verse 36&37&38)

Prophet Lut (pbuh)’s beautiful wish

Imam Sadiq (pbuh) stated:

“When Prophet Lut (pbuh) stated to his nation,

…’Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support.’

The Worth of patience in looking forward to [The Emergence]

Imam Ḥusayn (pbuh) stated:

“Of our family there will be twelve Mahdis (pbu th), whose first is Amir al-Mu`minin; Ali ibn Abi Talib (pbuh) and the last is my ninth descendant.

He is the Imam [Mahdi (hgr)] who arises for truth [Qa`im (hgr)]

, God restores the earth to life after its death because of him (hgr), God dominates true religion on all religions by him (hgr)…

The Celestial call in Qur’an 1

Abdulrahman said, “I told Imam Sadiq (pbuh)

‘Enemies blame and call us; liars!”

[When] we say; there are two voices from the sky,

They react, ‘If both of them are from sky, so how are the call of truth and the call of falsehood descriminized?

The Imam (pbuh) stated, ‘What did you reply?’

Time of the Emergence [of Imam Mahdi (hgr)] in Qur’an

[Regarding the Emergence] Mufazzal1 said:

[Once] I asked my lord; Imam Sadiq (pbuh),

‘Does the Awaited Imam; Mahdi (hgr)’s mission have certain time, and should people know that?”

The Imam (pbuh) stated, “Never does God determine his emergence time such that our Shiites know that!

Command to look forward to the Emergence in Qur’an

…فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ [اعراف/۷۱]

…then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting.” (The holy Quran, Surah AL-ARAF, Verse 71)

Imam Riḍā (pbuh) stated:

How pleasant is patience and looking forward to the Emergence!

The era/ moment of the Emergence [of Imam Mahdi (hgr)] in Qur’an

فلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ مُبْلِسُونَ [انعام/۴۴]

Translation:

But when they forgot the warning they had received,

We opened to them the gates of all (good) things,