Verse No. 7

“No time is empty of a good Imam, with whom whoever dies is saved.”

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:

﴿وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ﴾[1]

Translation:

Allah Almighty has said:

“And make us die in the company of the righteous.”

Consideration

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الدَّامْغَانِيُّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ عَنْ قَوْلِ أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ: ﴿وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ﴾، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الزَّمَانَ لَا يَخْلُو مِنْ إِمَامِ بِرٍّ مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ مَعَهُ فَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ، فَلَازِمُوا إِمَامَ الْبِرِّ فِي زَمَانِكُمْ تُفْلِحُوا! قُلْتُ: وَمَنْ إِمَامُ الْبِرِّ فِي زَمَانِنَا؟ قَالَ: رَجُلٌ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْمَهْدِيُّ، قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ نُلَازِمُهُ وَلَا نَعْرِفُهُ؟! قَالَ: إِذَا أَحَسَّ مِنْكُمُ الْمُلَازَمَةَ عَرَّفَكُمْ نَفْسَهُ، كَمَا غَابَ عَنْكُمْ إِذْ أَحَسَّ مِنْكُمُ الْمُفَارَقَةَ!

Translation:

Ali ibn Isma‘il al-Damghani informed us, he said: I asked Mansoor about the statement of the wise, who say: “And make us die in the company of the righteous.” So, he said: “No time is empty of a righteous Imam, with whom whoever dies is saved. So be companions of the righteous Imam in your time to be saved!” I said: “Who is the righteous Imam in our time?” He said: “A man from the family of Muhammad , whom they call the Mahdi.” I said: “How can we be his companions when we do not know him?!” He said: “Whenever he feels companionship in you, he will make himself known to you, just as when he felt separation in you, he hid from you!”