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 Huda
has sat in front of her computer, and
her love out of curiosity has pushed her
to search inside some sites. During that
time, she has faced some questions about
AL-Imam AL-Mahdi (God hastens his
gracious appearance). And this has
pushed her to look deeply in her
readings, but she has found herself
powerless to solve them. Therefore, she
has brought her private copybook about
AL-Imam AL-Mahdi (God hastens his
appearance), and she has recorded all
the questions in order to get enough and
satisfied answers. After she has
finished, she has closed her computer.
Then, she has begun to look for her
mother inside the house, But she has not
found her. Thus, she has gone to the
garden, and she has found her
grandmother sitting there.
Huda: Oh! My grandmother, where is my
mother, I have been looking for her?
Grandmother: She has gone to the
neighbor, and she will come soon.
Huda: Well, I will sit with you for
awhile, until the return of my mother.
But you have to tell me "why are you
sitting alone?"
Grandmother: I like to enjoy the sun
light, because our bodies need this kind
of light.
 Huda:
But the sky is covered with clouds, and
cloud has kept the sun.
Grandmother: This does not form an
obstacle. Though, light can reach us.
But can you tell me about the copybook
in your hand?
Huda: It is a note book about AL-Imam
AL-Mahdi (God hastens his gracious
appearance); you have made me remember
to ask you, my dear grandmother.
Grandmother: I am at your command, with
pleasure.
Huda: There are people who say that the
Shiites believe in a hidden Imam. And he
has disappeared for more than one
thousand year. Until now, they talk
about him and mention his favors and
they are continually calling Allah to
support him. And they are waiting his
appearance to fill the earth with
justice. But nowadays he is hidden. What
is the benefit which people will get
from this disappearance? And I have seen
some sites have dared to say that there
is no difference between the existence
of AL-Imam AL-Mahdi (God hastens his
appearance) and his absence. In both
cases, there is no difference. The
grandmother has smiled after she has
heard that speech.
Huda: Why do you laugh?
Grandmother: I have laughed about the
bats' speech.
Huda: The bats' speech?
 Grandmother:
Yes, my dear. This question has made me
remember a tale I have heard from my
teacher; when I have been at your age.
Huda: What is that tale?
Grandmother: I will answer these
questions, and then I will narrate the
tale of "blind bat".
Huda: Well my grandmother. I am eager to
hear you, and my pen is ready to record
your answers.
Grandmother: Huda you have to know that
the main reasons behind asking these
wicked questions is that thos people
have weak faith and lack of knowledge in
their God and his Holy book. What I want
to say: Is it reasonable to say that
anything we can not see is useless?
Huda: Are there things we can not see
them, and we can get benefits from them?
Grandmother: Yes, my dear. I will give a
simple example. Can you tell me that
there is a person has seen the air which
is considered the main element of life?
Huda: No one has seen it.
Grandmother: If we can not see it, can
we deny its effect in the life of human
beings?
Huda: Absolutely no.
Grandmother: Therefore, there is a
similarity between the existence of
AL-Imam AL-Mahdi and the existence of
air. All beings depend in her existence
upon Him ,but he is hidden .His
disappearance dose not mean that beings
become independent, and not in need of
him? Absolutely, they are in need of
him in every minute , because the earth
must have a successor from God.
Otherwise, the earth will be filled with
chaos.
Huda: I can say that this is the first
benefit.
Grandmother: Yes, my dear. The existence
of AL-Imam AL-Mahdi (God hastens his
appearance) is a source of getting
knowledge and faith. Therefore, who does
not know the Imam of his era, he will
die as those who do not believe in Islam
in the earlier ages.
 uda:
This is the second benefit.
Grandmother: You know my dear that
AL-Imam AL-Mahdi (God hastens his
appearance) is the right Imam who is
chosen by God in our era to be a witness
for us in the Hereafter. If he is not
existed in our world. Who will be a
witness for us in the Hereafter?
Huda: This is the third benefit.
Grandmother: His existence among us is
considered a source of safety and
stability for ourselves, because his
existence as the existence of the
prophet of God (God's blessings be upon
him and his progeny). If we are assured
of his existence, even if he is absent.
We will know that torture will be away
from us and mercy will include us. And
his existence has to be a reliable
source of safety and stability.
Huda: This is another great benefit.
Grandmother: The existence of AL-Imam
AL-Mahdi (God hastens his gracious
appearance) is a kind of mercy for us,
he helps poor people, guide the lost
people, and save the believers .Do you
see how many sick man was recovered by
the blessings of AL-imam(God hasten his
appearance)
Huda: Are there any other benefits?
Grandmother: The benefits of AL-Imam AL-Mahdi
existence can not be counting, his
existence is giving hope to those who
waiting him. Also, there are another
benefits, he is taking care of his
Shiites and call God to send His
blessings on them. Therefore, people
will get great benefits from his call
which God will never disappoint him at
all.
Huda: I wonder how I forget all these
benefits.
 Grandmother:
I have not finished until now. His
existence is giving vitality to the
message of Islam and continuing its
existence and keeping its sacred rules.
Huda: I have never imagined all these
benefits.
Grandmother: And those who believe in
his Imamate and wait for the last moment
in their life, they will get God's
blessings absolutely.
Huda: Praise be to Allah for all these
benefits and blessings.
Grandmother: I will end my speech with
another great benefit. The benefit which
we get it from his existence as the
benefit which we get it from sun if it
covers by clouds. All beings like trees,
human beings, plants, lands need sun
light. And if it is beyond clouds: If
night is continuing for ever, can we say
that life will continue in this world?
The existence of AL-Imam AL-mahdi gives
brightness to this world and without him
the world will be dark. Without him
there is no light, stability, etc. Can
we live without the existence of sun?
Huda: I think I have got acceptable
answer. Now, I am eager to hear the tale
of "The Blind bat".
Grandmother: I has been tolled that
there has been a blind bat has flew
during the brightness of the day to hunt
insects to eat them.
Huda: How can this blind bat hunt them?
Grandmother: The bat has a unbelievable
high sensative ability to hear. The bat
produces certain sound and when it hits
certain things, this sound will go back
to him. Thus, the bat will be able to
know the place of this thing and attack
on it
Swiftly, and this bat hates high sounds
because these sounds will disturb him.
When the feast has come, children group
around the swings, and they have been
laughed loudly; therefore, the bat has
disturbed from that.
Huda: What the bat has done to them.
Grandmother: The bat has cried loudly:
The bat: Don’t play here. Go to your
home. I hate loud sounds.
Grandmother: But the children have not
pay attention to him or obey his order.
Grandmother: The bat has decided to cut
the swings ropes because they have been
an obstacles restrain his flying.
Huda: Has the bat done that?
Grandmother: Yes, the bat has cut the
swing ropes into small pieces in order
to prevent them from playing with swings
and not tie them again.
Huda: This bat is an animal without
heart or conscience.
Grandmother: Yes, my dear. This is the
habit of wicked people.
Huda: Surely, the children have become
sad.
Grandmother: Off course my dear. But
fortunately sun was seeing what happened
.
Sun: I have to do something to prove for
those children that I love their laugh
and their playing.
Huda: What can sun do?
 Grandmother:
Sun has cried loudly.
Sun: Do you think I will be silent
without punishing you. Oh, blind bat.
Huda: What has sun done to bring back
happiness for children again?
Grandmother: Sun has sent its ropes of
light to all children in order to make
new swings. The children have become
very happy. The blind bat has feared a
lot when the laughs of children have
spread again and the bat has wondered.
Thus the blind bat has decided to cut
sun ropes also. But the blind bat can
not do that because they have been very
strong. Whenever the bat has been flown
and hits one of the sun ropes, the bat
has become very tired and fallen on the
ground and had no longer able to control
himself.
Huda: What has happened then?
Grandmother: When the children have
finished their play and sun has set, the
bat has got up and it has begun to fly
without hearing their laughs. Therefore,
the bat has decided not to fly during
the brightness of the day and the blind
bat has begun to tell the animals about
sun. The bat has told them that sun is
useless and harmful and many other lies
about sun. From that day whenever I hear
someone talks about our sun AL-Imam AL-Mahdi
I remember this tale.
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