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 Ahmed
had sat sadly in his room and he has
been thinking about what his father has
said before his traveling. He has felt a
kind of disappointment for the first
time in spite of the fact that he has
been known of his intelligence, and he
has asked himself: "can I succeed to
prove to my father that my love to
AL-Imam AL-Mahdi is very tremendous, or
let my sister Huda be better than me in
showing her love to the hidden Imam?
Then he retired to his bed, suddenly he
has heard light knocks on his door.
Ahmed: come, please Suddenly, an old man
has entered with a great charisma; Ahmed
has stood and greeted him.
Grandfather: While I have passed near
your room, I have seen your light has
not switched off; therefore, I have
wondered about that, and I have said in
myself, Ahmed has forgotten to switch
off his light before he has retired to
his bed.
Ahmed: No, my grandfather, I was unable
to sleep.
Grandfather: Why my son?
Ahmed: My mind was busy with my father
speech.
Grandfather: I wish that everything is
good.
Ahmed: First of all, have a seat my
grandfather.
Grandfather: I am sitting now "tell me
what you have heard from your father".
 Ahmed:
Our father has said to us.
Father: If you love AL-Imam AL-Mahdi
(God hastens his appearance) as you say,
you have to know about him more, because
who love certain person, he has to know
everything about his beloved, and love
will increase according to knowledge.
And this is a chance you can prove your
ability and intelligence during my
traveling; therefore, you have to try to
get information about AL-Imam AL-Mahdi
(God hastens his appearance), and who
get new and further information I will
give him a very valuable present.
Grandfather: What is wrong with that? O!
It is a good matter, Ahmed.
Ahmed: That is true my grandfather, but?
Grandfather: but, what?
Ahmed: I have felt a kind of
disappointment, because my information
is very little, and this means that my
love towards AL-Imam AL-Mahdi is
limited.
Grandfather: You have to be patience and
courageous, and this is a chance for you
to prove your ability and intelligence
and you have to go step by step in
collecting information, and gradually
you will get further information. In
this way your love for AL-Imam AL-Mahdi
will be more.
 Ahmed:
and how can I get a lot of information,
my grandfather?
Grandfather: First, you have to think,
and then you have to ask a lot about
what you think about. And after that you
have to record what you have got in a
private book.
Ahmed: That is right, but I am afraid
that my sister Huda will be better than
me in this matter.
Grandfather: The competition is
something good in this matter; you have
to get the first step; you have to think
quietly, then you can ask about matters
you do not know and I will be ready to
answer any question you want to ask.
Ahmed: So I have to start from the
beginning and the first question comes
to my mind "why do we call AL-Imam
AL-Mahdi the hidden Imam? And why he is
hidden?
Grandfather: This is a nice and good
question, but you have to know the
meaning of the word "hidden".
Ahmed: I think "hidden" means that it
can not be seen by our eyes.
Grandfather: Ahmed, that is right. But
many people may see AL-Imam, but they
can not recognize him.
Ahmed: So he is not hidden .
Grandfather: If he is hidden, why can we
not see him?
Ahmed: I don't know.
 Grandfather:
Ahmed, I will tell you, he is called the
hidden Imam, because his personality
cannot be identified but as a person he
is surely existed.
Ahmed: I can not understand what you say
my grandfather.
Grandfather: I will explain for you my
dear in a very simple and brief manner;
let us suppose that you enter to the
school hall and you find in it thousands
of children and one of them is called
Saeed and you do not know him, in this
way "can you recognize him, my dear?"
Ahmed: Surely, I can not recognize him
among them.
Grandfather: So the person who is called
Saeed is existed between them, and this
is what I mean that he is existed as a
person, but his feature is
unrecognizable.
Ahmed: I understand this phrase.
Grandfather: We may be unable to
recognize him among others, this means
that his name and feature is unknown to
others.
Ahmed: Now I know the meaning of the
"hidden ", it means that he is existed
as a person and may be our eyes can see
him but we can not recognize his
feature as Al-imam Almahdi, because his
identity is unknown.
Grandfather: Ahmed, that is good.
Ahmed: The second part of the question
is remained.
 Grandfather:
Yes dear, do you want to know "why does
AL-Imam disappear and people can not see
him?"? Ahmed: Yes, my grandfather.
Grandfather: I will narrate for you
certain tale and you can get the
sufficient answer.
Ahmed: Surely, I am very eager to hear
you.
Grandfather: I have lived in a very
small and beautiful village, and this
village is surrounded by trees and hills
in everywhere. And this village has one
way that people using it to reach the
town, and at that time I has been very
little boy. One day, the manager of the
municipality decided to erect electric
bar in the middle of the town and making
very large lamp to enlighten the way to
people, so the people have become very
glad; and I remember that we gather in
that night around the bar and we play
and get fun under that lamp. But their
happiness never last long.
Ahmed: Why?
Grandfather: There have been some
thieves and agitators in the village;
they break the lamp at night.
 Ahmed:
O! God, why do they do that?
Grandfather: They have been stolen
chickens and animals, and they do that
in order not to be seen by any one.
Ahmed: What happen after that?
Grandfather: Next day, the municipality
has replaced the broken lamp with
another one, but they break the new lamp
again; so the manager of the
municipality has asked the villagers to
guard the electric lamp.
Ahmed: Do the villagers response
positively?
Grandfather: Yes, at the beginning; but
they gradually felt a kind of boredom,
and the thieves have decided to use the
chance to break the lamp. This situation
has continued, and the lamp has broken
for eleven times. Therefore, the
municipality has determined to prevent
putting new lamps, in order to oblige
the villagers to guard the lamp
 from
the thieves. Since the municipality has
declared the decision, the village ways
have remained in a complete darkness,
because the villagers have given up
guarding the lamp from thieves.
Ahmed: I think you tell me this tale to
mention that human beings do not benefit
from these lamps of the earth,(twelve
Imams), so they dear to kill Ali Bin Abi
Talib (peace be upon him) and his
infallible Imams ,his sons.
Grandfather: Yes, my son. Therefore;
people live in a kind of darkness and
God has ordered AL-Imam AL-Mahdi to hide
himself until his followers be ready to
undertake the responsibility, so God
will give him the permission to appear.
Ahmed: Thank you my grandfather to give
me these valuable information and I will
record everything in my private
copybook.
Grandfather: Now, you have to sleep
swiftly to be able to pray the dawn
prayer.
Ahmed: Good night my grandfather.
Grandfather: You too my grandfather. |
