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 The
grandfather has arrived from Bahrain
after his spending two weeks there,
because of the invitation of one of the
friends. The sons got happy because of
his coming back home.
All the family members sat around the
grandfather in the evening.
The son: How was your journey to
Bahrain, father?
The grandfather: It was enjoyable, son.
The grandson: You promised me to narrate
a story for me after your arrival from
Bahrain.
The granddaughter: I am longing for
listening to your nice stories.
The grandfather: Ok…Ok, I'll tell this
story which I heard it from a friend in
Bahrain.
Bahrain was a small country, which was
surrounded by sea, so the bahrainian's
job was fishing and finding pearls.
Their homes were close to each other and
they were living with each other with
peace and loving one other. They were
kind and helping each other
In a specific time, Bahrain was under
the lead of a ruler who didn’t like
anybody just himself. This ruler had
gotten a sly minister. One day the
minister visited the ruler.
The minister: My master…my master! Look
at here my master.
The ruler: What is the
matter with you my dear minister?
The minister: Look at
this pomegranate.
The ruler: What is it?
The minister: It was
imprinted on it: There is no God except
Allah (La Elah Ela Allah), Mohammad is
God's Prophet (Mohamad Rasool Allah)...
And the names of the four caliphs.
The ruler: What?! It's a
miracle…from where did you get it?
The grandfather: The
ruler got surprised from the minister's
saying. He sat up from his chair and
started checking the pomegranate.
The minister: it is
really a miracle…I got it by chance. I
saw it on a tree, so I took it.
The ruler: Now, what do
you suggest to do with it?
The minister: It is our
duty to introduce this miracle to
people.
The ruler: Ok...we will
put it in the center of the castle and
ask people to see it.
The minister: But sir…
The ruler: But what?
The minister: But what
if they deny the miracle or don’t
believe in it?
The ruler: Oh yes my
minister, so what are you going to do?
The minister: I suggest
that we invite all the people to come to
the castle and then we show the
pomegranate, so who believes in it , we
let him go, but if a man denies it, we
will put some conditions for him. First,
we have to send a caller to invite
people to come to the castle tomorrow to
discuss the matter.
The grandfather: The
caller went out by drumming.
The caller: listen up
people! The present tells the absent.
The ruler (god save him) invited the
doyens of people to come to his castle
tomorrow for an important matter, and
who disagree with that, his punishment
will be hard and will be sent to prison.
The grandfather: In the
morning, the doyens of people went to
the castle. The ruler told them the
story of the pomegranate, then he
ordered to bring the pomegranate and
show it to everybody in there and what
was imprinted on its hull. Everybody saw
the pomegranate carefully and got
surprised.
The son: What had
happened after that?
The grandfather: The
ruler let them to choose one of the
three conditions.
The son: What were these
conditions?
The minister: listen up
people. The ruler(god save him) decided
to let the man who denies this divine
miracle to choose one of the three
conditions.
The son: What are the
conditions?
First: He has to pay
money to the ruler the same as the
Jewish man or the Christian man.
Second: If he can't pay
the money, so he have to give us a
suitable answer for this miracle and
prove that it is not right and it is
false.
Third: If he doesn’t do
the first and the second condition, so
he will be killed and his money, family,
and house will be divested, because of
his denying this divine miracle.
The grandfather: When
the people heard the minister's speech,
they got fear and anxious, so they
confer with each other, then they asked
the ruler to respites them three days to
discuss the matter. The ruler agreed
with their request.
The grandson: What
happened after that?
The grandfather: The
doyens of people gathered in a mosque
and they invited their adviser to
discuss how to get rid of this dangerous
trouble.
The grandson: What were
the solutions?
The grandfather: They
decided to choose the best three men,
and each one of them goes to the desert
each night to ask imam al-Mahdi(p.b) to
help him.
The son: Did the three
man do what the people asked them?
The grandfather: Yes
son, the first man went to the desert,
then he started asking and begging god
and worshipping him, but without any
replies. The same as for the second man.
In the third night, people became very
anxious.
 The
granddaughter: Did the third man go to
the desert?
The grandfather: Yes
dear, he was a worshipper and ascetic.
He went to the desert. He was discalced
and started begging imam al-Mahdi(p.b)
to save them from the trouble.
The son: Did god reply
his ask?
The grandfather: Yes, he
saw a light was getting closer and
closer while he was crying and asking
god.
After that the doyen got
relax when he ensured that it was imam
al-Mahdi(p.b).
The doyen: My master, if
you are imam al-Mahdi, there is no doubt
that you know our request and our
hardship.
The imam: Yes, I know
your request and your hardship because
of the pomegranate and what was
imprinted on it.
The doyen: My master!
What is the solution for this hardship?
The imam: The minister
aimed to schism the Muslims and to make
divorcement by this sly game. There was
a pomegranate tree in his house. When
the tree bloomed, the minister made a
mud case in shape of a pomegranate and
halved it and wrote those words, the he
put the pomegranate in that case while
it was on the tree, so when the
pomegranate grew, its hull got the shape
of the case and the words were imprinted
on it.
The son: What a sly game
was it!
The grandfather: When
the doyen got the solution from imam
al-Mahdi(p.b), he returned to the city
and told the people that he will give
the solution to the ruler. So god saved
them from that hardship by imam al-Mahdi
(p.b)
In the morning, people
gathered in front of the ruler's castle
and the doyen was at the beginning.
The ruler: Did you bring
the solution for what I had asked you
about?
The doyen: Yes, but I
won't tell it to you, just in the
minister's house.
The ruler: Ok, no
problem, let's move to the minister's
house.
The grandfather:
Everybody went to the minister's house.
The minister got surprised from the
ruler's coming with people. The doyen
asked the ruler to enter one of the
rooms, but the minister rejected that.
The doyen insisted to enter the room and
he have to enter first with the ruler
before the minister. The ruler accepted
that request.
The son: it seems that
there is something in the room.
The grandfather: Yes my
dear, when the doyen and the ruler
entered the room, they found a white
packet, and then the doyen took the
packet and opened it. He put his hand in
the packet and then he looked at the
ruler and smiled. He put out from the
packet the mud case, which was similar
to the pomegranate. He showed it to the
ruler, and then he ordered to bring the
pomegranate and put it in the case. It
resembled the case in shape and words.
The ruler discovered the
truth and got so angry from the
minister.
The doyen: My master, we
got another miracle.
The ruler: What is it?
The doyen: There is
nothing in the pomegranate except ash
and smoke in the pomegranate. Because it
was kept away from the sunlight and air
because of being inside the case. If you
want to be sure, let the minister open
it.
The grandfather: Then,
the ruler ordered the minister to open
it while he was angry. When the minister
opened it, the ash and the smoke started
moving and flying on the face of the
minister, then the ruler shouted on him.
The ruler: You damned,
you wanted to cheat me and make trouble
between people. I will teach you a
lesson, which you will never forget it.
Guard! Take him to the prison until I
see what should I do with him, and you
the doyen, I ask you to answer my
question before we leave.
The doyen: Go ahead my
master.
The ruler: How did you
know the solution?
The doyen: I knew the
solution from our twelfth imam, Hojah
bin al-Hasan al-Mahdi(p.b) and I asked
him to help us.
The ruler: I think I am
one of the most lucky men today, because
I got the truth and from now on, I
became a believer in imam al-Mahdi(p.b).
The doyen: My master,
these lands are trusteeship with us and
we have to protect them.
The ruler: You're right,
let our people be in peace with the
blessing of imam al-Mahdi(p.b) |
