The Mahdi, the Master of Wisdom

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🌼🔆🌼Mahdi, the Rider of Transcendent Technology🌼🔆🌼
🔹The Birth of His Eminence the Awaited One (AJ) and the Mid-Sha‘ban Celebration

📅 Date: 1404/11/15 – 15 Sha‘ban 1447
✨ Session: Meshkat-e Noor
🎤 Speaker: Master Ali Saei
📝 Some points discussed in the session:
🌷 Greetings to the Celestial Beings

Greetings to the celestial beings of the world, accompanied by the melodious invocation of blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad. It is the night of the birth of the new life of all existence, the very soul of existence, His Eminence Mahdi (AJ). O God, make Your Proof known to us. If we do not know Your Proof, we will go astray, lose our faith, stray from Your path, turn away from faith and draw near to hypocrisy. O God, open the way to Your Proof for us Yourself. O God, take hold of our hearts and souls Yourself and join them to Your Proof.

What, truly, is the secret of our connection with God’s Proof? If even the smallest particle in this universe were separated from God’s Proof, it would be severed from its lifeline and would die. Life without God’s Proof is impossible. We are with God’s Proof at every moment, so why do we not feel it? Why can we not grasp this great secret? Why do we not taste this immense delight? Why can we not perceive its pleasure? Is there some special bridge of connection? Some particular nerve of which we have been unaware? Has our nerve of connection to the Proof been severed, stopped working?

Indeed, the secret of connection with God’s Proof, our transcendent bridge of connection with God’s Proof, is purity, it is wisdom, it is knowledge, it is reason, it is ethics. A person may acquire knowledge, and even wisdom, but cannot reach God’s Proof. The only key is purity, for wisdom too can be imprisoned in the heart of a hypocrite. If I have gained wisdom, I must not take pride in myself, for I have trapped wisdom within my own soul.

⌛️ The Time of Waiting and Safeguarding the Trust

When did the time of waiting begin? At the very dawn of this universe’s existence. We entered the world bearing that covenant. When will the time come to run toward God’s Proof? Will it be when His Eminence appears—when the time comes to run toward him? It is not so. Whoever is asleep when the time of the Appearance comes will remain asleep forever. Our waiting began the moment we entered this world; the time to run has already come. From the very beginning of our infancy—or even before—we ought to have run toward God’s Proof and reached him. If we have not run, we will be left behind.

The time of Occultation is a time of stewardship. We are entrusted with a treasure: the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Household have been placed in our care, and we must deliver this trust intact to its rightful owner. During the Occultation, each person has a particular share in His Eminence’s Appearance and flourishing. The measure of one’s devotion will be determined by these grades and shares. What has my contribution to hastening His Eminence’s Appearance been? What is my score in the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Household?

Here is one of the secrets of the Appearance: soon the time will come when wisdom and knowledge depart from impure hearts. That wisdom, the believer’s cherished lost possession, is in the hands of the unworthy. Both knowledge and wisdom are captive to hypocrisy, disbelief and polytheism, but soon they will settle in their rightful home. The beautiful outward appearance of those given to hypocrisy and polytheism is due to the wisdom and knowledge imprisoned within them. When the chains holding knowledge and wisdom captive in the hearts of devils are broken, their hideous faces and foul stench will be revealed to the world.

🧠 Building Capacity and the Supreme Computer

Reason is one in all existence. There is only one intellect, and all intellects are facets of that one—like a sun whose rays are the intellects of all humanity. The time will come when we are suddenly connected to the sun of reason. Our own small computer will no longer be small; it will be connected to God’s Supreme Computer. Whoever lacks the capacity will be consumed. Have we cultivated that capacity or not?

Those who could not close their eyes at night, whose hearts beat with love for God, are the ones building their capacity so they can connect all at once to that supreme Proof. The vessel of the End Times is with God. Whoever boards before the Appearance will be safe, while anyone who lets the moment slip away will drown. How lightly we have taken the matter of the Appearance!

🔗 A Weighty Word and the Capacity to Bear It

«إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا»(Truly, We shall soon cast upon you a weighty word.) The Qur’an is God’s weighty word, beyond anyone’s capacity to bear. The mountains could not bear the silent Qur’an! Who, then, will be able to bear God’s speaking Qur’an?

When God’s Proof appears, it will be as though God’s speaking Qur’an has descended upon us. Are we ready to bear this mighty word of God? The heavens, the earth, and the mountains could not accept this great trust of God; they were afraid and turned away. But man, ever unjust and ignorant, accepted the burden of this trust. The time will come when it must be borne. To comprehend the Twelfth Proof, we need a power greater than the seven heavens and the earth and all the mountains. In other words, if I wish to grasp the grandeur of God’s Proof, my own being must rise above the whole universe.

💡 The Outer Proof and the Light Within

What can we do to find the signs of our Imam of the Time? Until the proof within us awakens, I will not see the outward Proof. If my heart is not illumined, I will not sense the light outside me. If a person’s mind is extinguished, even if they stand within the sun, they will see no light. So first the proof inherent in my nature must awaken, so that I may behold the outward Proof.

In every believer’s heart, the light of their Imam burns. When the radiance of faith shines bright, my Imam of the Time is in my heart. If I lose faith, the light of the Imam will depart from within me. I am blind, unable to see God’s light. But does God’s light ever set? «لَا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ» is; it never sets. My Imam of the Time smiles at the whole universe each moment with his beautiful face.

The whole universe revolves around my Imam of the Time, while my Imam of the Time seeks out his Shi‘a. Is that not astonishing? Everyone circles the Imam of the Time (AJ); our Imam of the Time is the Ka‘ba of all the righteous and the inhabitants of the celestial realm, yet he himself goes from street to street, seeking his Shi‘a, hoping to find some sign of them.

🔍 Beholding the Imam of the Time (AJ) through Wisdom and Reason

How can I behold my Imam of the Time? He is God’s great wisdom—the wisdom of life, the wisdom of beauty, the wisdom of truth. If I find a trace of wisdom in my heart, I will behold my Imam of the Time as well. Wisdom seeks a faithful heart and flees from the heart of a hypocrite. The believer’s heart is a place of peace and rest for wisdom; the hypocrite’s heart is its prison of torment.

No one devotes themselves wholly to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for forty days without springs of wisdom flowing from their heart to their tongue. Let us not forget that our Imam of the Time is God’s flowing wisdom. In other words, whoever devotes themselves wholly to their Lord for forty days will have their Imam of the Time embrace their heart and soul.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said: Whoever loves us, the People of the Household (AS), and fulfils the rights of our love, streams of wisdom will flow from their heart to their tongue. Put another way, their Imam of the Time will speak through them.

It is not enough for me simply to love my Imam of the Time. In the middle of the night, in its darkness, I must examine my heart. In solitude, I must take stock of myself. When strangers turn their gaze toward me, when sins call me to them—that is when I will discover whether I truly love the People of the Household or am their enemy. Whoever loves their Imam of the Time flees from sin and disobedience.

To meet my Imam of the Time, I must strengthen my reason. Reason can be strengthened only through noble character. We prophets were charged with speaking to people according to the measure of their reason. So my Imam of the Time’s occultation is the occultation of my own reason. My reason is absent, and so I cannot see my Imam of the Time. Through reason, the depths of wisdom are brought forth; through wisdom, the depths of reason are brought forth.

⏳ The Age of Occultation: A Special Class for the End Times

The Age of Occultation is a special class for the end times: an era of discipline, training, practice, and preparation for a momentous event. The final seconds of the end times are the diamond moments of the universe. How can anyone make up for losing these diamond gems? The Age of Occultation is the age of the advent—the beginning of a human explosion. All the energy within this human being is to be released. Whoever is ready for this release will be set free; whoever sleeps on will be left with nothing but charcoal.

This is the age in which we come to know our extraterrestrial companions. We will stand alongside our sisters and brothers from beyond Earth and beyond the cosmos, together in one rank, revealing the unity of the vast order of servitude to God.

📖 The Veil Between Me and God’s Proof

Whoever fails to find and recognize the Imam of their time before his advent will not recognize him after it either. Perhaps we will see that, time and again, we rejected our Imam, spurned him and drove him away. After his advent, we will be unable to raise our heads for shame.

Why can we not see the beauty of our Imam? Because his beauty is like the beauty of the Qur’an. The very veil that stands between me and the word of God also stands between me and God’s Proof. It is because I do not believe in the Day of Resurrection. If I did, I would flee from sin and hasten toward obedience to God.

Time and again, my Imam has called us directly to himself, to God, to guidance. I have not accepted his call; I have not looked upon him. «وَتَرَاهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ» (You see them looking toward you, yet they do not see). Joseph’s brothers entered his presence, and he recognized them, though he was a stranger to them. Why? Because with a heart that was not attuned to the Imam of the Age, I could not recognize him.

🛡 The Armor of Wisdom: Protecting the Shi‘a

Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will bring His way to pass through the Qa’im. He will carry him to the east and west of the world, reveal to him the earth’s treasures and minerals, grant him victory through awe, and fill the earth with justice and equity.

These are the words of our master, Amir al-Mu’minin, describing our master, the Imam of the Age. They hold many secrets: “[The Imam of the Age] has donned the armor of wisdom, and acquired wisdom in all its proper forms…” What is this wisdom that the Imam of the Age both armors and adorns with every beauty? It is the Shi‘a of our Imam of the Age. Our Imam has found his Shi‘a. Lest they fall prey to hypocrisy, he must clothe this wisdom in armor, so that they do not become captives of the worldly-minded. The Imam keeps his Shi‘a within a fortress, safe from being stolen away; within that fortress, he adorns them with every beauty, so that when they emerge from the armor, their beauty will leave the entire universe spellbound.

He is a stranger when Islam becomes a stranger. When our Imam becomes a stranger, his Shi‘a, too, become strangers. Those who await our Imam are not merely people of the end times: from the dawn of creation to its end, they have been searching for him.

☁️ The Unruly Cloud and the Means of the Heavens

Dhu’l-Qarnayn was given a choice between two clouds, and chose the docile one (Zalul). God reserved the fierce, uncontrollable cloud (Sa‘b) for your master, the Imam of the Age. The narrator says, “I asked, ‘What is that cloud?’ He replied, ‘It is a cloud that bears thunder, lightning and bolts of lightning, and your master will ride upon it… He will ascend by means of the means—the means of the seven heavens…’”

The Most Exalted Lord alludes to this in several verses. What is this means by which every hardship is made easy? Our Imam of the Age will ride the fierce cloud and ascend by means of the means. The worldly-minded will remain on earth, while our Imam journeys through the seven heavens and beyond.

When [the Imam of the Age] made his blessed appearance upon the earth, he fell into prostration, with these words inscribed on his forearm: «جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ». Then Imam al-Askari (AS) addressed his blessed son: “O Proof of God, speak.” The Imam replied: «أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ…» Then he named each of the successors, until he came to Imam al-Askari and greeted him. The Imam addressed him, saying: “My son, recite what was revealed to the prophets.” Then the Imam of the Age began to recite the Scrolls of Abraham, reading them in Syriac… He then recited the Torah and the Gospel, followed by the Furqan of Muhammad, and recounted the stories of the great prophets.