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What is meant by the reports that, in the era of the advent, Imam al-Mahdi (AJ) will pass his hand over people’s heads and their intellect will be perfected? Who will this include, and why did the other Imams (AJ) not do the same in their own times?
The perfection of intellect in the era of the advent means that the divine proof will be fully established over creation, leaving no excuse or pretext. When the beauty of the Real and the truth become manifest, everyone will be bound to follow them—and this will be made possible through the perfection of intellect. This perfection means attaining certain knowledge; those who deny the truths will be disbelievers after having attained faith.
Intellect is the first spiritual creation, one of the trusts placed within the human soul, and an inner proof, warrant and guide. Through this great creation of God, His creatures are called to reflect. Each person draws upon the intellect in proportion to the soundness of their choices and the freedom with which they make them, just as earthly beings draw upon the sun’s rays.
The completion of the intellect through the hand of God’s final Proof means that the Proof’s authority over creation is made complete, leaving no excuse or pretext for anyone. For once the intellect is perfected, no truth remains hidden from the human being. When the beauty of God and the truth are made manifest, all people are bound to follow them.
The two poles of the Proof are the sacred being of the Qa’im, peace and blessings be upon him, and the intellect within the human soul. Its perfection completes the magnetism of God’s Proof, by which a person ought to be drawn towards what is right and true. Any deviation from these conditions amounts to a person’s refusal to turn towards, or benefit from, the intellect and the Proof of the Qa’im, peace be upon him; such people incur the fate sealed for those whose hearts are shut. In other words, the perfection of the intellect is the attainment of certain knowledge, and those who deny the truths are unbelievers after having attained faith.
The Imam of the Age, peace be upon him, will unveil the final mysteries of creation, complete the final aims of earthly creation, and bring to an end the mission of God’s vicegerent on earth. This can come to pass only through the perfection of the intellect.
إن الله عز و جل خلق العقل و هو أول خلق من الروحانیین «1» عن یمین العرش من نوره
الکافی (ط - الإسلامیه)، ج1، ص: 21
عن أبی جعفر ع قال: إذا قام قائمنا وضع الله یده على رءوس العباد «2» فجمع بها عقولهم و کملت به أحلامهم.
الکافی (ط - الإسلامیه)، ج1، ص: 25
إن لله على الناس حجتین حجه ظاهره و حجه باطنه فأما الظاهره فالرسل و الأنبیاء و الأئمه ع و أما الباطنه فالعقول
الکافی (ط - الإسلامیه)، ج1، ص: 16