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Could you please explain what is meant by a “time indicator”? I don’t understand the sentence, “The reality of time is distinct from its indicator, though the two can be brought together.”
A “time indicator” is something that shows the time, such as the crescent moon, which helps people determine when certain times occur. The reality of time is distinct from its indicator, though the two can be brought together. Imam Mahdi (AJ) is the locus in which divine knowledge is manifested, with time and space as its two principal dimensions.
The moon, even as a moon, is a clock for the days and a display of time! It has thousands upon thousands of great benefits, yet at the same time it is a heavenly clock!
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They ask you about the phases of the moon. Say: “They are markers of time for people and for the pilgrimage…”
Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him), while embodying the Most Beautiful Names of God, also holds the station of divine will, intention and decree. He is the vessel in which divine knowledge is manifested, the vessel for the appearance of existence—whose two principal dimensions are time and space.