Question No. 3020 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified Content level: Intermediate

What Is the Truth and Wisdom Behind Each Hour Being Assigned to an Imam?

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What is the truth and wisdom behind assigning each hour to a particular Imam? Aren’t they all one light?

Subject category: Ahl al-Bayt and Islamic History Theology and Creed The Infallible Household (Ahl al-Bayt)

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Just as the year is completed by twelve months, each with its own special place, the hours of day and night are likewise brought to completion through each of the Imams (AS). The light of truth, reality, and wisdom is made complete through each of them, like letters that together form a single word. This means that each Imam manifests a particular aspect of the one divine light in his own time.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

Just as the year is made complete by its twelve months, each with its own special and distinct place, the hours of night and day, too, are made complete through each of the revered figures, one by one.

The niche of truth, reality and wisdom, like Meshkat-e Noor, is made complete through each of the revered figures, one by one—just as letters come together to form a single word.

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What Is the Truth and Wisdom Behind Each Hour Being Assigned to an Imam?

The essence and first answer at a glance (60-word summary)

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

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