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SUPPLICATION OF IMAM MAHDI (A.S.)

IN THE BEGINNING OF APPEARANCE

It has arrived in a narration that Mufaddal asked Imam Sadiq (A.S.) that: O’ my master! How and from where will he (Imam Mahdi) reappear?

His holiness replied:

            “O’ Mufaddal! He will appear in solitude; then he will go near the Holy Ka’bah alone, and alone will he enter inside the Ka’bah.

            He will remain alone when the darkness of the night will spread, and when the eyes of people will be sleeping and night’s darkness will increase, Jibreel, Mikaeel and other angels will come to his service in well-arranged queues, then Jibreel will tell his holiness that: O’ my Master, your word has been accepted and the permission for Your reappearance has been granted to you.

            In that state, his holiness will wipe his noble face with his holy hands and say:

« اَلْحَمْدُ للَّهِِ الَّذي صَدَقَنا وَعْدَهُ ، وَأَوْرَثَنَا الْأَرْضَ ، نَتَبَوَّءُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ نَشآءُ ، فَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعامِلينَ »

"Praise to Allah , who has fulfilled for us His promise and made us inherit the earth [so] we may settle in Paradise wherever we will. And excellent is the reward of [righteous] workers."^[1][2]

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