[22] VERSES 17 & 18 إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا {17} Surely...

[22] VERSES 17 & 18 إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا {17} Surely, the Day of Decision is (a Day) of appointment [78:17] يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا {18} A Day it would be blown into the Trumpet, so you would be coming in crowds [78:18] منتخب البصائر مِمَّا رَوَاهُ لِي السَّيِّدُ الْجَلِيلُ بَهَاءُ الدِّينِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْحُسَيْنِيُّ رَوَاهُ بِطَرِيقِهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْإِيَادِيِّ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ سُئِلَ عَنِ الرَّجْعَةِ أَ حَقٌّ هِيَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَنْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ يَخْرُجُ عَلَى أَثَرِ الْقَائِمِ ع قُلْتُ وَ مَعَهُ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ قَالَ لَا بَلْ كَمَا ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ‏ يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْواجاً قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ قَوْمٍ (The book) ‘Muntakhab Al Basaair’ – From is reported to me by the majestic Seyyid Baha Al Deen Ali Bin Abdul Hameed Al-Husayni reporting it by his wasy, from Ahmad in Muhammad Al Iyadi, raising it to Ahmad Bin Uqba, from his father, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws .

He -asws was asked about the Raj’at, is it true? He -asws said: ‘Yes’. It was said to him -asws , ‘Who will be the first one to emerge?’ He -asws said: ‘Al-Husayn -asws will emerge upon the tracks of Al-Qaim -asws ’ I said, ‘And the people would be with him -asws , all of them?’ He -asws said: ‘No, but just as Allah -azwj the Exalted has Informed in His -azwj Book: A Day it would be blown into the Trumpet, so you would be coming in crowds [78:18] – group after group’’.

[23] (جامع الأخبار): عن ابن مسعود، قال: كنت جالسا عند أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، فقال: «إن في القيامة خمسين موقفا، كل موقف ألف سنة From Ibn Masoud (A non-Shia source) who said: ‘I was seated in the presence of Amir-ul-Momineen -asws and he -asws said: ‘During the Day of Judgement there are fifty pausing stations, each pausing station being of a thousand years.

فأول موقف خرج من قبره [جلسوا ألف سنة عراة حفاة جياعا عطاشا، فمن خرج من قبره مؤمنا] بربه، مؤمنا بجنته و ناره، مؤمنا بالبعث و الحساب و القيامة، مقرا بالله، مصدقا بنبيه و بما جاء [به‏] من عند الله عز و جل نجا من الجوع و العطش So, the first pausing station – he would be coming out from his grave. They would be sitting for a thousand years, barefooted, hungry, thirsty.

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