He -asws would be absent from you all...

He -asws would be absent from you all, the Master -asws of this command, and this (matter) would become so obscure to the extent that it would be said, ‘He -asws died, perished in whichever valley he -asws travelled’, and you all would be tossed about just as the ship gets tossed in the waves of the sea. None will be save except for the one whose Covenant Allah -azwj has Taken, and Written the Eman to be in his heart, and Aided him with a Spirit from Him -azwj .

And there would be raised twelve resembling flags. It would not be known which is from which’. قَالَ فَبَكَيْتُ فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَيْفَ لَا أَبْكِي وَ أَنْتَ تَقُولُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ رَايَةً مُشْتَبِهَةً لَا يُدْرَى أَيٌّ مِنْ أَيٍّ قَالَ وَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ كَوَّةٌ تَدْخُلُ فِيهَا الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ أَ بَيِّنَةٌ هَذِهِ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَمْرُنَا أَبْيَنُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّمْسِ .

He (the narrator) said, ‘So I wept’, and he -asws said: ‘What makes you weep, O Abu Abdullah?’ So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! How can I not weep and you -asws are saying there would be twelve resembling flags, not being know which one is from which?’ And in his -asws gathering there was a skylight through which the sunshine entered. So he -asws said: ‘Is this clear (enough)?’ So I said, ‘Yes’. He -asws said: ‘Our -asws matter would be clearer than this sunshine’.

[13] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ حَدِيثَنَا صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ لَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ إِلَّا صُدُورٌ مُنِيرَةٌ أَوْ قُلُوبٌ سَلِيمَةٌ أَوْ أَخْلَاقٌ حَسَنَةٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَخَذَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا الْمِيثَاقَ كَمَا أَخَذَ عَلَى بَنِي آدَمَ أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ وَفَى لَنَا وَفَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَنَا وَ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ إِلَيْنَا حَقَّنَا فَفِي النَّارِ خَالِداً مُخَلَّداً .

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Barqy, from Ibn Sinan, or someonle else, (It has been narrated) raising it to Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Our -asws Ahadeeth are difficult, becoming more difficult. None can bear it except for an enlightened chest, or a tranquil heart, or excellent morals.

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