Thus, grant me patience on it so that I do not like to...
Thus, grant me patience on it so that I do not like to hasten what You have postponed, nor to delay what You have hastened, nor to disclose what You have concealed, nor to discuss what You have kept secret, nor to argue with You in Your planning, and (so that) I do not say why the master of the affairs does not appear while the earth has been filled out with tyranny, and until I relinquish all my affairs to You. O Allah!
I ask You to show me the master of the affairs while has appeared and manifested his command... O Allah! Hasten his relief..."[^1]... [^1]Mafatih al-Jinan, about the end of the book, under Du'aa in the absence of the Imam (PBUH); Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 53, p. 187, Hadith 18.
Although a believer longs for the kingdom of justice of Imam al-Mahdi (PBUH) and earnestly beseeches Allah to hasten the relief of the Imam (PBUH), he is satisfied with Allah's decree if He decides to postpone the time of reappearance.
While his request is in conformity with what Allah instructed him to ask, he submits to what Allah chooses for him according to His wisdom, relinquishes all the affairs to Him, and does not become disappointed from Allah's mercy if the period of the occultation is prolonged. Previous…