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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Discussion On Imam-e-zaman(a.t.f.s.) The Primary Perfections of Imam-e-zaman (a.s.) Another question that arises is as to what is the highest perfection of Imam-e- Zaman (a.s.)? The responsibility and duty that Allah the Almighty has imposed on our Imam-e-Zaman (a.s.) is more important than that of other Imams (a.s.), rather it is even more significant that that of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

The reason being that generally, Allah has two levels of duties for His creatures, one is of conveyance (iblaagh) and the other is of implementation (ijraa). That is, at the first level, Allah states that these are the commands and at the second level, He orders that the commands that I have specified should be implemented. The stage of conveyance commences from the beliefs and terminates at the laws of Shariat.

From Hazrat Adam (a.s.) to the Messenger of Islam (s.a.w.a.), there were difficulties for this stage. The people rejected Hazrat Nuh (a.s.) at this very stage of conveyance. Why? Because if what Allah wants is bound to happen or Naba Cultural Organization He forces the people to act on His will, then in this case, there is neither the need for conveyance nor implementation by the people. In other words, Allah will create a robot-like human who will simply follow His commands.

In this case, man will no longer remain human because man is called so till he finds freedom and independence of thought in his existence. He does his works with knowledge and freedom. If Allah snatches this most vital trait from man (of freedom and intention), then the very concept of humanity will be rendered null and void.

In this regard, Allah the Almighty expresses, "And had Your Lord willed, all that is in the heavens and the earth would have believed.52" There would be no responsibility and Allah would snatch from the entire humanity the power to deviate. Everybody would become like sticks, if they were standing, they would continue to do so till eternity. A stick cannot rise and strike somebody on its own. Similarly, Allah would render us harmless like the stick or make us lust-less like the angels.

But as Allah did not desire so, He ordained guidance for the free and independent man that he may achieve the desired aim.