The narrator has said that he then removed the covering from his face...
The narrator has said that he then removed the covering from his face, set down straight, his face looked more cheerful and he said, "This is what I wanted and for this I have come. You think that the knowledge that is free of differences is with the executors of the wills of the prophets. How do they know it?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "Just as the Messenger of Allah knew it except that they do not see what the Messenger of Allah would see.
It is because that he was a prophet and they are the Muhaddithun, spokesmen of the Divine message. The Messenger of Allah, when as a delegate before Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, would hear whatever would have been communicated to him as (Wahy) but they do not hear such communications." He then said, "You have spoken the truth, O child of the Messenger of Allah. I now ask you a more difficult question.
Tell me, why does this knowledge not appear as was it with the Messenger of Allah?" The narrator has said that my father then smiled and said, "Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, disdains to let those people have information about His knowledge whom He has not yet tested with faith. (Such test) was carried out on the Messenger of Allah in the form of his enduring the suffering caused to him from his people so much so that he would struggle against them with His permission.
Many times he would withhold matters that would disappoint his people until he was commanded sternly to convey to them the commandments that he had received and disregard the pagans. "Preach what you have been commanded to and stay away from the pagans." (15:94) "I swear by Allah, had he conveyed the commandments he would have been perfectly safe. He, in fact, considered the obedience and feared differences. For this reason he would withhold.
I would love that you would keep your eye upon the advent of al-Mahdi (the guide) of this nation. (A time) when the angels with the sword of the family of David would make the dead spirits of the unbelievers between the heavens and the earth test the results of their evil deeds and force the spirits of the living ones like them to join the unbelievers. "He then drew a sword and said, "Here it is.
This is one of them." The narrator has said, "Then my father said, "Yes, that is very true, I swear by the One Who chose Muhammad from among the mankind." The narrator has said that then the man drew the cover over his face and said, "I am Ilyas.