و لا حول و لا .

و لا حول و لا .« قوه إلّا بالله العلي العظيم “O Ali Ibn Muhammad Seymouri! May Allah increase the reward of your brothers concerning you? You will die after six days. Now, you don’t appoint anybody as your successor for special deputyship because the door of representation now stands closed and the major occultation shall begin. The reappearance will not occur except by the order and permission of Allah.

This reappearance will take place only after the earth becomes replete with injustice, oppression, and the hardening of hearts. Beware! Soon there will be 32 This book was compiled by the martyr Sayed Husain Shirazi (a.r.) and has been translated into Persian by the author of this book. a number of my Shias who will claim to meet me. Anybody who makes such a claim before the emergence of Sufyani and the heavenly shriek is a liar and a deceiver.

There is no power and strength except that of Allah.33” In this letter, mention has been made of the prolongation of the major occultation, the shutting of the door of representation, and the fact that anybody claiming to meet Imam (a.s.) at will, is a liar and a cheat. Six days after the receipt of this letter, Ali Ibn Muhammad (a.r.) completed his pending tasks, made his will and expired.

This was the brief history of the minor occultation till the commencement of the major one, which began when Imam-e-Zaman’s (a.t.f.s.) age was seventy-four. 33 Behaar al-Anwaar, by Allama Majlisi, vol. 51, p. 361. Previous…