I asked with respect...

I asked with respect, “May I be sacrificed on you, there are so many people on the surface of the earth, how is it possible for Qaim (aj) to make all of them Muslims or eliminate them?” He replied, “When the Almighty Allah desires something, He makes the less more and the more into less.”[^3] It is narrated from Abu Baseer that he said: I asked His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) regarding the interpretation of the verse: هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ “He it is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over all religions, though the polytheists may be averse.” (Qur’an, Surah Taubah 9:33) He said, “By Allah, its realization has not come yet.” I asked, “May I be your ransom, when will it be realized?” He said, “When the Qaim rises, God willing.

When the Qaim rises, there will be no disbeliever or a polytheist but he will dislike his rise. Even if there will be a disbeliever or a polytheist inside a rock, the rock will call out, ‘O, believer, there is a disbeliever or a polytheist inside me, so kill him.’ So Allah brings the disbeliever to him, and he kills him.”[^4] It is narrated from Mufaddal bin Umar that he said: I asked His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) regarding the interpretation of the verse: وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ “And most certainly We will make them taste of the nearer chastisement before the greater chastisement that haply they may turn.” (Qur’an, Surah Sajdah 32:21) He said: “The least chastisement is the chastisement of Saqar and the Greatest chastisement is the armed uprising of Mahdi (aj).”[^5] In Kashful Bayan it is mentioned from Imam Sadiq (as) regarding the same verse that he said: “The least chastisement is famine and draught and the Greatest chastisement is the armed advent of Mahdi (aj) in the last period of time.” In Biharul Anwar it is quoted from Al-Ikhtisas that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) said: “When the Qaim arises, he would come to the plains of Kufa and tap the ground with his foot and gesture with his hand.