Or it is possible that it may imply the Judgment Day when...

Or it is possible that it may imply the Judgment Day when the believer due to his faith would be given different types of bounties by the Infallible Imams (as) and the disbeliever due to his infidelity would be subjected to an everlasting punishment and permanent torture by the Imams. Majmaul Bayan quotes Ayyashi through his own chain of narrators that His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) said: “We, Ahle Bayt, are that same bounty the Almighty Allah has bestowed to His creatures through us.

And by us people obtain amity after they had been disunited. And through us the Almighty Allah has made their hearts friendly and made them brothers after they had been enemies.

And through us He guided them to Islam and it is the same bounty that would not be stopped and the Almighty Allah would question the people about the bounty that He has given them – that is the Prophet and his Family.”[^3] In Kifayatul Athar and Kamaluddin it is narrated from Muhammad bin Ziyad Azadi that he said that he heard Imam Moosa Ibne Ja’far (as) say regarding the verse: وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً “and made complete to you His favors outwardly and …inwardly.” (Qur’an, Surah Luqman 31:20) “The apparent bounty is the Imam who is seen and the hidden bounty is the Imam who is in occultation.” The narrator says: I asked: “Is there any among the Imams that shall go into occultation?” He replied: “Yes, his person would be unseen by the people but his remembrance would remain hidden in the hearts of the believers.

And he is the twelfth one of us. For him the Almighty Allah would make every difficult thing easy and tame every disobedient one. He would open up the treasures of the earth for him and make every remoteness a proximity for him. He would destroy every disobedient sinner and eliminate every transgressing satan at his hands. He is the son of the best of the maids. His birth would be concealed from the people and it won’t be lawful for them to mention his name.

Till the time the Almighty Allah would make him appear. Then he would fill the earth with justice and equity, as it would be fraught with injustice and oppression.”[^4] Thankfulness Of Bounty Is Obligatory It was mentioned that a healthy intellect commands that thankfulness be observed for blessings received.

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