He alone will manifest it at its proper time.

He alone will manifest it at its proper time. It is heavy in the heavens and the earth. It cometh not to you save unawares (Qur'an, 7:187).' " Saqr ibn Abi Dulaf said, "I heard from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn `Ali ar-Rida (the Ninth Imam) who said, 'The Imam after me is my son, Ali; his command is my command; his word is my word; to obey him is to obey me. The Imam after him is his son, Hasan. His command is the command of his father; his word is the word of his father; to obey him is…