The time can be changed by him and not he by the time and environment.
The time can be changed by him
and not he by the time and environment. After the revelation of these facts one can understand easily the
secret of Imam's longevity and youthful exuberance. All the creatures
have to go beyond the frontiers of life to the great unknown first by
jumping in the vanguard of youth and then to the tail end of the life
called old age by evolutions but the Imam (A.S.) is undisputedly
invariable with this evolution and would remain young. The above points are supported by the Holy Quran in Suratul Asr which
runs as follows. "I swear by the Time; Surely man is in loss. Except
those who believed and did good deeds and advise for the truth and
Whatever gain and loss is mentioned in the above Sura are for the
individuals to face in the hereafter those who are indulging in all the
vices; enjoying the colorful life and doing things which are out of tune
with the spirit of the religion. Imam-e-Asr (A.S.), Vali-e-Asr (A.S.)
and other spiritual leaders (Imams) are undoubtedly above all those
things, though they lived and are living in this world. Such type of
question can never be raised in the mind against them. A question that generally pricks the minds of the people is that a
being who is high in place of excellence and whose gandeur is beyond the
imagination of mankind and for whom this world inspite of all its
vastness and attractions nothing but trash why then such a being with
all sublimity is kept out of view ? Among all the Prophets of God, the foremost and the last is Hazrat
who came into being to elevate the minds and to place the mankind in an
honoured position. The mission was accomplished to a greater extent in
his life time but the whole-some results could not be achieved in spite
of the struggle of his predecessors due to intrigues, so the very
purpose of his teaching and preaching to place the mankind could not be
achieved as desired. The reappearance of our last savior is motivated
with an object to fulfil the un accomplished mission of the last Prophet
of Islam. "The Awaited" one would fill the world with justice as it was
full of tyranny and oppressions." So his noble existence is meant to
It is now evident that Imam (A.S.) is root (base) and the world is the
tree spread in branches. Imam (A.S.) is before all others in time while
the world is last in time. It is a folly to treat it as exaggeration. It
is because of him the world is existing and the creatures owe their
substances to him only.
✦ ✦ ✦