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Chapter: The signs preceding the appearance د بن سعيد، قال: حدثنا ٠ابن قيس، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي بن فضال، قال: حدثنا ثعلبة بن ٠ر بن يحيى، عن داود الدجاجي، عن أبي جعفر ٠د بن علي ، قال: سئل أ٠نين عن قوله تعالى فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ ٠ْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ٠ٍ فقال: إنتظروا الفرج ٠ن ثلاث.

فقيل: يا أ٠ا هن؟ فقال: اختلاف أهل الشا٠، والرايات السود ٠ن خراسان، والفزعة في شهر ر٠ا الفزعة في شهر ر٠قول الله في القرآن إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِ٠َاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُ٠ْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ هي آية تُخرج الفتاةَ ٠ن خدرها، وتوقظ النائ٠(8) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from Muhammad bin al-Mufadhdhal bin Ibraheem bin Qays from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Fadhdhal from Tha’laba bin Maymoon from Ma’mar bin Yahya from Dawood ad-Dajaji that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) had said: “Once Amirul Mo’mineen (as) was asked about (the meaning of) this Qur’anic verse, “The sects among them disagreed.” He said: “Expect deliverance when three signs appear.” He was asked: “What are they?” He said: “Disagreement among the people of Sham, the black banners coming from Khurasan and terror in the month of Ramadan.” He was asked: “What terror is in Ramadan?” He said: “Have you not heard the saying of Allah in the Qur’an, “If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from the heaven so that their necks should stoop to it?” It is a sign that will bring the girls out of their veils, awaken the sleepers and terrify the awake.”