Amir-Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘How have you seen the Punishment to be?

Amir-Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘How have you seen the Punishment to be?’ They said, ‘It is due to our disobedience to you -asws that we are subject to Wrath, therefore, us and the ones who disobeyed you -asws would be in the Punishment up to the Day of Judgement’. ثم صاح صيحة كادت السموات يتفطرن، فوقعت مغشيا على وجهي من هول ما رأيت.

فلما أفقت رأيت أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) على سرير من ياقوتة حمراء، على رأسه إكليل من جوهر، و عليه حلل خضر و صفر، و وجهه كدائرة القمر، Then they shrieked a scream by which the skies were almost rendered, and there occurred a dizziness upon my face from the terror of what I saw. So when I woke up, I saw Amir-Al-Momineen -asws upon a couch of red sapphire. Upon his -asws head was a crown of jewels, and upon him -asws was a green and yellow robe, and his -asws face was radiant like the moon.

فقلت: يا سيدي، هذا ملك عظيم! قال: «نعم يا جابر، إن ملكنا أعظم من ملك سليمان بن داود، و سلطاننا أعظم من سلطانه». So I said, ‘My Master -asws ! This is a magnificent Kingdom!’ Amir-ul-Momineen -asws said: ‘Yes, O Jabir! Our -asws Kingdom is more Magnificent than the kingdom of Suleyman -as Bin Dawood -as , and our Authority is greater than his -as authority’.

ثم رجع، و دخلنا الكوفة، و دخلت خلفه إلى المسجد، فجعل يخطو خطوات و هو يقول: «لا و الله لا فعلت، لا و الله لا كان ذلك أبدا» فقلت: يا مولاي لمن تكلم، و لمن تخاطب و ليس أرى أحدا! Then we returned, and we entered Al-Kufa, and I entered the Masjid behind Amir-ul-Momineen -asws , and he -asws went on making footsteps and he -asws was saying: ‘No, by Allah -azwj , I -asws will not do it! No, by Allah -azwj that will not be, ever!’ So I said, ‘O my Master -asws !

Who are you -asws speaking about, and whom are you -asws addressing, for I didn’t see anyone?’ فقال (عليه السلام): «يا جابر، كشف لي عن برهوت فرأيت شنبويه و حبترا، و هما يعذبان في جوف تابوت، في برهوت، فنادياني: يا أبا الحسن، يا أمير المؤمنين، ردنا إلى الدنيا نقر بفضلك، و نقر بالولاية لك. فقلت: لا و الله لا فعلت، لا و الله لا كان ذلك أبدا». So he -asws said: ‘O Jabir!

(The Valley of) Barhoot was uncovered for me -asws , so I -asws saw Shanbuwiya and Hibter (Abu Bakr and Umar), and they were both being Punished in the middle of the coffin in Barhoot. So they both called out to me, ‘O Abu Al-Hassan -asws ! O Amir-Al-Momineen -asws ! Return us to the world and we would accept your -asws merits, and accept your -asws Wilayah’. So I -asws said: ‘No, by Allah -azwj , I -asws will not do it!