Ali Bin Ibrahim – Regarding the Meaning of the Verse...
Ali Bin Ibrahim – Regarding the Meaning of the Verse, said, ‘Then Allah -azwj Mentions the Imams -asws , so He -azwj Says [43:28] And He Made it a Word to continue in his posterity that they may return , Meaning that they -asws would be returning, i.e., the Imams -asws , to the world (during Raj’at)’.
[26] Longevity of the life of the 12 th Imam -asws : What is ‘possible and impossible’ is for those who have limitations, but there is none for Allah -azwj , Who Acts as per His -azwj Wish, and has previously Granted longer life-span to some, e.g., Hazrat Khidhr -as , also in the Holy Quran Allah -azwj Says, for Prophet Musa –as , : وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ {14} And We had Sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them for a thousand years less fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were unjust [29:14].
The people of cave remained without food for over 300 years, as Allah -azwj Says: وَلَبِثُوا فِي كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعًا {25} And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and an increase of nine [18:25] As stated above, the long life-span of Khidhr -as is unanimously agreed upon by many scholars including Sunni. All Prophets and Imams were asked for miracles at some stage, by people of that time as a proof of their Divine Status.
Hence, if someone else claims to be an Imam living among us today, then he has to give a proof, i.e., being able to communicate in all languages of the world, and guide all living beings among the Jinn’s and Humans, animals and birds! Of course only a Divine Imam -asws possesses these qualities.
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