1385 - اِقتِرابُ السّاعَةِ

1385. THE DRAWING NEAR OF THE HOUR¹

(اقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسابُهُمْ وَهُمْ في غَفْلَةٍ مُعْرِضُونَ) .²

“Mankind’s reckoning has drawn near to them, yet they are disregardful in [their] obliviousness.”³

4658.الجعفريّات عن رسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : بُعِثتُ أنا والسّاعَةُ كَهاتَينِ - وأشارَ بِإصبَعهِ : السَّبّابَةِ والوُسطى‏ ثُمَّ قالَ - : وَالّذي نَفسِي بِيَدِه إنّي لَأجِدُ السّاعةَ بَينَ كِتفَيَّ .⁴

4658. It is narrated in al-Jafariyyat that the Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The time between when I was sent down [as a messenger] and the Hour is as these two’, indicating to the space between his index finger and his middle finger. He then continued, ‘By the One who has my soul in His Grasp, verily I find the Hour to be upon me already.’⁵

4659.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أسفَرَتِ السّاعَةُ عَن وَجهِها ، وظَهَرَتِ العَلامَةُ لِمُتَوَسِّمِها .⁶

4659.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The Hour [Judgment Day] showed its face and its signs have appeared to the clever.’⁷

1384 - دلائلُ إثباتِ المَعادِ

1384. THE PROOFS AFFIRMING RESURRECTION

(أفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّما خَلَقْناكُمْ عَبَثاً وَأنَّكُمْ إلَيْنا لا تُرْجَعُونَ) .¹

“Did you suppose that We created you aimlessly, and that you will not be brought back to Us?”²

(أمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدينَ فِي الْأرْضِ أمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ) .³

“We did not create the sky and the earth and whatever is between them in vain. That is a conjecture of the faithless. So woe to the faithless for the Fire! Shall We treat those who have faith and do righteous deeds like those who cause corruption on the earth? Shall We treat the Godwary like the vicious?”⁴

(وَضَرَبَ لَنا مَثَلاً وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ قالَ مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ * قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِي أنْشَأها أوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ) .⁵

“He draws comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation. He says, ‘Who shall revive the bones when they have decayed? Say, ‘He will revive them Who produced them the first time, and He has knowledge of all creation.”⁶

(وَيَقُولُ الْإنْسانُ ءَإذَا ما مِتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيَّاً * أوَلا يَذْكُرُ الْإنْسانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْناهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْئاً) .⁷

“Man says, ‘Shall I, when I have died, be brought forth alive?’ Does not man remember that We created him before when he was nothing?”⁸

(وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَهُ الْمَثَلُ الْأعْلَى‏ فِي السَّماواتِ وَالْأرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ) .⁹

“It is He who originates the creation, and then He will bring it back – and that is more simple for Him. His is the loftiest description in the heavens and the earth. And He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.”¹⁰

(فَانْظُرْ إلَى‏ آثارِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْيي الْأرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها إنَّ ذلِكَ لَمُحْيي الْمَوْتَى‏ وَهُوَ عَلَى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ) .¹¹

“So observe the effects of Allah’s mercy: how He revives the earth after its death! Indeed He is the reviver of the dead, and He has power over all things.”¹²

(وَاللَّهُ الَّذِي أرْسَلَ الرِّياحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحاباً فَسُقْناهُ إلَى‏ بَلَدٍ مَيِّتٍ فَأحْيَيْنا بِهِ الْأرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها كَذلِكَ النُّشُورُ) .¹³

“It is Allah who sends the winds and they raise a cloud; then We drive it toward a dead land and with it revive the earth after its death. Likewise will be the resurrection [of the dead].”¹⁴