Al-Mahdi (a.s.)thereafter, he recited this verse- (and we desired to bestow a favour upon those who were deemed weak in the land, and to make them the imams, and to make them the heirs) ibne abil hadeed mo'tazali in his commentary on nahjul - balagha says on page 329 vol. 4 as such: 'our companions mention that is this verse, Allah has promised the imam and leader that he would have possession of the land and gain control over all the nations. in the seventh chapter of «eqdud - durar», abu abdulla na'eem - ibn - hemad narrates as such: 'imam abu ishaaq salbi in 'tafseer' (interpretation) of the divine saying of (hamaasaq) has quoted ibn - abbass as saying: (the 'h') refers to the battle between quraish and the slaves in which the quraish would be the victors; (the 'm') refers to the kingdom and government of bani - umayyah; (the 'aa') is the sign of exaltation and honour of bani - abbass; (the 's') refers to the age of Mahdi and (the 'q') is a symbolic sign of the coming of isa at the time of emergence of Mahdi. the author says that some have interpreted (s) as the brightness of Mahdi and (') as the power of isa-ibn-maryam. (i.e. jesus christ) ibn hajar in his sawa'eq (page 16) interprets the divine saying « as such: the author of «nur-ul-absar» on page 228 has narrated from abu abdullah ganji as such: «about the interpretation of Allah's words sayyid-ibn-jubair says; 'it refers to Mahdi from the progeny of fatemah - the one who, by decree of this verse shall dominate over all other religions.» in «yanabi-ul-mawadda» page 443 it is narrated from manaqib - khawrazmi from jabir-ibn-abdulla ansari a lengthy incident wherein a jew approaches the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) and asks him various questions which results in his converting to islam. one of the questions which the convert had asked was about the successors to the holy prophet himself and the prophet's reply that they were twelve in number. he counted each one of them by name until he got to the name of imam muhammad hassan askari. thereafter he said: 'after him shall come his son muhammad who will be known as Mahdi, qa'em and hujjat(5). then he will disappear temporarily, reappear again and when he does so he shall fill the earth with equity and justice. since by then the earth would have been filled with cruelty and oppression. blessed are those who are patient during the period of his occultation and blessed are those who are steadfast in their love towards him. they are those whom Allah has praised in his book with such words- [(quran is a guide to those who guard (against evil), those who believe in the unseen i.e. Mahdi and his occultation] also, Allah says:-
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