First, to prove this issue, we must know that Surah Qadr or Anna Anzalana is the ninety-seventh surah and one of the Meccan surahs of the Qur’an, which refers to the revelation of the Qur’an, the guardianship of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) and the destiny of the world’s affairs on the night of Qadr and the importance of that night.
Surah Qadr talks about the greatness, virtue and blessings of the night of Qadr and the descent of the angels of mercy in this night.
From the content of this surah, it is possible to argue the necessity of the presence of the infallible Imam (a.s.) on earth until the Day of Judgment.
Of course, in the following, we will prove this with a morphological analysis in Surah Qadr .
According to the narrations of the Prophet of Islam (pbuh), Imam Ali (pbuh) and Imam Baqir (pbuh) it has been revealed that the divine angels descend on the governors after the Messenger of God, which are Ali (pbuh) and eleven of his children on the night of Qadr. Because the descent of the angels on the night of Qadr to announce the fate of the next year is not specific to the time of the Prophet (PBUH) and is current in all years ;
Therefore, after the Prophet of Islam (pbuh), the angels descend on his successor, who is the infallible imam and the most similar person to the prophet (1).
Since the night of Qadr is eternal and the descent of the angels in this night is certain, and on the other hand, this descent requires a suitable place of descent (Imam Mahdi), it can be argued for the existence of proof in all times until the Day of Judgment (2).
To prove this issue, we will first discuss a narration and then analyze verse 4 of Surah Qadr
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said about Ahl al-Bayt:
And they [God’s proofs on earth] are the owners of what God said about them: O you who believe! Obey God!
And obey the Messenger of God and obey commands (Olol_Amr) [ wills of the prophet]…;(3)
The questioner asked: “What does that command mean?” Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said:
“It is what the angels descend with in that night when everything is planned and separated based on wisdom and includes creation, sustenance and sustenance, the time of death, deeds, life and death, knowledge of the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and miracles. , the same miracles that are worthy of God, His successors [on earth] and ambassadors who are [intermediaries] between God and His creatures)
They (the 12 imams) are the same divine reserves, that is (in our time) the same Mahdi (may God hasten his coming).
[And if this matter that is revealed on the night of Qadr and I] explained to you [was that] God only informed His Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and did not include others (his true successors),
The address of the verse should have indicated the past action, not the present, which indicates the continuity of this work and the future, and] God should have said: The angels descended, and every matter was planned and separated based on [divine] wisdom,
نَزَلَتِ الْمَلَائِکَةُ؛ و فُرِقَ کُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَکِیمٍ؛
and he should not have said: (Angels descend) (4)
تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلائِکَةُ (4)
And [he should not have said:] Every matter is planned and separated based on [divine] wisdom) (5) (6)
یُفْرَقُ کُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَکِیمٍ ()… . (5)(6)
From the above narration, we can reach the literary reference of verse 4 of Surah Qadr
From the consideration of the word (tanazzolتَنَزَّلُ) in the above verse from the point of view of morphological analysis, we understand that this word is participle because of the letter (t) at the beginning of that verb and it indicates the continuity of this work and in the future.
According to the fact that “tanazzol” is a participle verb and indicates continuity (originally it was tatanzol), it becomes clear that the Night of Qadr was not specific to the time of the Prophet (PBUH) and the revelation of the Qur’an, and it is a continuous thing and it is a continuous night that repeats every year.
Since the night of Qadr is repeated every year, the matters should be revealed to a living person every year, that is, after the martyrdom of Imam Hassan Askari (a.s.) whose son’s imamate, the last proof of Imam Mahdi (a.s.), begins, until this year these matters are for a person capable of It means that Imam Mahdi (AS) will descend.
According to the above, Imam Mahdi must be alive and have a long life so that the affairs of the world are revealed to him every year.
(1) Kilini, al-Kafi, 1407 c, vol. 1, pp. 247-252.
(2) Rizvani, Promises and answers to doubts, 2004, pp. 287-288.
(3) Nisaa/59
(4) Qadr 4
(5) Dukhan/4
(6) Tafsir of Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, vol. 18, p. 286
Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 90, p. 119/ Al-Ihtjaj, vol. 1, p. 252
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