Foreward

Foreward

In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Intensely Merciful

Praise be to Allah, the Owner of Sovereignty, Who sets the course of the skies and the stars, controls the winds, causes the daybreak and administers authority, the Lord of the Worlds.

All praise be to Allah, from whom out of fear of Him the sky and its inhabitants shake, and the earth and its buildings shake, and the sea and whatever swims in its depths surges.

O Allah, send Your Blessings upon Mohammad and the Family of Mohammad, the arks moving in the overwhelming depths. Whoever boards these arks is safe and whoever leaves them drowns. Whoever proceeds without them is an apostate, and whoever lags behind them is bound to disappear, and whoever abides by them survives.

Praise be to Allah, who appointed leaders and guides for us, who take us to the right path to attain the purpose for which Allah swt has created us. The Almighty said,

56. ﴾I have not created the Jinn nor the Mankind but to worship Me.﴿

-Surat Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds) 51.

meaning to know, as it has been interpreted by the progeny of Muhammad pbut.

And it is from the Almighty’s kindness that He made us a law by which we know His successors, and distinguish between them and the false claimants. And the Law referred to consists of three components: the first is the Will, the second is the knowledge and the third is calling to the sovereignty of Allah.

Abu Al-Jarood said that he asked Abu Jafar Al-Baqir pbuh,

If the Qaim Imam of Ahlul Bayt has left, by what will the next one be recognized? So Al-Baqir pbuh said, “By guidance, solemnity, the acknowledgement of his favor by the progeny of Muhammad, and that he will never be asked about anything between its covers [the Quran] except that he would answer.”^[1]

It was narrated that Imam Al-Sadiq pbuh said,

If a claimer claimed, ask him about the great matters that whoever is like him [Ahlul Bayt] would answer.^[2]

And Al-Sadiq pbuh said,

…Allah does not place a successor in His land who is asked about something and who answers with “I do not know.”^[3]

Hisham bin Al-Hakam narrated that Abu Abdullah pbuh answered a disbeliever who asked him,

How do you prove the prophets and messengers to be true? And he pbuh said, “When we proved that we have an Almighty Creator and an Originator…” until he pbuh said, “In order for Allah’s earth never to lack a successor who possesses knowledge, which indicates the honesty of his words and the validity of his justice.”^[4]

Al-Harith bin Al-Mugheira Al-Nadhary said,

We said to Abu Abdullah pbuh, “By what is the possessor of this matter known?” So he pbuh said, “By tranquillity, dignity, knowledge and the Will [testament].”^[5]

And Sayyed Ahmad Al-Hassan, the successor and messenger of Imam Al-Mahdi pbuh and the promised Yamani, is mentioned in the Will of the Messenger of Allah pbuhap which is in the book of Al-Ghayba by Sheikh Al-Tusi and by other Shia scholars as well. And he is mentioned in many narrations from Ahlul Bayt pbut so his matter is more clear than the sun at midday. But people, unfortunately, had their hearts covered by that which they had earned.

14. ﴾No, but that which they had earned has covered their hearts﴿

-Surat Al-Mutaffifin (Defrauding) 83.

Here he is, Allah’s peace be upon him, raising, at every while, a guiding banner from his knowledge in which he proves to each person of sound heart that he ladles from the copious sea and the pure spring. And the book that is between our hands, like his other books, is an overwhelming and complete proof clearly revealing that Sayyed Ahmad Al-Hassan pbuh is from those firmly grounded in knowledge, whom Allah has chosen and given the Book and wisdom.

And this book is a jewel from the jewels of the progeny of Muhammad pbut, which clarifies a Quranic secret that has confused the scholars, and made their words about it cluttered, contradictory and ambiguous without ever achieving the truth of the secret. And Allah refused to place the key of that secret in the hand of any other than His successors over the creation.

And the character of the Virtuous Servant (or the knowledgeable one, or Al-Khidr, or the junction of the two seas) has remained a mystery defying the Muslim scholars’ comprehension; and they should have desisted from engaging in it since they were not from those whom the Book has addressed. But due to many motives, they refused other than engaging in it. Therefore, they attached much injustice and inequity to this great character. And they did not stop there, but instead added fuel to the fire. So their words were a thick veil which concealed the truth of the Quranic story and its characters, its events and its wisdom. They were driven by the assumptions of their minds, and by the fabrications regarding the truth of the infallibility and the knowledge of the prophets pbut. They were like a lumberjack in the night who does not know where his axe falls.

And perhaps the just reader would see clearly that Sayyed Ahmad Al-Hassan’s pbuh eloquence has the strength and clarity which gives the soul complete tranquility and assurance since the mind and heart likewise submit to the inferences that he clarifies. This is attained by people regardless their different levels.

Despite the depth of the inference, the phrases he uses to clarify are easy and simple, but it is with miraculous ease and simplicity which falls into the category of forbearing ease; in Sayyed Ahmad Al-Hassan’s phrases there is none of the repelling complexity which is common in the words of others whom the people call elucidators, as there are no lengthy linguistic introductions nor useless philosophical arguments that expose the ignorance of their writer more than anything else. The Imam’s words and phrases hit the target directly and from the nearest path, and people understand them regardless of their level of education. In addition, his words have a unique character and one rarely finds anything similar to the methods used by the eloquent ones, which is the marvelous suggestive power which the reader feels. Through it, the reader senses that the author’s words are coming directly from his heart, and he feels that he is sitting and talking with the author face to face and that he [the author] is addressing all the questions that may cross his mind. By this, he leads the reader with ease and simplicity until he reaches the goal.

Truth be told, I wonder a great deal about those who say that Sayyed Ahmad Al-Hassan lacks that which his pure fathers possessed from incomparable eloquence and fluency. And I cannot find a reason for their hearsay except that they do not know the truth of eloquence, and that their hearts are blinded with envy and hatred so they no longer see the shining sun.

So here is a new scientific sign that Sayyed Ahmad Al-Hassan places before you, and all you have to do in order to see it is to refrain from looking at it with disdain and making a judgment of rejection in advance.

You have to open the insight of your hearts and dust off all the rancorous misleading innovations that the clerics of the end times propagate. Then you will discover how bright and brilliant the sun of Sayyed Ahmad Al-Hassan pbuh is.

72. ﴾But if you turn away, then I have asked of you no wage. My wage is upon none but Allah, and I am commanded to be from the Muslims.﴿

-Surat Yunus (Jonah) 10.

And praise be to Allah alone, alone, alone.

Mr. Razzaq Al-Ansari Ansar of Allah and Imam Al-Mahdi (may Allah empower him in the earth)