3) The Return is the Day that God Grants Victory to His Messengers

3) The Return is the Day that God Grants Victory to His Messengers

Sayed Ahmad Al-Hasan pbuh says the following to explain this:

The messengers and vicegerents pbut of God on His earth have conveyed their message and warned their people. What has happened to them is what always happens, which is to reject them, exile, and murder them. However, God Almighty has promised victory to them, to their message, and to their neglected rights. This victory happens in three instances-the Minor Judgement, the Return, and the Major Judgement-or the three major divine events. The first one is the Minor Judgement, which is the rising of the Qaim from the progeny of Muhammad and his dispatch to the people.

The Almighty says: {And Our word has already gone ahead for Our servants, the messengers, ✶ [That] indeed, they would be those given ✶ And [that] indeed, Our soldiers will be those who overcome. ✶ So, leave them for a time. ✶ And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see. ✶ Will they then be impatient for our punishment? ✶ But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned} Quran Chapter “Those Who Set the Ranks” 37:171-177.

And the Almighty says: {And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word that preceded it from your Lord, it would have been judged between them. And indeed they are, concerning the Quran, in disquieting doubt} Quran Chapter “Hud” 11:110.

{And if not for a word that had preceded it from your Lord, punishment would have been an obligation, and a specified term} Quran Chapter “Ta-Ha” 20:129.

{And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word that had preceded it from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning the Quran, in disquieting doubt} Quran Chapter “Explained in Detail” 41:45.

{And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them-out of jealous animosity between themselves. And if not for a word that had preceded it from your Lord [postponing the penalty] until a specified time, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, those who were granted inheritance of the Scripture after them are, concerning it, in disquieting doubt} Quran Chapter “The Consultation” 42:14.

If you contemplate these verses, they will show you with clarity that the victory, which is the sovereignty of God, which God gives to his messengers pbut and their divine methods that they have called to, is all postponed until the Qaim rises. He is {the word that had gone ahead from your Lord}, the leader of the victorious army of God, and the First Day of Separation, meaning the Minor Judgement. This is in brief but if you want more details you can ask, and I will be at your service, God willing (Al-Hasan 2010b, vol. 6, 531).

And this is what the progeny of Muhammad pbut have clarified in their blessed religious accounts:

Jameel Ibn Darraj narrates that he said to Abu Abdullah pbuh: “I mentioned the saying of God Almighty to him: {Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand}” Quran Chapter “The Forgiver” 40:51.

He said, “This, by God, is during the Return. Don’t you know that many of the messengers of God were not given victory in this world and were killed? The Imams were killed as well, and were not given victory. Therefore, this will happen during the Return.”

Jameel Ibn Darraj then said, “{And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near-The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence}” Quran Surah “Qaf” 41-42. Abu Abdullah pbuh replied: “It is the Return” (Al-Hilli 1950, 18-19).