The king
of Khorasan Abul Ghazi Sultan Husain Mirza Hasani sent a delegation of eminent ulema
(religious scholars) with some difficult and complicated questions. Mulla
Ali Faiyaz was the leader of the delegation. The other members were Mullah Ali
Sherwani, Mullah Gul and Mullah Abdus Samad.
According to another version, the delegation included Mullah Durwesh and Mullah
Abdus Samad.
On one occasion, Mullah Ali Faiyaz asked "What is the style of your
explaining the Quran? Which (of the various Commentaries) conforms to your
explaining? What is your point of view in commenting on Quran?
Imam Mahdi (AHS) replied that all the Commentaries of Quran are full of opinions
and analogy. He said "I am the Caliph of Allah and I say what has been
revealed to me by Allah through ilham (revelation). I explain the will of
Allah and the Shari'at of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Hence, the commentary
which conforms with my own explanation is the explanation intended by Allah. All
other explanations were to be rejected.
When the members of the delegation revisited the Imam (AHS), they were given
religious instruction (talqeen), which revealed to them the Divine
Realities. The ulema brought good tidings to the Sultan.
They told the king that Imam Mahdi (AHS) was patient, tolerant, considerate,
strong and affable. He looked eminent among the brave, free and strong people.
When some young people wanted to say something, they appeared to be confused. On
the battlefield, it looked like death was dancing among the strong hefty and
powerful men and animals like elephants. The Imam (AHS), they said, was resigned
to and trusting in Allah and his words and deeds were in strict conformity with Shar'iat.
He invited people to Allah and was His Caliph in
spreading His religion (deen).
The lmam's
(AHS) words interpreted the will and mandate of Allah, they told the king.
Everyday Allah imparted new teachings to the Imam (AHS) who was immersed in the
manifestations of divine splendours and revelations. He never said anything that
deviated from the injunctions of Quran. He taught Shar'iat and invited
people to Tariqat and Haqiqat. His word and deed were in
conformity with those of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Innumerable blood-thirty oppressors, mean, wealthy and other mortals had given
up their sinful habits after remaining in his company for a couple of days and
turned into paragons of virtue. Thieves and criminals joined him and turned into
saints, they told the king. In short, they said, when one saw the Imam (AHS) and
his followers, one would spontaneously cry out that they are the angels of
heaven closest to Allah. They are always immersed in deep meditation and the
vision of Allah. They seek nothing but the vision of Allah. They live in
seclusion, contentment, abstinence, happiness even if afflicted with troubles.
They live in strict conformity with Shar'iat. When the disciples of the
Imam (AHS) were such saintly people, it was realised that the Imam's (AHS) claim
to Mahdi-ship was true from every point of view.
Explaining all this, the ulema told the king that had Imam Mahdi (AHS) appeared during the period when prophets came with divine mission and claimed that he was a Prophet, it would have been obligatory on his contemporaries to accept him as the Prophet. They said that the lmam's (AHS) claim the Mahdi appeared to them to be true in every respect.
Obviously, all these qualities would be found in a person who was sent by Allah
with a divine mission, who is blessed with His help, victory, and miracles and
who claims to be Imam Mahdi (AHS). When all this is obvious. any delay or
hesitation in accepting him as Imam Mahdi (AHS) has no justification whatsoever,
the ulema told the king.
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