Hadith 7

p his-saww instruments, placing from that wherever there was a need to it, from the blind hearts, and deaf ears, and mute tongues, pursuing the places of heedlessness with his-saww medications and places of confusion. But they did not take illumination with the rays of wisdom and were not ignited by the sparks of the shining knowledge. So during that, they were like the grazing cattle and hard rocks. The secrets have been born for the people of insight, and the arguments of truth have become clear for its mixer, and the Hour has become visible from its face, and the signs have appeared for its markers. What is the matter for me-asws, I-asws am seeing you all as bodies without souls! And souls without bodies! Ritualists without righteousness! And traders without profit! And wakeful sleepers! And present absentees, and blind beholders! And deaf listeners and speaking mutes! I-asws see straying to have stood up upon its leaders, and spread out with its branches, weighing you down with its burdens, and confusing you with its transactions. Its leader is outside from the religion being upon the straying. In those days, there would not remain (anyone) from you except as a residue like the residue of the (cooking) pot, or dust like the dust of the package. It would scrape you (like) the scraping of the leather, and trample you like trampling of the harvest, and the Momin would be picked out from between you (like) the bird picking the fat seed from between the thin seeds! Where are the doctrines going with you all! And the individuals are misleading you and the liars are deceiving you! And from where are you coming! And to where are you being deluded! So, For every term there is an Ordainment [13: 38], and for every absentee there is a return. Listen intently from your Divine leader and present your hearts, and be wakeful if he-asws speaks with you, and let a pioneer be truthful to his family and let him gather his wits, and let him present his mind. He-asws has split the matter for you (like) splitting of the bead and separated the separation of the eucalyptus gum. During that, the falsehood would seize its seizure, and the ignorance would ride its ride, and the tyrants would be mighty and the callers would be scarce, and the times have assaulted like the assaults of the rapacious predators, and the precision of the falsehood would roll after silence, and the people would establish brotherhood upon the immoralities and forsaking upon religion, and they would love each other upon the lies, and hate each other upon the truthfulness. So when that happens, the child would be (cause of) rage (for the parents), and rain would be blamed for a flood, and the benevolence would decrease to be scarce. And the people of that time would be wolves, and its rulers would be predators, and its middle class would be consumers (gluttons), and its poor ones would be (like) deceased, and the truthfulness would be raided and the lies would win, and the cordiality would be utilised by the tongue, and the people would quarrel with the hearts, and the debauchers would become lineage, and the chastity as (something) strange, and would (be made to) wear the clothing of fur (beast but disguised) turned upside down’’. [133]
(The book) ‘Nahj (Al Balagah)’ –
‘And a sermon of his-asws: ‘He-saww is a trustee of His-azwj Revelation, and Last of His-azwj Rasools-as, and a giver of glad tidings of His-azwj Mercy, and a Warner of His-azwj Reprisal. O you people! The most rightful of the people with this command is their straightest upon it, and their most working with the Commands of Allah-azwj in it. If a rioter riots, he would be called to repent, and if he refuses, he would be fought. And by my-asws life! If the Imamate was not to be decided until the generality of the people are present, there would be no way to that, but its people (present) ones would be deciding up