The Almighty Allah appointed Adam as His caliph
on the whole earth and made him its heir and He says in the Quran:
"I
am going to place in the earth a vicegerent." [1]
And the Almighty
Allah would also make Hazrat Hujjat as the inheritor of the earth and will
appoint him as His caliph on His earth, as narrated from His Eminence, Abu
Abdillah Sadiq (a) that he said with reference to the exegesis of the verse:
"Allah
has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most
certainly make them rulers in the earth." [2]
"He is the Qaim and his companions; and at
the time of his reappearance he would pass his hands over his face and say: Praise
be to Allah, One Who fulfilled His promise and made us inherit the earth…"
[3]
And In the Hadith of Mufaddal it is mentioned
that:
" He will come out with a cloud shading
him from above and on which a caller would be announcing: This is Mahdi, the
caliph of Allah; follow him."
Weeping of Adam (a): It is narrated from the
Holy Prophet (s) that he said:
"Adam wept so much at the separation of
Paradise that his tears flowed on both his cheeks like floods." [4]
This same type of tradition is also narrated
from Imam Sadiq (a):[5]
His
Eminence, Qaim (a) also, like Adam would weep much as he says in the Ziarat
Nahiya addressing his ancestor, Husain (a):
"I lament
for you day and night and instead of tears I weep blood."
Regarding
Adam (a) the verse was revealed that:
"And
He taught Adam all the names…" [6]
As for
the Qaim; whatever the Almighty Allah taught to Adam, He taught the same and
many other things to the Qaim (a). Adam was taught 25 letters from the Isme
Aazam as mentioned in tradition and the Holy Prophet (s) was taught 72 letters;
all the matters that the Almighty Allah gave to His Prophet, He gave them all
to the successors of His Eminence also till the matter reached to His Eminence,
Qaim (a), may Allah hasten his reappearance.
In an authentic report, Thiqatul Islam Kulaini
has narrated from His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (a) that he said:
"Verily,
the knowledge that was brought down with Adam (a) was not taken back, and no
man of knowledge has ever died, whose knowledge has become extinguished;
Knowledge is inherited. The earth never remains devoid of a man of knowledge."
[7]
Adam enlivened the earth with worship of Allah,
after the Jinns had killed it with their infidelity and rebellion. Qaim (a) would
also enliven the earth with the religion of Allah, justice and establishing His
code of law after its death due to the disbelief and transgression of the
people.
In
Biharul Anwar, it is narrated from His Eminence, Abu Jafar Baqir (a) regarding
the verse:
"…gives
life to the earth after its death…" [8]
that he said:
"Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would
enliven the earth after its death through Qaim (a). Its death denotes
infidelity of its people as an infidel is in fact a dead man." [9]
And In Wasailush Shia it is mentioned regarding
the verse:
" …gives life to the earth after its death…"
That His Eminence, Ibrahim Moosa bin Jafar (a) said:
" He would enliven it through rain, rather
the Almighty Allah would send a man to revive justice, and the earth will be
revived through the revival of justice, and indeed if a single divine ordinance
is established on the earth it is better than forty days of rain." [10]
In the
same book it is narrated from the Holy Prophet (s) that he said:
"One hour of a just Imam is better than
seventy years of worship and carrying out of one divine ordinance on the earth
is more beneficial than forty days of rain. "[460]
With all these facts when and how much can we
compare Adam and Qaim (a) while the fact is that Adam was created for Qaim.
Indeed the one who created the perfect morals
In the being of Adam for the Imam-e-Qaim.
1 Surah Baqarah 2:30
2 Surah Noor 24:55
3 Tafseer Al-Burhan, Vol. 3, Pg. 146
4 Biharul Anwar; Vol. 11, Pg. 204
5 Biharul Anwar; Vol. 101, Pg. 320
6 Surah Baqarah 2:31: وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الأَسْمَاء
كُلَّهَا
7 Kafi, Vol. 1, Chapter of Imams as
inheritors of knowledge
8 Surah Rum 30:19
9 Biharul Anwar; Vol. 51, Pg. 54
10 Wasail ash-Shia, Vol. 18, Pg. 308
11 Wasail ash-Shia, Vol. 18, Pg. 308
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