He misses us. | Ali Reza Panahian

He misses us.

Can you believe it?

Being in contact with the “Friends of God” is a relation, which starts after spiritual maturity and not after maturity in age. The nature of a relationship will gradually show itself to a person. When I was young and single, my parents used to say things about parents’ hearts. I heard what they said, but I didn’t understand it the way they said it and I understood it later on. They said, “You haven’t become a parent yet. You don’t understand how we feel. Call us when you’re out.” I used to say, “What’s the use of calling? What should I say?” They would say, “You haven’t understood this relationship. Since you are not a father, you don’t understand the relationship between a father and a child. Sometimes your calling gives us parents energy.” A person should grow up and become a father in order to understand the nature of this relationship. Having a relationship with the Imam of the Time (‘a.j.) is also a relationship, which requires emotional and spiritual maturity.
Not everyone is able to understand the relationship between the Imam and him/herself. You must become very similar to the Imam to be able to understand the relationship of the Imam with yourself. What I’m going to say may sound strange. We don’t go to the Imam of the Time to benefit him. We think he doesn’t need us. So, what about his emotions? What about the fact that he loves his people, he loves the young people and he misses us? Have you heard such a poem talking with Imam Mahdi (‘a.j.) that speaks about his affection for the nation? Has anyone among us heard such a thing? If anyone knows such a poem, tell me, so that I can recommend other friends say poems like this. You’re tolerating so much.
“It is hard that I don’t hear any tangible sound from you.”[Nudbah Supplication] It’s hard that you cannot answer. It’s hard for me that everyone is able to answer when someone calls him or her, but you can’t. In the first part (of the supplication) it says, “Why is it that whoever we call answers us, but no answer is heard from you? It is hard for me that you can’t make others hear your voice.” Maybe this is a way of sympathizing with the Imam of the Time’s pain that Imam Mahdi likes his voice to reach to others. The Imam is like a father. If they put a father behind a barrier and his children whine, his heart burns that he is unable to answer his children.
We don’t feel sorry for the Imam of the Time being behind the curtain of occultation. We are very interesting. “It is hard that I don’t hear any tangible sound from you.” [Nudbah Supplication] It’s hard that you cannot answer. The relationship between the Imam and the nation is almost incomprehensible. How is Imam Mahdi (‘a.j.) with us? Think about it. When we go to him, does he say, “Go. Go. I didn’t answer people greater than you. You have come to me this simply?!” Is it like this?!
Someone came to Imam Reza (‘a) and said, “Don’t forget to pray for me.” The Imam replied, “Do I forget that you remind me?” The man thought a little and said, “I’m sorry.” The Imam asked, “Why did you say you’re sorry?” The man said, “Because you don’t forget.” “How do I not forget? What is your reason that I don’t forget? I just said it, and you accepted it?” He replied, “When I thought, I realized that you pray for your friends. And, I’m one of your friends. So, you pray for me too. There was no need for me to tell you.”
The Imam said, “No, this analysis is wrong. When you like me to pray for you, at that same time
I have raised my hands and am praying for you privately.” The relationship between the Imam and the nation is almost incomprehensible. If we mature, what will we understand? The relationship with the Imam.
If we mature more, what will we understand? The relationship between the Imam and ourselves. This is the peak of humanity’s maturity.

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