This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ٣١٩ - Words on Claiming His Mediation
· Choosing a successor for the Ambassador comes through the Imam’s (AHHR) order and not the Ambassador himself.
· The Major Conceal occurred after the Minor Conceal came to an end; there is, of course, a benefit to this ending of the Minor Conceal that is totally different from the Major one in regard to the possibility of communication with the Imam (PBUH), appointing the Ambassadors, issuing orders, seeing the Imam (PBUH), etc.
· There is an emphasis on Revelation of the Imam (PBUH) which will only be fulfilled when the Almighty Allah wills so. This, in fact, has two indications:
First, it is an invitation to not losing hope in the Revelation.
Second, the issue of Revelation is entirely linked to the Almighty Allah.
· It refers to the long period of the Conceal which is described with certain signs such as hardened hearts due to spread of sins as well as injustice filling the earth. Here, we need to be aware of certain things: