Some Sayyids of Najafabad, Isfahan came to Late Aga Bedabadi (may Allah exalt his status) and said: A water spring, which flowed from the mountains, was very beneficial to us, but has dried up since a few days, due to which we are facing a lot of difficulties. Please supplicate to Allah to remove our problems.

The Aga wrote the last verses of Surah Hashr on a piece of paper:

لَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَرَأَيْتَهُ 

"If We had revealed this Qur’an on the mountain..." (Surah al-Hashr 59:21).

and said: After the night falls, place this paper on the mountain peak and come back. They did as instructed and when they returned homes, a plaintive cry arose from the mountain, which was audible to all the residents of the town. In the morning people came out of their houses to find the spring flowing again and they thanked the Almighty.

Noteworthy point:

Readers must not be astonished at some stories narrated about Late Bedabadi (a.m.) and other gentlemen, or reject them, because first of all such incidents and greater than them were seen in the life of companions of the Holy Imams ('a) like Salman, Maytham, Rushayd Hujri and Jabir Jofi.

Same is the case of reporters of traditional reports and righteous scholars, like Sayyid Bahr ul-Uloom, Sayyid Baqir Qazwini and Mulla Mahdi Najafi. So many miraculous incidents are narrated from them and available in reliable books that it is not possible to deny them. (For more details refer to Rijal by Maamqani, in which detailed life histories of companions of Imams and reporters of traditions are mentioned; or Qisas ul-Ulama, in which biographies of some scholars are present).

Display of miraculous acts from elders of faith lead one to ponder and realize the greatness and lofty position of the Imam; that he is much beyond this. When those who follow them to perfection and scale such ranks of wisdom, power and fulfillment of supplications, what would be Imam's own power and encompassment of knowledge? It is definite that everyone who possesses a special rank in spirituality has benefited from the favor of the Imam, who is the pivot of existence, the heart of the world of possibility and source of all matters.

They also lead one to confess to helplessness in understanding the position of the Imam through the unbounded power of Almighty Allah, the fulfiller of supplications, creator of the Imam and one who bestowed this position and gifted him mastership (Wilayat). In other words, study of these stories causes recognition and insight into the station of the Imam and greatness and power of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.

Thirdly, these and similar other stories regarding religious and pious people are promises of Allah, the Messenger of Allah (S) and the Holy Imams ('a) regarding the pious that when they fulfill religious duties, abstain from the unlawful and fulfill all obligatory duties, angels would become their servants and the Almighty Allah will give them whatever they may ask for.

Moreover, to state all that is mentioned in books of traditions and traditional reports, especially the writings mentioned in chapter of 'Faith and disbelief' of Usul al-Kafi would be beyond the scope of this book. We present to our respected readers only one report from there, which both Shia and Sunni have narrated from the Messenger of Allah (S) as follows:

Allah, the Mighty and Sublime said:

One who has disgraced any of My friends has in fact declared war on Me and no one can become proximate to Me, except through an act, which is most liked by Me, which I have made obligatory on him and the fact is that he gains My proximity through recommended acts. So much so that I take him as a friend, I become his ears, through which he hears; I become his eyes, through which he sees, I become his tongue, through which he speaks, I become his hand, with which he acts and drives away the enemy. If he calls Me, I accept his supplication. If he asks Me for something, I bestow it to him.1

This tradition has been explained by great scholars and writers and Allamah Majlisi has also commented upon it in Mirat ul-Uqool, he writes:

It is possible that by fulfilling all obligatory acts and being regular in recommended acts, a person may become proximate to the Almighty. When this happens, his eyes become the sight of the Almighty Allah, thus he sees that, which others cannot see even from behind a thousand curtains. He can hear what others cannot. He perceives hidden and spiritual matters and ethereal forms and he can hear unseen songs, which are concealed from the perception of others.

Our respected readers should know that whatever they read or hear in these stories is, because of the lofty positions that the Almighty has promised to His proximate servants and also that it is in comparison only like a drop to an ocean to what He has stored for them in the hereafter.

• 1. Usul Kafi, Chapter of one who caused distress to Muslims and insulted