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Awaiting the Reappearance فَجِدُّوْا وَانْتَظِرُوْا ھَنِٔیْئاً لَّکُمْ اَیَّتُھَا الْعَصَابَۃُ الْمَرْحُوْمَۃُ. “Then strive and await. Congratulations to you! O the recipient of Allah’s mercy” The responsibilities of the shias in the period of Major Occultation are quite onerous. We must strive to maintain the radiant glow of our faith in our hearts and be firmly focused on the future. Every shia has always been listening to the glad tidings of his future in the words of the Quran wherein Allah says: اِنَّ الْاَرْضَ یَرِثُھَا عِبَادِیَ الصَّالِحُوْنَ. “Verily, My virtuous servant will inherit the earth.”[1] Almost all Muslims are certain of the eventual uprising of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) – an uprising aimed at purifying the earth from tyranny and oppression. Hence it is imperative upon every Muslim to purify his own self as well as the society from all sorts of vices. This incessant awaiting should not make him lethargic; rather it should induce him for endless endeavours, which also includes the stirring of lazy and negligent people, so that all of them should move forward cohesively on a common path. As the Holy Quran puts it, صَفًّا کَاَنَّھُمْ بُنْیَانٌ مَّرْصُوْصٌ “Fortified as insurmountable walls.”[2], Shias of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) should invoke Allah (s.w.t.) with utmost sincerity in unison that: اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنَّا نَرْغَبُ اِلَیْکَ فِیْ دَوْلَۃٍ کَرِیْمَۃٍ تُعِزُّ بِھَا الْاِسْلَامَ وَاَھْلَہُ وَتُذِلُّ بِھَا النِّفَاقَ وَاَھْلَہُ. “O Allah, we implore you for...