The Mahdi Times May 2012 | Page 23

T H Question: In the Name of Allah, The Merciful, The Intensely Merciful, All praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, May Allah send His Peace and Blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis. Peace be upon you my master and leader, Ahmad Al Hassan, and the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings. I ask Allah that He may make us firm upon your Wilayah and giving you victory, and that He may write us among those whom become martyrs between your hands by His Mercy, Glory be to Him. This question is directed from the Ansar who do not speak Arabic. They have asked that their question may be translated and sent to the Imam (pbuh). What is the Star in the East which led the three Magi from the East towards Jesus (pbuh)? In the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 2: "1 And when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, Magi from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We have seen his star in the East and have come to prostrate to him” Peace be upon you and the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings The sender: Brother Darin, America. Answer: In the Name of Allah, The Merciful, The Intensely Merciful. All Praises be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. May Allah send His Peace and Blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis. E S T R A I G H T P A T H May Allah grant you success and strengthen your steps. energy produced from them or the energy they reflect. The bright blazing stars in the sky are few if they were compared to the other planets, and the stars and the planets which reflect their light are few if they were compared to the spacious space which they float in. Each body affects Space, and perhaps its impact is great that some of the bodies which fall under the boundaries of its impact may be forced to revolve around it as if they have submitted to it. So we find stars revolving around other stars, and planets revolving around stars, and moons revolving around planets, and large gatherings of dust and planets and stars and many solar systems revolving around a massive lump/ cluster which creates something similar to a hole in the universe, called The Black Hole. This physical universe which we can see, is a word from the words of Allah. We can make our ears deaf to hear it, as well as, we can hear it and understand from it that the Prophets and the ones whom place themselves in serving their Lord are few, just as the fewness of the stars. Or we understand from it that there are successors of Allah whom follow other successors of Allah.  And we understand that if the human being bec