On the authority of Abu Abdullah Al-Husayn ibn Himdan Al-Khasibi, raising it to our Mawlana Al-Mufaddal ibn Amr, peace comes from him, he said: I entered upon my Mawla Al-Sadiq, and I asked Him: 'O my Mawla, does the Imam die?!' He said: {Every soul will taste death}. I returned to Him when He was alone in His house and said: 'O my Mawla, does the Imam die?' He said: 'The believer does not die, and faith does not die, so how can the Imam die?!' I asked: 'O my Master, what is this concealment (Ghaybah)?' He said to me: 'O Mufaddal, beyond this is a thin veil that ailments veil from you. If one of you became pure, he would look at his Mawla with the eye of reality.' I asked: 'O my Mawla, where do we find You when You are absent (at the time of non-existence)?' He said: 'In your very existence, if you use your intellect, and with you wherever you are.' I asked: 'O my Mawla, where do we find You at the time of trial and hardship?' He said: 'Beneath the crowns of kings.' I asked: 'What is the meaning of the crowns of kings?' He said: 'Beneath the tongues of the tyrants. If one of you is afflicted by an overpowering disbelieving tyrant whom he cannot withstand, let him call out in secret: 'O my Mawla,' and He will answer you from beneath the tongue of that tyrant.' I asked: 'And by what is the answer known?' He said: 'By the swiftness of the relief from the trial.'1
The knowing, perceiving believer who has an insight into the melody of the speech of our Mawali, magnificent is their glory, if he looks at this noble narration with the eye of his heart, he will see the Light, the Mercy, and the Clarification.
Our Mawlana Al-Sadiq, may his glory be exalted, said to Al-Mufaddal, peace comes from him: 'Indeed, your Mawla has made it appear to the inverted world that He was overpowered and wronged many times, and all of that was a deception (talbis) upon the inverted world. He confuses them with what they confuse others with, in order to confirm the proof against them. Have you not heard His saying concerning the Master the Messiah: {They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but it was made to resemble for them}'2
The subject of the deceit (makr) and the repetition of the scenario of killing and oppression has been ongoing since the beginning, and this subject is present in the previous religions.