ولولاما عِندَنا من محبّةِ صلاحِكُم ورحمتِكم ، والإشفاق عليكم ، لكنّا عن مخاطبتكم فيشُغُلٍ. (بحار الأنوار ج53 ص179)
Were it not for our desire to see you righteous and the mercy and pity we feel for you, we would have been too occupied to address you. (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.53, P.179)
أناالمهديُّ، أنا قائم الزمّان، أنا الذي أملأَها عدلاً كما مُلِئت (ظُلماً و) جورا. (بحار الأنوار ج52 ص2)
I am al-Mahdi (the guided one), I am the imam of the time and I am the one who fills it (earth) with justice just as it was filled with injustice and tyranny. (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.52, P.2)
زَعَمَتِالظلمة أن حُجّة الله داحضةٌ، ولو أُذن لنا في الكلام لزال الشّك. (بحار الأنوار ج51 ص4)
The oppressors alleged that Allah's proof is invalid, and if we were permitted to speak out, the uncertainty would disappear. (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.51, P.4)
علامةظهور أمري كَثرَةُ الهَرَجِ والمَرجِ والفِتن. (بحار الأنوارج51ص320)
The sign of the emergence of my rule is the increase in chaos and persecution. (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.51, P.320)
إنّايُحيطُ عِلمُنا بأنبائِكُم، ولا يعزُبُ عنّا شيئٌ من أخبارِكُم. (بحار الأنوار ج53 ص175)
We have comprehensive knowledge of your news, and not a thing of it escapes us. (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.53, P.175)
الدّينُلمحمّد صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم والهدايةُ لعَلِيٍّ أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام،لأنها لهُ وفي عَقِبِه باقيةً إلى يومِ القيامة. (بحار الأنوارج53 ص160)
The faith is Mohammed's (his assignment), may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him and his household; and guidance is `Ali's (`Alee, Eli), the Commander of The Believers, may peace be upon him, because it is meant for him and will remain in his descendants until the Day of Resurrection. (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.53, P.160)
فمَنظَلَمَنا كان في جُملة الظّالمين لنا ، وكانت لَعنةُ اللهِ عليه، لِقولِه عزّ وجلّ "أَلا لَعنَةُ الله على الظّالمين". (بحار الأنوار ج53ص182)
And whoso oppresses us will be one of those who wrong us, and Allah's curse shall rest upon him because of the Almighty's saying, " Surely, Allah's curse shall rest upon the wrongdoers". (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.53, P.182)
أناوجميع آبائي... عبيدُ الله عزّ وجلّ. (بحار الأنوارج25)
All my fathers and I are servants of Almighty Allah. (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.25)
سَجدةُالشّكر مِن أَلزم السُّنن وأوجَبها. (بحار الأنوار ج53ص161)
The prostration of gratitude is from among the most indispensable and most necessary of the sunna practices (Prophetic Tradition). (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.53, P.161