اِقتِرابُ السّاعَةِ The Drawing Near of the Hour

4ـ الجعفريّات عن رسولِ اللّه‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): بُعِثتُ أنا والسّاعَةُ كَهاتَينِ ـ وأشارَ بِإصبَعهِ: السَّبّابَةِ والوُسطى ثُمَّ قالَ ـ: وَالّذي نَفسِي بِيَدِه إنّي لَأجِدُ السّاعةَ بَينَ كِتفَيَّ .

4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The time between when I was sent down [as a messenger] and the Hour is as these two’, indicating to the space between his index finger and his middle finger. He then continued, ‘By the One who has my soul in His Grasp, verily I find the Hour to be upon me already.’[al-Ja`afariyyat, p. 212]
 

5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أسفَرَتِ السّاعَةُ عَن وَجهِها، وظَهَرَتِ العَلامَةُ لِمُتَوَسِّمِها.

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘You and the Hour will occur in the same epoch.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 190]