The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 995 (#Passage #2)
Chapter 196 | Age of Ignorance, the transience of this world and the state of its inhabitants
[بعثة النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) :] بَعَثَهُ حِينَ لاَ عَلَمٌ قَائِمٌ، وَلاَ مَنَارٌ سَاطِعٌ، وَلاَ مَنْهَجٌ وَاضِحٌ.
Allāh deputed the Prophet when no sign of guidance existed, no beacon was giving light and no passage was clear.
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).