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  • W illThisCentury

    Come

  • Now writing under the pen-name of HARUN YAHYA, AdnanOktar was born in Ankara in 1956. Having completed his primaryand secondary education in Ankara, he studied fine arts at Istan-bul's Mimar Sinan University and philosophy at Istanbul Univer-sity. Since the 1980s, he has published many books on political,scientific, and faith-related issues. Harun Yahya is well-known asthe author of important works disclosing the imposture of evolu-tionists, their invalid claims, and the dark liaisons between Dar-winism and such bloody ideologies as fascism and communism.

    Harun Yahya’s works, translated into 63 different languages, con-stitute a collection for a total of more than 55,000 pages with 40,000

    illustrations. His pen-name is a composite of the names Harun (Aaron) and

    Yahya (John), in memory of the two esteemed Prophets who foughtagainst their peoples' lack of faith. The Prophet's seal on his books' cov-

    ers is symbolic and is linked to their contents. It represents the Qur'an(the Final Scripture) and Prophet Muhammad (saas), last of the

    prophets. Under the guidance of the Qur'an and the Sun-nah (teachings of the Prophet [saas]), the author makes

    it his purpose to disprove each fundamental tenet ofirreligious ideologies and to have the "last word,"

    so as to completely silence the objections raisedagainst religion. He uses the seal of the finalProphet (saas), who attained ultimate wisdomand moral perfection, as a sign of his intentionto offer the last word.

    All of Harun Yahya's works share one singlegoal: to convey the Qur'an's message, encourage

    readers to consider basic faith-related issuessuch as Allah's existence and unity and

    the Hereafter; and to expose irreli-gious systems' feeble foundations

    and perverted ideologies.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  • Harun Yahya enjoys a wide readership in many countries, from India to America, Eng-land to Indonesia, Poland to Bosnia, Spain to Brazil, Malaysia to Italy, France to Bulgariaand Russia. Some of his books are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian,Portuguese, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian, Chinese, Swahili, Hausa, Dhivehi (spoken in Mal-dives), Russian, Serbo-Croat (Bosnian), Polish, Malay, Uygur Turkish, Indonesian, Bengali,Danish and Swedish.

    Greatly appreciated all around the world, these works have been instrumental in manypeople recovering faith in Allah and gaining deeper insights into their faith. His books' wis-dom and sincerity, together with a distinct style that's easy to understand, directly affectanyone who reads them. Those who seriously consider these books, can no longer advocateatheism or any other perverted ideology or materialistic philosophy, since these books arecharacterized by rapid effectiveness, definite results, and irrefutability. Even if they contin-ue to do so, it will be only a sentimental insistence, since these books refute such ideologiesfrom their very foundations. All contemporary movements of denial are now ideologicallydefeated, thanks to the books written by Harun Yahya.

    This is no doubt a result of the Qur'an's wisdom and lucidity. The author modestlyintends to serve as a means in humanity's search for Allah's right path. No material gain issought in the publication of these works.

    Those who encourage others to read these books, to open their minds and hearts andguide them to become more devoted servants of Allah, render an invaluable service.

    Meanwhile, it would only be a waste of time and energy to propagate other books thatcreate confusion in people's minds, lead them into ideological confusion, and that clearlyhave no strong and precise effects in removing the doubts in people's hearts, as also veri-fied from previous experience. It is impossible for books devised to emphasize the author'sliterary power rather than the noble goal of saving people from loss of faith, to have such agreat effect. Those who doubt this can readily see that the sole aim of Harun Yahya's booksis to overcome disbelief and to disseminate the Qur'an's moral values. The success andimpact of this service are manifested in the readers' conviction.

    One point should be kept in mind: The main reason for the continuing cruelty, conflict,and other ordeals endured by the vast majority of people is the ideological prevalence ofdisbelief. This can be ended only with the ideological defeat of disbelief and by conveyingthe wonders of creation and Qur'anic morality so that people can live by it. Considering thestate of the world today, leading into a downward spiral of violence, corruption and con-flict, clearly this service must be provided speedily and effectively, or it may be too late.

    In this effort, the books of Harun Yahya assume a leading role. By the will of Allah, thesebooks will be a means through which people in the twenty-first century will attain thepeace, justice, and happiness promised in the Qur'an.

  • TO THE READER

    A special chapter is assigned to the collapse of the theory of evolution becausethis theory constitutes the basis of all anti-spiritual philosophies. Since Darwinismrejects the fact of creation—and therefore, Allah's existence—over the last 150 years ithas caused many people to abandon their faith or fall into doubt. It is therefore animperative service, a very important duty to show everyone that this theory is a decep-tion. Since some readers may find the opportunity to read only one of our books, wethink it appropriate to devote a chapter to summarize this subject.

    All the author's books explain faith-related issues in light of Qur'anic verses, andinvite readers to learn Allah's words and to live by them. All the subjects concerningAllah's verses are explained so as to leave no doubt or room for questions in the read-er's mind. The books' sincere, plain, and fluent style ensures that everyone of every ageand from every social group can easily understand them. Thanks to their effective,lucid narrative, they can be read at one sitting. Even those who rigorously reject spiri-tuality are influenced by the facts these books document and cannot refute the truth-fulness of their contents.

    This and all the other books by the author can be read individually, or discussedin a group. Readers eager to profit from the books will find discussion very useful, let-ting them relate their reflections and experiences to one another.

    In addition, it will be a great service to Islam to contribute to the publication andreading of these books, written solely for the pleasure of Allah. The author's books areall extremely convincing. For this reason, to communicate true religion to others, oneof the most effective methods is encouraging them to read these books.

    We hope the reader will look through the reviews of his other books at the backof this book. His rich source material on faith-related issues is very useful, and a pleas-ure to read.

    In these books, unlike some other books, you will not find the author's personalviews, explanations based on dubious sources, styles that are unobservant of therespect and reverence due to sacred subjects, nor hopeless, pessimistic arguments thatcreate doubts in the mind and deviations in the heart.

    First Edition: July, 2010

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  • The ProphetJesus (as) and

    Hazrat Mahdı (as)Wıll Come

    Thıs Century

    HARUN YAHYA(ADNAN OKTAR)

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    CONTENTS

    FIRST BOOKTHE PROPHET JESUS (AS) AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    WILL COME THIS CENTURY

    FOREWORD: ..........................................................................41

    PART ONE:THE TIMING OF THE COMING OF THE PROPHET JESUS (AS)AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ....................................................46

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR IN HIJRI 1400S, IN OTHER WORDS,

    IN THIS CENTURY...................................................................................................................................................47

    BEDIUZZAMAN INDICATED THAT HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL

    APPEAR AT HIJRI 1400........................................................................................................................................59

    THE LIFE SPAN OF THE WORLD IS 7000 YEARS ......................................................................86

    SUYUTI RELATES TRUSTWORTHY HADITHS REGARDING THAT

    THE LIFE OF THE WORLD LASTS 7000 YEARS.............................................................................90

    WHICH GREAT ISLAMIC SCHOLARS HAVE SAID, ON THE BASIS OF

    THE HADITHS OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS), THAT THE LIFE-SPAN OF

    THE WORLD IS 7000 YEARS? .......................................................................................................................95

    MASS REALIZATION OF THE PORTENTS OF THE END TIMES IN

    THE LAST 30 YEARS CONFIRMS THAT THE LIFE SPAN OF THIS

    WORLD IS 7000 YEARS......................................................................................................................................100

    THE DAY OF JUDGMENT IS CLOSE AFTER THE MESSENGER

    OF ALLAH (SAAS) .....................................................................................................................................................101

    IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DAY OF JUDGMENT TO BE 120 YEARS

    AFTER THE SUN HAS RISEN FROM THE WEST.............................................................................102

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    PART TWO:CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IN THE HADITHS ....................................................................107

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL DEFINITELY APPEAR ..............................108

    THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GLAD TIDINGS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    BEING IMPARTED AMONG MUSLIMS .................................................................................................108

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL DEFINITELY APPEAR .....................................................................108

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BEGIN COMMUNICATING

    THE RELIGION IN HIJRI 1400 (1980 AD) .............................................................................................109

    THE WALAYAT (SAINTSHIP) WILL COME TO AN END WITH

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................110

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) BIRTH AND LINEAGE .........................111

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS DESCENDED FROM THE LINE OF

    THE PROPHET (SAAS) ...........................................................................................................................................111

    ONE CHARACTERISTIC THAT WILL ESTABLISH HAZRAT

    MAHDI'S (AS) IDENTITY IS HIS DESCENT FROM

    HAZRAT HASSAN (RA).......................................................................................................................................112

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE BORN AT HOME ......................................................................113

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE BORN IN A BIG CITY AND

    THEN COME TO ISTANBUL ............................................................................................................................114

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL COME FROM THE CAUCASUS...............................................117

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE FEW BROTHERS ................................................................117

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE SINGLE ................................................................................................117

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) NAME ...............................................118

    OUR PROPHET'S (SAAS) LINE OF DESCENT......................................................................................120

    HAZRAT ALI REVEALS IN THE QASIDA AR-ARJUZA THAT

    OUR PROPHET’S (SAAS) NAME IS ADNAN ......................................................................................122

    THE TITLES OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...................................................................................................122

    OUR PROPHET’S (SAAS) ADDRESSES TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).....................................124

    ONE OF HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) NAMES WILL BE

    “ARSLAN” (THE LION) ..........................................................................................................................................125

  • THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).................126

    ASTONISHING IDENTIFICATORY DETAILS IN HAZRAT

    MAHDI’S (AS) EXTERNAL APPEARANCE ...........................................................................................126

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS BEAUTIFUL AND RADIANT.............................................................127

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) FACE WILL BE PEARLY WHITE,

    RADIANT AND CLEAN ......................................................................................................................................129

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE ARAB IN COMPLEXION,

    IN OTHER WORDS, HE WILL BE DARKISH WHITE .....................................................................129

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A FAIR COMPLEXION AND

    HE WILL HAVE TWO MARKS THE SAME COLOR AS THOSE OF

    OUR PROPHET (SAAS) ........................................................................................................................................131

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) HAS THE “SEAL OF PROPHETHOOD”

    ON HIS SHOULDER..................................................................................................................................................131

    HE WILL HAVE A MOLE SHAPED LIKE A LEAF ON HIS BACK ........................................133

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RESEMBLE THE CHILDREN OF

    ISRAEL IN APPEARANCE ...................................................................................................................................134

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FEET WILL POINT OUTWARD AS HE WALKS...................134

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL USE HIS HAND TO EMPHASIZE

    WHAT HE IS SAYING............................................................................................................................................134

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE OF MEDIUM STATURE..........................................................135

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS A MAJESTIC INDIVIDUAL .................................................................135

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) BEARD WILL BE COPIOUS AND THICK...................................136

    HHAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A LIGHT BEARD AT THE SIDES

    AND LONG AT THE FRONT..........................................................................................................................136

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) TEETH WILL BE VERY BRIGHT .......................................................137

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE SOMEONE WITH GREEN EYES

    AND WHOSE BEARD IS SPARSE AT THE SIDES .............................................................................138

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE SLANTED EYES ..................................................................138

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) WHOLE BODY WILL BE WIDE..........................................................139

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) STOMACH WILL BE WIDE....................................................................140

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) THIGHS WILL BE BROAD ......................................................................140

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) BROW WILL BE BROAD AND OPEN...........................................141

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A SMALL AND THIN NOSE....................................141

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) EYEBROWS WILL BE CURVED .........................................................143

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE BLACK HAIR.........................................................................143

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL HAIR............................144

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    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A BLACK MARK ON HIS RIGHT LEG .............144

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A MOLE ON HIS FOREHEAD..................................145

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A MARK (SCAR) ON HIS FOREHEAD .............145

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) FOREHEAD WILL BE BRIGHT.............................................................146

    THERE WILL BE A MOLE ON HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) CHEEK..........................................146

    THE MOLE ON HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) CHEEK WILL RESEMBLE

    THAT OF THE PROPHET MOSES (AS) .....................................................................................................147

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A CLEAN AND

    PEACEFUL COUNTENANCE............................................................................................................................147

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) AGE...........................................................................................................................148

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CONCAVITY

    ON HIS FOREHEAD..................................................................................................................................................148

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) SKIN WILL BE BRIGHT.............................................................................149

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A SMALL DIP BETWEEN

    HIS EYEBROWS............................................................................................................................................................149

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL LOOK YOUNG EVEN IN ADVANCED AGE..............149

    CERTAIN FEATURES OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) THAT RESEMBLE

    OUR PROPHET (SAAS) ..........................................................................................................................................150

    SIGNS OF THE APPEARANCE OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........154

    PORTENTS OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) COMING TAKING

    PLACE ONE AFTER THE OTHER .................................................................................................................157

    THE PROLIFERATION OF CORRUPTION..............................................................................................158

    WIDESPREAD SLAUGHTER BEFORE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) COMES ............................163

    THE GLOBAL PERVASIVENESS OF DISORDER AND CONFLICT.....................................166

    STRIFE IN WHICH EVEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE

    SLAUGHTERED............................................................................................................................................................167

    FINANCIAL CRISIS IS ONE OF THE SIGNS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).........................170

    THE INCREASED OPPRESSION OF MUSLIMS.....................................................................................171

    THE DESTRUCTION OF MASJIDS AND MOSQUES......................................................................172

    RELIGIOUS PROHIBITIONS (HARAM) GAIN ACCEPTANCE.................................................172

    THE OPEN DENIAL OF ALLAH (SURELY ALLAH IS BEYOND THAT).........................173

    THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR..........................................................................................................................................174

    THE OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN...............................................................................................177

    STOPPING THE FLOW OF THE EUPHRATES ...................................................................................179

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    SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES DURING RAMADAN................................................................183

    THE RISE OF A COMET........................................................................................................................................185

    STORMING THE KAABA AND THE SUBSEQUENT BLOODSHED....................................188

    SIGHTING A FLARE IN THE EAST..............................................................................................................191

    THE EXPLOSION OF THE TANKER “INDEPENDENTA”

    IN 1979 IN ISTANBUL............................................................................................................................................196

    AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FALSE PROPHETS ...........................................................198

    THE USE OF RELIGION FOR PERSONAL ENDS................................................................................199

    THE OCCURRANCE OF GREAT AND ASTONISHING EVENTS.......................................199

    A SIGN OUT OF THE SUN.................................................................................................................................208

    THE DESTRUCTION OF GREAT CITIES .................................................................................................209

    AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES................................................................212

    THE TAKING PLACE OF A MAJOR EVENT ......................................................................................218

    EMERGENCE OF A TWO-TAILED COMET..........................................................................................220

    AN IMAGE SHAPED LIKE A HAND IN SPACE.................................................................................225

    SEVERE FLOODS.........................................................................................................................................................227

    BIRD AND SWINE FLU .........................................................................................................................................235

    A RISE IN LIGHTNING STRIKES ....................................................................................................................236

    THE DESTRUCTION OF BAGHDAD BY FLAMES...........................................................................238

    VANISHING OF IRAQI ARMY IN THE DESERT..............................................................................239

    THE IRAQIS WILL BE LEFT PENNILESS ...................................................................................................240

    SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ AND SHAM..........................................................................................242

    THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ............................................................................................................243

    CORRUPTION IN SHAM......................................................................................................................................244

    THE KILLING OF INNOCENT CHILDREN.............................................................................................244

    THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ FLEEING NORTHWARDS TO SHAM...............................................245

    DISORDER IN SHAM, IRAQ AND ARABIA..........................................................................................246

    A GREAT WAR BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES..................................................247

    DIVISION OF IRAQ INTO THREE................................................................................................................248

    LOSS OF HOPE IN THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS ONE OF THE PORTENTS OF HIS COMING ...........................250

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR WHEN HOPE OF

    HIS COMING IS LOST ...........................................................................................................................................250

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    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR SECRETLY AND SUDDENLY ..........................251

    THE DEGENERATION THAT WILL APPEAR IN SOCIETY BEFORE THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .....................252

    AT THE TIME WHEN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) APPEARS, THE MAJORITY

    OF PEOPLE WILL NOT PERFORM THE PRAYER (SALAT) AND WILL EVEN BE

    UNAWARE THAT WINE IS UNLAWFUL (HARAM) IN ISLAM...........................................252

    SLANDER AND FALSE WITNESS WILL BE WIDESPREAD PRIOR

    TO THE APPEARANCE OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ......................................................................252

    THERE WILL BE A RISE IN DRUG-RELATED DEATHS AND

    KILLINGS BEFORE THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...............................................253

    LOVELESSNESS AMONG PEOPLE IN THE END TIMES IS A

    PORTENT BOTH OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND OF

    THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ..........................................................................................253

    IT IS NARRATED THAT WHEN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS

    ABSENT ''EVERYTHING ON EARTH WILL BE CORRUPTED''............................................254

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR AT A TIME WHEN

    “PEOPLE ARE SCATTERED IN DIFFERENT PLACES” ...................................................................256

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR WHEN PEOPLE ARE

    LEAST AMICABLE AND MOST AT CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER ....................256

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE

    ARE SICK OF EVIL, CRIME AND OPPRESSION.................................................................................257

    VIOLENCE AND ANARCHY IN SOCIETY AND PKK TERROR WILL APPEAR

    DURING HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) OCCULTATON........................................................................257

    ONE OF THE PORTENTS OF THE COMING OF HAZRAT

    MAHDI (AS) IS PEOPLE’S LEAVING THE PATH OF GUIDANCE........................................258

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR FOLLOWING

    A TIME OF TROUBLES ..........................................................................................................................................259

    OUR PROPHET (SAAS) GAVE US THE NEWS THAT IN THE END

    TIMES THERE WILL BE OPPRESSION IN PALESTINE...................................................................259

    BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT PRIOR TO THE

    APPEARANCE OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), NOBODY WILL BE ABLE

    TO SPEAK THE NAME OF ALLAH WITH EASE...............................................................................260

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE

    COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TROUBLES AND OPPRESSION THEY SUFFER...................260

    ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS WILL BE DESTROYED AND THERE

    WILL BE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................261

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    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR IN A PERIOD WHEN

    PEOPLE CANNOT EVEN FIND ONE SINGLE PERSON TO LEAD THEM ...................262

    PEOPLE WILL LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS, BUT WILL FINALLY ATTAIN

    SALVATION (BY ALLAH'S LEAVE) THROUGH HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .....................263

    PEOPLE'S APPEARANCES WILL BE IMPAIRED AND UGLY IN

    THE END TIMES..........................................................................................................................................................263

    SOME PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DESCENDED FROM

    APES BY WAY OF EVOLUTION WILL ASSUME THE APPEARANCE

    OF APES AND PIGS ................................................................................................................................................264

    SOME SO-CALLED RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS WHO ESPOUSE

    DARWINISM WILL BE LIKE APES AND PIGS .....................................................................................265

    THE “RAINING DOWN OF STONES AND THE LIKE” DESCRIBED IN

    THE HADITH IS TAKING PLACE IN PRESENT DAY WITH BOMBINGS

    TARGETING MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD................................................................................266

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL INITIALLY NOT BE RECOGNIZED BY THE GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ..............267

    PEOPLE WILL SEE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IN THEIR HOMES AND ON

    THE STREETS AND WILL FREQUENTLY WATCH HIM; BUT THEY

    WILL NOT REALIZE HE IS HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ........................................................................267

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT SAY, “I AM HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)”

    BUT HE WILL PERMIT THEM TO GRASP “THE TRUTH OF THE MAHDI”

    BY LIFTING THE FOG OF UNAWARENESS FROM THEIR EYES .......................................268

    ONE OF THE PIECES OF WISDOM BEHIND PEOPLE’S INABILITY

    TO RECOGNIZE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS THAT HE IS UNDER

    ALLAH’S PROTECTION........................................................................................................................................269

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL INITIALLY BE RELUCTANT

    FOR HIS NAME TO BE KNOWN..................................................................................................................270

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE VISIBLE TO PEOPLE, BUT ALLAH

    WILL FOR LONG CONCEAL THE FACT THAT HE IS

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .........................................................................................................................................270

    SINCERE MUSLIMS WILL LOVE AND APPRECIATE HAZRAT

    MAHDI (AS) AND HIS FOLLOWERS IN TIME....................................................................................271

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) NAME AND RENOWN WILL CONSTANTLY

    SPREAD BEFORE HIS COMING.......................................................................................................................272

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY AND HARDSHIP ......................................................................274

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    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) BEING SUBJECTED TO TROUBLES

    AND DIFFICULTIES ..................................................................................................................................................274

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE SUBJECTED TO PLOTS AND

    SLANDERS FROM THE UNBELIEVERS, LIKE ALL THE PROPHETS

    AND TRUE MUSLIMS .............................................................................................................................................276

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE FOLLOWED AND WATCHED

    AND THEY WILL TRY TO PRESSURIZE HIM....................................................................................278

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) BEING OUT OF PEOPLE’S SIGHT .........................................................279

    THERE WILL BE NEGATIVE PROPAGANDA ABOUT

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................279

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE TWO OCCULTATIONS...............................................280

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE CHAINED HAND AND FOOT........................................280

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) STRUGGLE AGAINST THE SYSTEM OF

    THE ANTICHRIST IN THE END TIMES IN THE HADITHS.....................................................281

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE UNAFFECTED BY CERTAIN

    PEOPLE AND HE WILL NEVER COMPROMISE FROM ABIDING

    BY THE QUR’AN........................................................................................................................................................283

    ALLAH WILL CLEAR HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) OF SLANDERS

    POINTED AT HIM.....................................................................................................................................................284

    AS HE DID WITH THE PROPHET ABRAHAM (AS), ALLAH WILL

    LEAD HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) TO SAFETY FROM ALL THE

    DENIERS' SNARES .....................................................................................................................................................285

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CONTINUE HIS WORK EVEN DURING

    THE TIME OF HIS OCCULTATION.............................................................................................................286

    THERE WILL BE NO INFORMATION AGAINST HAZRAT MAHDI (AS),

    AND ALL THE TRAPS SET FOR HIM WILL FAIL............................................................................286

    ALL THE PRESSURES AND ATTACKS WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................287

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ESTABLISH THE DOMINION OF

    ISLAMIC MORAL VALUES UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS...........................288

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED IN ANY WAY;

    NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO HARM HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)................................................289

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR IN TURKEY AND BE ACTIVE IN ISTANBUL.................................................290

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SPIRITUALLY CAPTURE ISTANBUL ..................................290

    THE CURRENTLY FRAGMENTED TURKISH STATES WILL

    UNITE AND HELP HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)............................................................................................292

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    THE NATION AMONG WHOM HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) SERVES......................................293

    VERSE 79 OF SURAT AL-KAHF CONTAINS REFERENCES TO THE

    TANKER “INDEPENDENTA” THAT SANK IN 1979 IN ISTANBUL

    AND THE CLIMATE OF ANARCHY THAT BEGAN IN THE SAME YEAR...............293

    DURING HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) STRUGGLE THAT WILL BEGIN

    IN ISTANBUL THERE WILL BE A MECCAN PERIOD, A JERUSALEM

    PERIOD AND A ROMAN PERIOD...............................................................................................................295

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SPREAD THE MORAL VALUES OF

    ISLAM IN A CITY WITH GIANT SHOPPING CENTERS

    CONTAINING THOUSANDS OF STORES.............................................................................................301

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ENLIGHTEN THE TURKISH

    NATION WITH HIS DEEP KNOWLEDGE ..............................................................................................301

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL FIRST APPEAR IN TURKEY WITH

    THE TURKISH FLAG; HE WILL THEN ASSUME THE SPIRITUAL

    LEADERSHIP OF OTHER COUNTRIES WITH GREEN FLAGS ..............................................302

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR FROM TURKEY AND WILL

    NEVER LEAVE UNTIL THE END OF HIS SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE .....................................302

    THE TURKS WILL POSSESS GREAT POWER IN THE END TIMES ....................................303

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR WITH HOLY RELICS ........304

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR WITH THE SIGNS OF

    THE PROPHETS ...........................................................................................................................................................304

    OUR PROPHET'S (SAAS) STANDARD WILL BE BESIDE HAZRAT

    MAHDI (AS), AND THAT BANNER WILL INCREASE THE FEAR

    OF ENEMIES BUT DEEPEN THE FAITH OF SINCERE MUSLIMS ..........................................305

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE THE STAFF OF THE PROPHET

    MOSES (AS) AND THE PROPHET SULAYMAN’S (AS) RING .................................................306

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL UNEARTH THE ARK OF THE COVENANT ...............307

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) APPEARANCE WITH THE HOLY RELICS.................................308

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) BANNER...............................................................................................................308

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL USE THE SEAL OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS)....................310

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) SPIRITUAL FEATURES AND SUPERIOR MORAL VIRTUES....................................................311

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) MORALITY IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF

    OUR PROPHET (SAAS) ..........................................................................................................................................311

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) POSSESSES THE FORBEARANCE OF

    THE PROPHET DAVID (AS), THE PATIENCE OF THE PROPHET JOB (AS)..............312

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    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE THE MOST VIRTUOUS PERSON

    IN THE WORLD..........................................................................................................................................................312

    BELIEVERS ADOPT HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) MORAL VIRTUE

    AS A ROLE MODEL..................................................................................................................................................313

    ALLAH WILL PURIFY HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IN ONE NIGHT ...........................................313

    ALLAH WILL BESTOW A GREAT BLESSING AND POWER ON

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IN A SINGLE DAY...........................................................................................315

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS ONE OF THE SAYYIDS (MASTERS)

    OF THE DWELLERS OF PARADISE .............................................................................................................315

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS LIKE A SUN, ILLUMINATING PEOPLE.......................................316

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) LOVES ALLAH MORE THAN ANYTHING IN

    THE WORLD AND HAS A PROFOUND AWE AND RESPECT FOR HIM...................316

    THE NAME OF ALLAH WILL BE MUCH REMEMBERED IN

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) HOME......................................................................................................................317

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS VERY COMPASSIONATE.....................................................................318

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) HAS A POWERFUL URGE TO DEFEND ISLAM .......................319

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL UPHOLD THE TRUTH AGAINST CRUELTY...............319

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) GRATITUDE IS ONLY TO ALLAH..................................................319

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT TELL PEOPLE OF HIS NEEDS ......................................320

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) BENEVOLENCE TOWARD PEOPLE...............................................320

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) BEING VERY GENEROUS.......................................................................320

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE VERY COMPASSIONATE AND

    AFFECTIONATE..........................................................................................................................................................321

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) BEARS THE TITLES OF COURAGE,

    FORTITUDE, LOYALTY AND SOLIDARITY.......................................................................................324

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY HIS POWERFUL

    FAITH, GRANDEUR, DIGNITY, NOBLE BEHAVIOR AND THE

    DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN BY OUR PROPHET (SAAS) ......................................................................325

    THERE WILL BE NO SHAME OR CRUELTY IN

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) WORK.....................................................................................................................327

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) KNOWS WHAT IS LAWFUL (HALAL) AND

    UNLAWFUL (HARAM) ........................................................................................................................................327

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS THE MOST AUSPICIOUS PERSON ON

    THE EARTH AT HIS TIME..................................................................................................................................327

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) INSIGHT, FORESIGHT AND

    UNDERSTANDING IS VERY POWERFUL .............................................................................................328

    ALLAH WILL INSPIRE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WITH THE TRUEST LAW..................329

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    THE BOUNTY OF ALLAH'S TITLE OF ''HADI,'' ''THE GUIDE'' IS

    UPON HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)..........................................................................................................................330

    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) LOVE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS...............................................330

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL LOVE AND UNDERSTAND ANIMALS............................331

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) HAS NO GOODS OR PROPERTY........................................................332

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS THE ONE WHO HAS THE MOST KNOWLEDGE

    AMONG PEOPLE AND HE IS THE BEST FRIEND FOR PEOPLE...........................................332

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL PREACH THE MORAL VALUES OF

    ISLAM USING THE MOST SINCERE WORDS ....................................................................................333

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RESOLVE MATTERS VERY FAST ........................................333

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL KNOW PEOPLE VERY WELL THROUGH

    ALLAH'S INSPIRATION; HIS DECISIONS WILL REQUIRE NO WITNESSES ................334

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE SUPERIOR FORESIGHT AND,

    BY ALLAH’S WILL, POSSESS SECRET KNOWLEDGE....................................................................334

    ALMIGHTY ALLAH WILL GUIDE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    WITH HIS WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE AND THE GUIDANCE..................................................335

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL POSSESS ''KNOWLEDGE KNOWN TO NONE'' ........335

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL KNOW THE SCIENCE OF

    ABJAD (NUMEROLOGY).....................................................................................................................................336

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL POSSESS SECRET KNOWLEDGE LIKE

    THE HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE (ILM AL-LADUN) FROM

    THE PRESENCE OF ALLAH ...............................................................................................................................336

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOTICE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY...................337

    INSPIRED BY ALLAH, HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL KNOW

    “THE BEST BEHAVIOR FOR EARNING ALLAH’S APPROVAL” AND

    WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY..............................................................................................................................337

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL IMMEDIATELY TELL FRIEND FROM FOE......................338

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE KNOWN BY HIS PERFECT

    MANAGEMENT OF WORKS AND PEOPLE.........................................................................................338

    EVERYONE'S MINDS WILL OPEN AND THEY WILL POSSESS

    GREATER KNOWLEDGE IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).................................338

    THE SINCERE STYLE IN HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) PREACHING

    STYLE OF THE MORAL VALUES OF THE QUR'AN WILL BE

    INSTRUMENTAL IN PEOPLE HAVING A PROFOUND FAITH IN ALLAH................339

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE AN INSTRUMENT OF ABUNDANCE .......................339

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE SOMEONE WHOSE REASON AND

    FAITH ARE GREATLY TO BE TRUSTED, AND SINCERE PEOPLE WHO

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    RECOGNIZE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL FOLLOW HIM.......................................................340

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A VERY POWERFUL BODY AND

    VOICE; AT THE SAME TIME HIS WORDS AND SPEECH WILL HAVE

    A GREAT IMPACT ACROSS THE WORLD..........................................................................................340

    WHEN THE PROPHET MOSES (AS) LEARNED OF THE VIRTUE OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), HE PRAYED TO ALLAH TO BE

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................341

    HIS ASSUMPTION OF ALL RESPONSIBILITY ......................................................................................341

    VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .....................................................342

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) CHARACTERISTICS WHICH RESEMBLE THE PROPHETS AND THE WALIS (SAINTS)..............343

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RULE THE WORLD, JUST LIKE DHU'L

    QARNAYN (AS) AND THE PROPHET SOLOMON (AS)............................................................343

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) CHARACTERISTICS ARE MENTIONED IN

    THE HOLY BOOKS REVEALED TO THE PROPHETS...................................................................344

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RESEMBLE THE PROPHETS IN MANY WAYS ...........346

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF

    ALL THE PROPHETS................................................................................................................................................348

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE LONG-LIVED, LIKE THE

    PROPHET NOAH (AS) AND THE PROPHET ADAM (AS)........................................................348

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RESEMBLE KHIDR (AS)

    AND DHU’L-QARNAYN (AS) .......................................................................................................................348

    THE NAME OF DHU'L-QARNAYN (AS) THAT APPEARS IN

    THE QUR'AN WILL CONTAIN SIGNS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    OF THE END TIMES.................................................................................................................................................349

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE MUCH LOVED .........................352

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE MUCH LOVED BY PEOPLE................................................352

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE SPOKEN OF EVERYWHERE ..............................................353

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), ALL THE ENTITIES IN

    THE WORLD WILL BE CONTENT WITH HIM .................................................................................354

    BELIEVERS WOULD WAIT FOR THE EMERGENCE OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WITH ASPIRATION........................................................................................354

    THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE RUNNING TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    BY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS, FOLLOWING AND NEVER ABANDONING HIM........355

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    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE THE BENEFACTOR OF ALL

    MUSLIMS; PLENTIFUL GOODS AND GIFTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED

    TO PEOPLE IN HIS TIME......................................................................................................................................356

    GREAT LOVE WILL BE SHOWN FOR HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    WHEN HE APPEARS ...............................................................................................................................................357

    IN THE ACCOUNTS IT IS REVEALED THAT EVERYONE MUST

    FOLLOW HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WHEN HE APPEARS ............................................................358

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL EARN PEOPLE'S LOVE AND

    CONCERN, EVEN AT TIME WHEN HE IS UNKNOWN TO THEM,

    AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE THEIR MINDS...................................................................................358

    THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) COMMUNITY...........................................................................359

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) COMMUNITY WILL BE FEW IN NUMBERS............................359

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS ARE YOUNG .................................................................364

    MOST PEOPLE IN THE END TIMES WILL KEEP THEIR DISTANCE

    FROM HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) COMMUNITY .................................................................................365

    VERY FEW PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IN

    THE TIME OF HIS OCCULTATION, AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL

    HARBOR DEEP SUSPICIONS ABOUT HIM ............................................................................................365

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A WORKING GROUP OF 30 PEOPLE..............366

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS WILL HAVE NO MATERIAL

    OR SPIRITUAL INTEREST IN WORLDLY THINGS.........................................................................367

    SUPERIOR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOLLOWERS OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................367

    THE GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE END TIMES WILL FAIL

    TO APPRECIATE THE WORTH OF HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) FOLLOWERS..............368

    THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS

    WILL BE VERY POWERFUL..............................................................................................................................368

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS WILL BE VERY SELECT ..........................................369

    ONLY SOME OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS

    WILL SPEAK ARABIC .............................................................................................................................................369

    ALLAH HAS MADE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND HIS FOLLOWERS

    SPIRITUALLY POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE; BY ALLAH'S WILL, THEY

    WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE NAME OF ALLAH BEING CALLED

    ON ALL OVER THE WORLD .........................................................................................................................370

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS WILL HAVE A VERY

    POWERFUL FAITH....................................................................................................................................................371

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    HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) FOLLOWERS WILL NOT FEAR THE

    PRESSURE PUT UPON THEM...........................................................................................................................371

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS WILL RAISE NO DIFFICULTIES

    REGARDING THE DECISIONS HE MAKES ............................................................................................372

    DIFFICULTIES AND OPPRESSION WILL NOT WEAR

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS DOWN..................................................................................373

    SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS..........................374

    SOME OF THE YOUNG FOLLOWERS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    WILL BREAK AWAY FROM AND ABANDON THEIR FAMILIES

    WHICH HAVE BECOME CAUGHT UP IN THE CORRUPTION OF

    THE ANTICHRIST DUE TO THE PRESSURE AND INTIMIDATION

    THEY SUBJECT THEM TO ...............................................................................................................................375

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND HIS FOLLOWERS WILL BE HIGHLY

    EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE POWER BESTOWED ON THEM BY ALLAH.................382

    THOSE WHO LISTEN TO HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) LECTURES WILL

    RISE AS LEARNED IN THE MORNING ..................................................................................................384

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS WILL MAKE USE OF

    TECHNOLOGY IN THE END TIMES..........................................................................................................385

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS WILL BE MADE UP OF

    THOSE BELIEVERS FROM WHOM ALLAH TAKES A MONUMENT

    IN QALU BALA ...........................................................................................................................................................386

    ANY MUSLIM WHO WISHES TO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) MUST POSSESS FORTITUDE, TAQWA AND

    MORAL VIRTUE .........................................................................................................................................................386

    PEOPLE WHO LOVE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HEAR HIS WORDS

    THROUGH TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTS IN DIFFERENT

    PARTS OF THE WORLD; THEY WILL SWIFTLY COME TO

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) SIDE, BY PLANE OR BY OTHER FAST MEANS ...................387

    THE FOLLOWERS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE ABLE TO

    COMMUNICATE WITH WHEREVER IN THE WORLD THEY WISH

    WITHIN A FEW MINUTES BY WAY OF THE INTERNET ......................................................388

    THE FOLLOWERS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CROSS

    THE BOSPHORUS BRIDGE AND TRAVEL BY PLANE ..............................................................388

    THE FOLLOWERS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL COMPARE FOSSILS

    OF DEAD PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND SHOW THEM TO PEOPLE; IN

    THIS WAY, AND BY ALLAH’S LEAVE, THEY WILL INTELLECTUALLY

    NEUTRALIZE DARWINISM AND MATERIALISM ..........................................................................388

    THE HYPOCRITES IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE THE WORST THERE HAVE EVER BEEN........................389

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    THE COMMUNITY OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RESEMBLE

    ''PURE AND FERTILE WHEAT.'' HYPOCRITES, WHO LEAVE THEM,

    ON THE OTHER HAND, WILL BE LIKE ''VILE AND LOATHSOME

    WEEVILS IN THIS WHEAT................................................................................................................................389

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WITH HYPOCRITICAL

    NATURES FROM THEIR APPEARANCES ..............................................................................................390

    ON THE SUBJECT OF THE COMING OF THE PROPHET JESUS (AS)

    AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO SAY,

    'ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER HAVE PROMISED US NOTHING

    MORE THAN AN EMPTY DECEPTION’.................................................................................................391

    THE HYPOCRITES WILL BE FEARFUL OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)....................................393

    HYPOCRITES BEING THE TROUBLEMAKERS AND COLDHEARTED...........................393

    HOW THE HYPOCRITES IN HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) COMMUNITY

    FOLLOW THE ANTICHRIST.............................................................................................................................394

    THE APPEARANCE OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AFTER THE

    HYPOCRITES HAVE LEFT..................................................................................................................................394

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND HIS FOLLOWERS WILL NOT BE

    HARMED BY THOSE WHO LEAVE THEM...........................................................................................395

    THE CLEANSING OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) COMMUNITY FROM

    THE HYPOCRITES ...................................................................................................................................................395

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL STRUGGLE AGAINST THE HYPOCRITES,

    WHO WILL OCCUPY THE VERY LOWEST LEVEL OF THE FLAMES .........................396

    THE HYPOCRITICAL CHARACTER FROM THE HADITHS OF

    THE PROPHET (SAAS) ...........................................................................................................................................398

    VERSES IN THE QUR’AN ABOUT HYPOCRITES ............................................................................401

    THE SO-CALLED RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).........................................................409

    THERE WILL BE FALSE RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS WHO DEMAND

    MONEY TO SERVE THE RELIGION IN THE END TIMES.........................................................409

    CERTAIN SHAVEN-HEADED, FALSE SCHOLARS WILL

    APPEAR IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND DEVIATE

    FROM THE MORAL VALUES OF ISLAM BY THEIR STATEMENTS.................................410

    IN THE END TIMES SOME SHAVEN-HEADED PEOPLE, WHO KNOW

    THE QUR’AN VERY WELL, WILL EMERGE AND THEY WILL STRUGGLE

    AGAINST THE MORAL VALUES OF THE QUR’AN .....................................................................411

    SEVENTY THOUSAND SCHOLARS WEARING TURBANS WILL

    SUPPORT THE ANTICHRIST AGAINST HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ........................................412

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    THE POSITION OF SOME IGNORANT SCHOLARS IN THE TIME OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .......................................................................................................................................413

    BEDIUZZAMAN HAS DESCRIBED PEOPLE WHO REJECT THE IDEA OF

    MAHDISM AS “WEAK IN BELIEF” BUT “STRONG IN EGOTISM” ......................................413

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) NO BLOOD WILL BE SPILLED, THE MORALITY OF ISLAM WILL DOMINATE THE ENTIRE WORLD BY MEANS OF SCIENTIFIC WORKS.................................................................415

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT SPILL BLOOD...........................................................................415

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) WEAPONS ARE FAITH AND LOVE............................................416

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CAUSE ISLAMIC MORAL VALUES TO

    PREVAIL THROUGH HIS INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITIES ...........................................................418

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SPIRITUALLY CONQUER THE WORLD .........................418

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND HIS FOLLOWERS WILL CAUSE THE

    MORAL VALUES OF ISLAM TO RULE THE ENTIRE WORLD ............................................420

    WHEN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) CAUSES THE MORAL VALUES OF

    THE RELIGION TO RULE THERE WILL BE NOBODY LEFT TO DENY

    THAT OUR PROPHET (SAAS) IS THE LAST PROPHET..............................................................420

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)’S “YELLOW-WHITE FLAGS ON WHICH IS

    WRITTEN THE NAME OF ALLAH” WILL FLY ALL OVER THE WORLD ..................421

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) WORKS OF FAITH-RELATED ISSUES WILL BE

    INSTRUMENTAL IN PEOPLE ATTAINING SALVATION IN

    THE END TIMES..........................................................................................................................................................422

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL PROVE ALLAH’S EXISTENCE, CREATION,

    THE UNIVERSE, THE QUR’AN AND THE END TIMES USING VERY

    STRONG EVIDENCE AND NONE WILL HAVE ANY

    COUNTER-EVIDENCE TO OFFER ...............................................................................................................423

    IN HIS INTELLECTUAL STRUGGLE AGAINST DARWINISM AND

    MATERIALISM, HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SHOW PEOPLE THE

    PROOFS OF CREATION, AND WILL POINT TO THE VERSES OF

    THE QUR’AN AND TRUSTWORTHY HADITHS HANDED DOWN

    FROM OUR PROPHET (SAAS) AS EVIDENCE IN HIS LECTURES ......................................423

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL PROVE THE FACT OF CREATION

    TO PEOPLE BY MEANS OF FOSSILS...........................................................................................................424

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE WHOLE

    WORLD ATTAINING SALVATION...........................................................................................................425

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    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN PEOPLE LIVING

    THE MORAL VALUES OF THE QUR’AN IN THE MOST PERFECT MANNER........426

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ILLUMINATE THE WHOLE WORLD

    LIKE THE SUN, AND WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL “GRIEF AND

    OPPRESSION” COMING TO AN END.......................................................................................................426

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN PEOPLE LIVING

    BY “TRUE AND DEEP LOVE”..........................................................................................................................426

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN PEOPLE

    HAVING FAITH AND A PROFOUND FEAR OF ALLAH..........................................................428

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SHOW PEOPLE THE TRUE PATH

    OF THE QUR’AN AND THE SUNNAH OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS).................................428

    ALLAH WILL MAKE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) HIS INSTRUMENT

    TO PREPARE PERFECT BOOKS THAT INFLUENCE HIS TIME

    AND THE ENTIRE WORLD ..............................................................................................................................429

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN EVERYWHERE

    BECOMING PLACES IN WHICH ALLAH IS WORSHIPPED......................................................429

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN

    THE QUR’AN AND THE HADITHS VERY WELL...........................................................................430

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) THE MORALITY OF ISLAM WILL BE RESTORED TO ITS TRUE FORM, ALL RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS WILL BE REMOVED........................431

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) THE MORALITY OF ISLAM

    WILL BE RESTORED TO ITS TRUE FORM, ALL RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS

    WILL BE REMOVED ...............................................................................................................................................431

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL DISCLOSE TRUE ISLAMIC MORAL VALUES ...............432

    WHEN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) APPEARS, ALL THE SECTS WILL

    SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO HIM, BECAUSE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    IS THE GREATEST GUIDE OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD. ...............................................................433

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT BE INFLUENCED BY ANYONE,

    BY ANY IDEA OR ANY SECT........................................................................................................................433

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT BE TIED TO ANY SECT,

    AND ALL SCHOOLS WILL SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO HIM

    WHEN HE COMES.....................................................................................................................................................434

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN PEOPLE

    ATTAINING MORAL PERFECTION AND SINCERITY .............................................................435

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL DISTANCE ISLAM FROM IRRELIGIOUS

    CURRENTS AND INNOVATIONS, AND WILL CALL ON PEOPLE

    TO HAVE FAITH .......................................................................................................................................................436

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    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL PURGE THE SUBSEQUENT INNOVATIONS

    IN ISLAM AND GUIDE PEOPLE TO LIVE BY THE QUR’AN AND THE

    SUNNAH OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS) ........................................................................................................438

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPLY THE SUNNAH OF OUR

    PROPHET (SAAS), RID ISLAM OFF SUPERSTITION ADDED TO

    IT SUBSEQUENTLY AND RESTORE THE FAITH TO ITS TRUE

    FORM AS IN THE TIME OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS) .....................................................................439

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ENABLE PEOPLE TO THINK AND

    ACT ON ALL MATTERS ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN; THAT IS,

    HE WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO BEHAVE IN THE BEST, MOST

    ACCURATE, CONSISTENT AND RATIONAL MANNER.........................................................439

    THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL STRUGGLE TOGETHER, AND THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL FOLLOW HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...............................................440

    THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL FOLLOW HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL LEAD THE PROPHET JESUS (AS)

    IN PRAYER (SALAT) ...............................................................................................................................................440

    THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL HELP HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND

    WILL EXPRESS HIS DEVOTION TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ................................................441

    WHEN THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) RETURNS TO EARTH, HE WILL

    PREACH THE MORAL VALUES OF ISLAM WITH BOOKS WITH SEAL

    UPON THEM..................................................................................................................................................................441

    THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL

    RESEMBLE ONE ANOTHER IN TERMS OF APPEARANCE AND

    MORAL VALUES ........................................................................................................................................................442

    WHEN THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) RETURNS TO EARTH,

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ACT AS IMAM (PRAYER LEADER)

    TO THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) ......................................................................................................................442

    THE “TWO ORPHANS” IN SURAT AL-KAHF REFER TO THE PROPHET

    JESUS (AS) AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).................................................................................................443

    THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).............445

    THERE WILL BE NO SUCCESSOR (SPIRITUAL LEADER)

    WHEN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) APPEARS .............................................................................................445

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ACCEPT NO CLAIMS REGARDING

    HIS BEING HAZRAT MAHDI (AS); PEOPLE WILL SWEAR ALLEGIANCE

    TO HIM AGAINST HIS WILL............................................................................................................................447

    WHERE ALLEGIANCE WILL BE SWORN TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ............................449

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    THE SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP OF MUSLIMS WILL COME TO

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WHILE HE IS SITTING AT HOME .......................................................451

    WHEN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) APPEARS, EVERYONE WILL

    UNITE UNDER HIS SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP......................................................................................451

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE THE SAVIOR OF THE MUSLIM WORLD AND ALL MANKIND ....................................452

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BESTOW FREEDOM ON MUSLIMS

    AND NEUTRALIZE THE DEVILISH TEACHINGS OF ATHEIST

    ZIONISTS AND ATHEIST MASONS...........................................................................................................452

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ELIMINATE DIVISION AMONG

    MUSLIMS AND UNIFY THE ISLAMIC WORLD.................................................................................453

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ELIMINATE ALL STRIFE, CONFLICT

    AND DIVISION BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND MAKE MUSLIMS BROTHERS..................454

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CALL ON PEOPLE TO FRIENDSHIP

    AND ALLIANCE .........................................................................................................................................................455

    HERETICAL SYSTEMS WILL BE DESTROYED IN THE TIME OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................455

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL FREE THE WORLD FROM EVILS

    AND OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS, AND WILL CAUSE LOVE AND

    PEACE TO REIGN AMONG PEOPLE..........................................................................................................456

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SOLVE ALL OF PEOPLE’S PROBLEMS,

    COME TO THE RESCUE OF EVERYONE ...............................................................................................456

    ALLAH WILL ELIMINATE BOTH VIOLENCE AND

    THE PHILOSOPHY OF VIOLENCE THROUGH HAZRAT MAHDI (AS).........................457

    THE REIGN OF THE OPPRESSORS WILL COME TO AN END

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)................................................................................................457

    OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ..............458

    THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE YEAR 1956 IN TERMS OF THE END TIMES ................458

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT KNOW ARABIC ....................................................................460

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SPIRITUALLY CONQUER ROME,

    THERE WILL BE A GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN VATICAN ......................................................461

    A GROUP FROM THE EAST WILL PREPARE THE WAY FOR

    THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .............................................................................................461

    EARTHQUAKES WILL STOP BY VIRTUE OF ALLAH’S LOVE FOR

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................462

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    THE COMPANIONS OF THE CAVE WILL BE HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS)

    FOLLOWERS .................................................................................................................................................................462

    DIFFERENT OPINIONS CONCERNING HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    WILL BE PUT FORWARD BUT THESE OPINIONS WILL THEN BE UNITED............462

    SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE DURING

    THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .......................................................................................................463

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL MAKE USE OF THE RISALE-I NUR

    IN HIS WORK................................................................................................................................................................464

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL EXPOUND HADITHS OF OUR

    PROPHET (SAAS) ABOUT THE END TIMES IN THE TRUEST MANNER....................466

    THERE WILL BE A CROOKED OLD MAN BETWEEN OUR

    PROPHET (SAAS) AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)................................................................................466

    REFERENCES IN THE HADITHS TO THE YEARS 1997 AND 1999 ...................................467

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOOD, CAR AND CLOTHES ................468

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL EAT PLAIN FOOD.............................................................................468

    HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) CLOTHES AND SKIN WILL BE BRIGHT.....................................468

    LIKE OUR PROPHET (SAAS) HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL WEAR

    WHITE, BRIGHT AND VERY CLEAN CLOTHES.............................................................................469

    THE FEATURES OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) CAR.........................................................................470

    THE JEWS IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...................471

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BRING OUT THE REAL TORAH

    AND A JEWISH COMMUNITY WILL BECOME MUSLIM THROUGH HIM................471

    MANY JEWS WILL BECOME MUSLIMS BY VIRTUE OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .........................................................................................................................................472

    THERE WILL BE PEOPLE FROM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

    WITH HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ..........................................................................................................................472

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RULE THE JEWS WITH THE LAWS OF

    THE PROPHET DAVID (AS) AND THE PROPHET SOLOMON (AS)................................472

    VERSES OF THE QUR’AN REFERRING TO THE END TIMES, TO THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND TO THE GLOBAL DOMINION OF ISLAMIC MORAL VALUES .....................................................................474

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    OUR PROPHET (SAAS) REVEALED IN VERSE 55 OF SURAT

    AN-NUR THAT HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL

    IN THE GLOBAL DOMINION OF ISLAMIC MORAL VALUES ..............................................474

    ALLAH WILL CAUSE ISLAMIC MORALITY TO RULE THE WORLD,

    EVEN IF THE UNBELIEVERS ARE UNWILLING ...............................................................................480

    VERSE 10 OF SURAH TA HA REFERS TO THE COMING OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) .........................................................................................................................................481

    THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH (AS) CONTAINS

    REFERENCES TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...............................................................................................483

    OTHER VERSES OF THE QUR’AN REFERRING TO

    THE GLOBAL DOMINION OF ISLAM .......................................................................................................493

    SOME VERSES REGARDING HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND

    THE END TIMES SOME NUMEROLOGICAL CALCULATIONS.............................................523

    TECHNOLOGIES IN THE END TIMES REPORTED BY OUR PROPHET (SAAS)........................................................543

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL TELL THE WHOLE WORLD OF

    THE MORAL VALUES OF THE QUR'AN AND THE SIGNS

    LEADING TO FAITH BY MEANS OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS

    OF THE END TIMES.................................................................................................................................................543

    INFORMATION ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH AND

    THE UNIVERSE WILL BE OBTAINED IN THE TIME OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................543

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL MAKE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN OBTAINING.......544

    PEOPLE IN MANY DIFFERENT CITIES WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR HAZRAT

    MAHDI (AS) PREACH THE WORD AT THE SAME TIME ........................................................545

    ELECTRONIC COMMNUNICATIONS IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ..545

    A PERSON’S VOICE SPEAKING TO HIM................................................................................................546

    A SOUND RECEIVER INSERTED INTO A SHOE HEEL ...............................................................547

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD BY

    WAY OF THE INTERNET, TELEVISION AND THE RADIO...................................................548

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE

    ESTABLISHED USING VIDEOPHONE AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS .................................550

    ALL THE CITIES OF THE WORLD CAN BE SEEN IN GREAT DETAIL USING

    SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY OVER THE INTERNET......................................................................551

    WITH ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY AND THE SPREAD OF THE INTERNET

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), INFORMATION WILL BECOME

    EASILYACCESSIBLE ..................................................................................................................................................552

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    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), PEOPLE IN MANAGEMENT

    POSITIONS WILL COMMUNICATE AND RESEARCH MATTERS OF WHICH

    THEY ARE IGNORANT WITH PALM COMPUTERS AND COMPUTERIZED

    TELEPHONES ...............................................................................................................................................................553

    THE REFERENCES IN THE HADITH TO ''A HAND REACHING OUT FROM

    THE SKY'' AND SAYING ''THIS IS HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), FOLLOW HIM.''

    SUGGEST THAT HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS) HAND WILL BE SEEN ON

    THE INTERNET AND TV...................................................................................................................................554

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL PREACH FROM HIS OWN HOME........................................556

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SPEAK TO PEOPLE OVER LIVE INTERNET,

    TELEVISION AND RADIO CONNECTIONS........................................................................................556

    THE WHOLE WORLD WILL WATCH HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ON TELEVISION

    AND COMPUTERS ...................................................................................................................................................557

    CARS IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)................................................................................558

    THERE WILL BE FAST MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE TIME OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................559

    SIGNS TO TECHNOLOGY IN THE END TIMES FROM THE HADITHS

    ABOUT THE ANTICHRIST.................................................................................................................................560

    A REFERENCE TO RAILROAD TRANSPORT.....................................................................................564

    A REFERENCE TO NARCOSIS USE..............................................................................................................565

    A REFERENCE TO MASS DINING SYSTEMS.......................................................................................565

    A REFERENCE TO RAPID TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY.........................................................566

    A REFERENCE TO RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS.............................................566

    A REFERENCE TO THE USE OF SOLAR ENERGY ........................................................................567

    DARWINISTS’ USE OF RECONSTRUCTIONS .....................................................................................567

    THE SPREAD OF ATHEISM IN THE END TIMES .............................................................................568

    THE SPREAD OF DARWINISM IN THE END TIMES ....................................................................568

    THE SPREAD OF MATERIALISM IN THE END TIMES.................................................................569

    A REFERENCE TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ........................................................................................570

    A REFERENCE TO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ...................................................................................571

    CLOUD SEEDING .......................................................................................................................................................571

    INCREASE IN MILK PRODUCTION ............................................................................................................573

    THE TREASURE DETECTOR.............................................................................................................................574

    TRAWL NETS ...............................................................................................................................................................575

    DISCOVERY OF SOLAR COOKERS.............................................................................................................576

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    CLOUDS OF SMOKE ................................................................................................................................................577

    THE FLOWING OF RIVERS THROUGH ARAB LANDS ............................................................578

    DABBAT AL-ARDH DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN AND THE HADITH

    DENOTE TO COMPUTER AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGY

    (ALLAH KNOWS THE TRUTH)......................................................................................................................579

    PART THREE: THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL RETURN TO EARTH IN THIS CENTURY...................................................585

    ALLAH FOILED THE UNBELIEVERS' PLOT AGAINST THE

    PROPHET JESUS (AS) ...........................................................................................................................................586

    HOW ARE PROPHETS' DEATHS RECOUNTED IN THE QUR'AN?..................................589

    THE RETURN OF THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) TO EARTH .......................................................605

    THE RETURN OF THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) TO EARTH IN THE HADITH............620

    PART FOUR: HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) TIME AND THE GOLDEN AGE....................................................................624

    UNPRECEDENTED ABUNDANCE IN THE GOLDEN AGE......................................................625

    THERE WILL BE WEALTH..................................................................................................................................628

    GOODS WILL BE GIVEN WITHOUT BEING COUNTED...........................................................628

    IT WILL RAIN IN ABUNDANCE...................................................................................................................629

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL POSSESS A HITHERTO UNSEEN

    CONCEPTIONOF JUSTICE.................................................................................................................................629

    THERE WILL BE PEACE AND SECURITY ..............................................................................................640

    ALL CONFLICTS AND DISAGREEMENTS WILL END.................................................................640

    LOVE AND UNITY WILL PREVAIL...........................................................................................................641

    LIVES WILL BE LONGER......................................................................................................................................642

    THE DEAD WILL ENVY THE LIVING .....................................................................................................646

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RESTORE AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD ......................647

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SPREAD JOY AND CONTENTMENT

    ACROSS THE WORLD...........................................................................................................................................647

    ALL WARS, OPPRESSION AND CORRUPTION WILL COME TO AN END

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)................................................................................................648

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BRING FORTH THE TREASURES OF

    THE EARTH....................................................................................................................................................................648

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL DISTRIBUTE GOODS AND BLESSINGS IN A

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    JUST MANNER; THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY

    AND ABUNDANCE.................................................................................................................................................649

    ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF PEACE AND LOVE: THE TIME OF THE COMING

    OF THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE ONE

    OF PEACE AND SECURITY...............................................................................................................................652

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) THE BLIND WILL GET VISION,

    THE SICK WILL BE CURED, LONGEVITY WILL PREVAIL......................................................656

    SUCH GOODNESS AND BEAUTY WILL BE CREATED IN THE TIME OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) THAT EVEN THOSE WHO FEEL THEMSELVES TO

    BE SPIRITUALLY DEAD WILL BE FILLED WITH A ZEST FOR LIFE .................................656

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ENSURE EQUALITY AMONG COUNTRIES..................657

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) HEARTS WILL BE FREE OF GRIEF

    AND SORROW............................................................................................................................................................657

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) PEOPLE'S HEARTS WILL BE FILLED

    WITH THE DESIRE OF MUTUAL LOVE AND UNITY, LOVE AND KINDNESS

    WILL PERVADE ALL THE NOOKS AND CORNERS OF THE EARTH...........................658

    IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), PEOPLE'S EYES WILL SHINE

    WITH JOY.......................................................................................................................................................................658

    PART FIVE: THE HADITHS CONCERNING THE END TIMES AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) MUST BE INTERPRETED IN A MANNER COMPATIBLE WITH REASON AND THE LAW OF ALLAH .........659

    IT IS AN ERROR TO EXPLAIN THE HADITHS REGARDING THE

    ADVENT OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IN A SUPERSTITIOUS MANNER........................660

    BY HOW MANY MEANS IS THE COMING OF

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) CONCEALED? ....................................................................................................668

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT COME WITH UNBELIEVABLE

    CHARACTERISTICS, CONTRARY TO THE LAW OF ALLAH; HE WILL COME

    LIKE ALL THE PROPHETS, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LAW OF ALLAH...............670

    TO KNOW ARABIC DOES NOT MEAN ONE IS A PERFECT MUSLIM AND

    THAT ANYONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW IT IS FLAWED ..................................................678

    A RESPONSE TO THE CLAIM THAT ‘ONE MUST KNOW ARABIC

    AND THE PROPER RECITATION OF THE QUR’AN IN ORDER TO

    UNDERSTAND THE QUR’AN AND THE HADITHS: ‘HAZRAT

    MAHDI (AS) WILL USE INTERNET KNOWLEDGE .......................................................................679

    OUR PROPHET (SAAS) RECEIVED NO MADRASSA EDUCATION AND

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RECEIVE NO MADRASSA EDUCATION, AND

    HE WILL SIMPLY RULE WITH SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE IMPARTED TO HIM ........691

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT BE KNOWN WHEN HE FIRST APPEARS .........691

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    INFORMATION IN THE HADITHS REFERRING TO THE DATE OF

    THE DAY OF RECKONING THAT MIGHT APPEAR CONTRADICTORY

    IS ACTUALLY TRANSCRIPTION ERRORS, ONE MUST LOOK FOR

    THE COMMON POINTS INWHAT THE HADITHS RELATE .................................................696

    THERE WILL BE SO-CALLED RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS WHO

    OPPOSE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IN THE END TIMES...................................................................699

    HADITHS, ACCOUNTS AND STATEMENTS REFERRING TO IGNORANT

    SCHOLARS IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ..................................................................702

    RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS OF WEAK FAITH IN THE END TIMES...........................................705

    THE QUALITIES OF RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS OF WEAK

    FAITH IN THE END TIMES ..............................................................................................................................706

    SOME EVIDENCE OF THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)

    IN THE HIJRI 1400S, THE CENTURY WE ARE LIVING IN NOW,

    RATHER THAN IN IMAM RABBANI'S TIME ....................................................................................708

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR 1000 YEARS

    AFTER THE DEATH OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS), NOT 1000 YEARS

    AFTER THE DEATH OF IMAM RABBANI.............................................................................................720

    THE MAHDISM IS A SUBJECT NEEDING TO BE WIDELY

    BROADCAST RATHER THAN KEPT HIDDEN..................................................................................722

    PART SIX: THE SUBJECT OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS BASED ON SOLID EVIDENCE...............................................737

    ACCOUNTS REGARDING HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ARE "MUTAWATIR” ................................................................738

    ACCOUNTS BY SCHOLARS THAT THE HADITHS REGARDING

    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) ARE MUTAWATIR ..............................................................................739

    RASUL AL-HUSAYN AL-BARZANJI .........................................................................................................739

    ALA AL-DIN ALI IBN HUSAM MUTTAQI AL-HINDI..................................................................739

    ABD AL-MUHSIN IBN HAMAD AL-ABBAD .............................................