THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
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A VOICE WILL CRY HIS NAME FROM THE SKY and no-one will deny that he is Hazrat Mahdi (as). (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 49)
A voice from the sky will call him by name AND EVEN PEOPLE ASLEEP IN THE EAST AND WEST WILL HEAR THIS VOICE AND WEAKEN. (Ahmad ibn Hajar al-Makki (Haitami), The Portents of the Awaited Mahdi, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al Muntazar, p. 56)
Our Lord, WE HEARD A CALLER CALLING US TO BELIEF: “BELIEVE IN YOUR LORD!” and we had iman... (Surah Al ‘Imran, 193)
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THE SWEARING OF ALLEGIANCE TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
“Allegiance is to Allah” is written on the Mahdi’s banner.(Al-Suyuti, Portents of the Mahdi, p. 65)
Those WHO PLEDGE YOU their allegiance PLEDGE ALLEGİANCE TO ALLAH...(Surat al-Fath, 10)
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PEOPLE WILL JOIN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WHEN HE COMES
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So whoever reaches him ought to come and join him, even if crawling on the snow, since he is the Mahdi. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 14)
We sent no Messenger EXCEPT TO BE OBEYED by Allah’s permission...(Surat An-Nisa’, 64) But as for him WHO COMES TO YOU EAGERLY... (Surah ‘Abasa, 8)
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PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
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People will seek refuge in the Mahdi as honey bees cluster around their sovereign. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p.29)
...WHEREVER YOU ARE, ALLAH WILL BRING YOU ALL TOGETHER... (Surat al-Baqara, 148)
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HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) COMING FROM THE CITY CENTER AND CAPTURING ISTANBUL
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Even if no time is left to the world but a single day, Allah will certainly prolong that day in order for an individual from my family to take Mount Daylam and the city of Constantinople. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 74)
Your Lord would never destroy ANY CITIES without first sending to the chief of them a Messenger to recite Our Signs to them...(Surat al-Qasas, 59)
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HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) POWERFUL FEAR OF ALLAH
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Mahdi is a person who, as the shaking of a bird’s wings, has a deep fear for Allah. (The Book of Portents of the Awaited Mahdi of the End Times [Al- Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar], p. 23)
... Those who conveyed Allah’s Message and FEAR [AND RESPECT] HIM, fearing no one except Allah. Allah suffices as a Reckoner. (Surat al-Ahzab, 39)
Mahdi is extremely submissive towards Allah. In moral terms, he is like the Prophet (saas). (Portents of the Last Day, Barzanji, p.163)
Keep company with THEM CORRECTLY AND COURTEOUSLY IN THIS WORLD BUT FOLLOW THE WAY OF HIM WHO TURNS TO ME.(Surah Luqman, 15)
... HE WILL FEAR ALLAH like the beating of the wings of the eagle. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 51)
THEY ARE APPREHENSIVE out of fear of Him. (Surat al-Anbiya’, 28)
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ALLAH WILL DIRECT HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) TO THE TRUE PATH
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In his account, Abu Nuaym described the Messenger of Allah (saas) as saying: O Ahl al-Bayt! The Mahdi is one from the ahl al-Bayt. Almighty and Exalte Allah will purify and enlighten him in one night. (Death-Doomsday-The Hereafter and Portents of Doomsday, 437)
... Whoever holds fast to Allah HAS BEEN GUIDED TO A STRAIGHT PATH. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 101)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE GREAT FORTITUDE
The Mahdi’s (as) virtue and superiority are signs of THE GREAT FORTITUDE HE DISPLAYS in the face of sorrows and fierce corruption... (Tılsımlar Magazine, p. 212. Narrated from İs'afür Rağıbin. The Mahdi and the Dajjal, Saban Dögen, p. 154)
Messengers before you were also denied but THEY WERE STEADFAST IN THE FACE OF THE DENIAL AND INJURY THEY SUFFERED until Our help arrived...(Surat al-An’am, 34)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE VERY COMPASSIONATE
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE SO COMPASSIONATE THAT no one will be woken up from their sleep or have a bleeding nose.(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 42)
...Those who are with him are fierce to the unbelievers, MERCIFUL to one another... (Surat al-Fath, 29)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE COMBATIVE
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“The Mahdi will come from the East. Even if mountains rise up before him he will cross them and find a way over them.” (al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 39)
They concocted their plots, but their plots were with Allah, even if they were SUCH AS TO MAKE THE MOUNTAINS VANISH. (Surah Ibrahim, 46)
He will continue his struggle until people return to the truth. (al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, Ahmad ibn Hajar Makki, p. 23)
FIGHT THEM UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE TRIBULATION... (Surat Al-Baqara, 193)
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ALLAH WILL SUPPORT HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WITH HELPERS
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Know that the friends of Allah on earth ARE THOSE WHO FOLLOW HAZRAT MAHDI (AS). (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, Ahmad Ibn Hajar al-Makki, p. 52)
Say, ‘IF YOU LOVE ALLAH, THEN FOLLOW ME AND ALLAH WILL LOVE YOU and forgive you for your wrong actions. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’ (Surah Al ‘Imran, 31)
...As clouds gather in the sky, Allah will muster a community around him. He will reconcile their hearts. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 57)
... HE JOINED YOUR HEARTS TOGETHER so that you became brothers by His blessing...(Surah Al ‘Imran, 103)
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HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS WILL BE FEW IN NUMBER
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Their number will be that of the people of Badir (313). In the same way that those of the past could not surpass them, so later men will fail to match them, and their numbers are those of the men who crossed the river with Talud.) (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 57)
But FOUND IN IT ONLY ONE HOUSE OF MUSLIMS. (Surat Adh-Dhariyat, 35)
They consist of a group, including women, of 314 people. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, pp.57-68)
... THESE PEOPLE ARE A SMALL GROUP (Surat Ash-Shu‘ara’, 54)
314 people, including women, will take the oath of allegiance to Hazrat Mahdi (as).(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 25)
...But those who BELIEVED WITH HIM WERE ONLY FEW. (Surah Hud, 40)
WHEN YOU WERE FEW ...(Surat al-Anfal, 26)
... THESE 313 PEOPLE IN HIS HAND, LIKE THE WARRIORS OF THE BATTLE OF BADR. THESE 313 ARE DEVOUT BELIEVERS BY NIGHT AND HEROES BY DAY.(Portents of Doomsday, p. 169)
... How many A SMALL FORCE has triumphed over a much greater one by Allah’s permission! (Surat al-Baqara, 249)
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THE MORAL VALUES OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) FOLLOWERS
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His (the Mahdi’s) commanders are the most auspicious of people.” (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 49)
But those who believe and do right actions –THEY ARE THE BEST OF CREATURES. (Surat al-Bayyina, 7)
Select Muslims WHO DO NOT FEAR THE CONDEMNATION ANY CENSURER will strive with them on the path of Allah. (Sunan Ibn Majah, 10/359)
Allah will bring forward a people who strive in the Way of Allah and DO NOT FEAR THE BLAME OF ANY CENSURER. (Surat al-Ma’ida, 54)
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HELPERS WILL ASSIST HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IN HIS WORK
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THEY WILL SHARE THE BURDEN OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE NATION WITH HIM. (Portents of Doomsday, p. 187)
And THOSE APPORTIONING THE COMMAND. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 4)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND HIS HELPERS WILL PASS THE NIGHT IN WORSHIP
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... They [companions of Hazrat Mahdi (as)] WILL BE WORSHIPPERS THROUGH THE NIGHT AND ROAM LIKE LIONS DURING THE DAY. (Mikyaal al-Makaarem, vol. 1, p. 65.)
THE PART OF THE NIGHT THEY SPENT ASLEEP WAS SMALL and they would seek forgiveness before the dawn. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 17-18)
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ALLAH WILL SUPPORT HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WITH ANGELS
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Allah will support him with three thousand angels. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar)
And when you said to the believers, ‘Is it not enough for you that your Lord REINFORCED YOU WITH THREE THOUSAND ANGELS, SENT DOWN?’ (Surah Al ‘Imran, 124)
The ANGELS DESCEND ON those ...(Surah Fussilat, 30)
Jibril will be before them, and Mikail behind.... .( Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar)
Allah is his Protector and so are GABRIEL and every right-acting man of the believers and, furthermore, THE ANGELS TOO WILL COME TO HIS SUPPORT. (Surat at-Tahrim, 4)
And when your Lord revealed to the angels, ‘I am with you so make those who have iman firm...(Surat al-Anfal, 12)
...BLESSING ON YOU, AS DO HIS ANGELS...(Surat al-Ahzab, 43)
THOSE ANGELS WILL STRIKE THE FACES AND BACKS of those who oppose Hazrat Mahdi (as). (Al-Qawl Al-Mukhtasar Fi alamat Al-Mahdi Al-Muntazar, Ahmad Ibn al-Hajar al-Makki, p. 41)
How will it be when the ANGELS TAKE THEM IN DEATH, BEATING THEIR FACES AND THEIR BACKS? (Surah Muhammad, 27)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND HIS HELPERS WIL FACE DIFFICULTIES BUT WILL NOT BE WORN DOWN
| STRONG WOES WILL AFFLICT THE LEADER OF MY COMMUNITY, and all places will be confining for Muslims. (Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 12) ...They did not give up IN THE FACE OF WHAT ASSAILED THEM in the Way of Allah, nor did they weaken, nor did they yield. Allah loves the steadfast. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 146)
After me, my Ahl al-Bayt will meet trouble and torment, and be subjected to expulsion. (Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p.14) ... SUFFERED HARM IN MY WAY and fought and were killed, I will erase their bad actions from them ...(Surah Al ‘Imran, 195) Messengers before you were also denied but they were steadfast in the face of the denial and INJURY THEY SUFFERED until Our help arrived. ...(Surat al-An‘am, 34)
“People! The Ummah of Muhammad and especially his Ahl al-Bayt have undergone many troubles…” (Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 55) ...Poverty and ILLNESS AFFLICTED THEM and they were shaken to the point that... (Surat al-Baqara, 214) |
HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND HIS COMMUNITY WILL BE UNDER ALAH’S PROTECTION
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A group from my community will constantly mercilessly battle the foe to implement Allah's commandments and their opponents will never harm them. This state of affairs will continue until Doomsday. (Portents of Doomsday, p. 286)
...The misguided CANNOT HARM YOU as long as you are guided. (Surat al-Ma’ida, 105)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE SOMEONE SPECIALLY CHOSEN BY ALLAH FOR THE END TIMES
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ALLAH HAS CHOSEN HIM ABOVE ALL OTHERS. (Portents of Doomsday, p. 189)
YOUR LORD CREATES AND CHOOSES WHATEVER HE WILLS. The choice is not theirs...(Surat al-Qasas, 68)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CALL ON PEOPLE TO HAVE FAITH IN ALLAH
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HE WILL CALL ON PEOPLE TO OBEY ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, Ahmad Ibn Hajar al-Makki, p. 50)
And what is the matter with you with you that you do not have iman in Allah, WHEN THE MESSENGER CALLS YOU TO HAVE IMAN IN YOUR LORD, and He has made a covenant with you if you are believers? (Surat al-Hadid, 8)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RESTORE ISLAM TO ITS TRUE ESSENCE AND RID IT OF SUBSEQUENT ACCRETIONS
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He [the Mahdi] will practice the religion just as in the time of Our Prophet…. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 27)
... It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and THE RELIGION OF TRUTH TO EXALT IT OVER EVERY OTHER RELIGION...(Surat at-Tawba, 33)
...Hazrat Mahdi (as) will restore the religion to exactly as it was in the time of the Prophet (saas). He will eliminate the schools from the world. No school will be left apart from the true, pure faith. (Muhammad Ibn Rasul al Husayn al-Barzanji, Portents of Doomsday, 186-187) There will also be unity in religion and noone other than Allah will be worshipped anymore. (Sunan Ibn Majah, 10/334)
I will encourage you to embrace my Sunnah, AND TO FOLLOW IN THE PATH OF THE MAHDI (AS) AND THE CALIPHS. (Ibn Majah, Mukaddime 6, Abu Dawud, Sünnet. 5. The Mahdi and the Dajjal, Saban Dögen, p. 139) THIS IS MY PATH AND IT IS STRAIGHT, so follow it...(Surat al-An‘am, 153)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN PEOPLE LIVING BY THE TRUE DEEN
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... Before swearing allegiance, they will flood to him in DROVES... (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 25)
...You have seen people entering Allah’s religion in DROVES... (Surat an-Nasr, 2)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BRING ABOUT UNITY AND UNION AMONG MUSLIMS
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In the same way that Allah made people brothers in the deen and installed love in their hearts, by freeing them from polytheism, so He will free them from corruption with Hazrat Mahdi (as) and WILL MAKE THEM BROTHERS. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, Ali Ibn Husamaddin al-Muttaqi, p. 20)
...HE JOINED YOUR HEARTS TOGETHER ...(Surah Al ‘Imran, 103)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ISLAM RULING THE WORLD
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There are four kings on Earth in total. Two are from the believers and two from the unbelievers. The believers are Sulayman and Dhu’l-Qarnayn. The unbelievers are Nemrud and Buhtannasir. ONE FROM MY PEOPLE WILL RULE THE WORLD AS THE FIFTH. In other words, the Mahdi. (Letters of Rabbani, 2/251)
... We wrote down ,‘It is My slaves WHO ARE SINCERE WHO WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.’ (Surat al-Anbiya’, 105)
WE WILL LEAVE YOU THE LAND to live in after them. (Surah Ibrahim, 14)
The Mahdi will rule the world just like The Prophet Sulayman (as) and Dhu’l-Qarnayn.(Book of Portents of the Awaited Mahdi p. 29)
According to the accounts of Ummu Salama, HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CAUSE ISLAM TO RULE OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. (Imam Rabbani, Letters, I: 565)
...HE WILL MAKE THEM SUCCESSORS IN THE LAND as He made those before them successors...(Surat an-Nur, 55)
The imam [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will (spiritually) conquer the East and West… (Bihar al-Anwar, V. 52, p. 279 and V. 53, p. 12 Ikmal al-Din, V. 2, p. 367)
And WE BEQUEATHED TO THE PEOPLE who had been oppressed the EASTERNMOST PART of the land We had blessed, and ITS WESTERNMOST PART as well...(Surat al-A’raf, 137) Allah will give so much power to the Mahdi. He will remove cruelty from the world overnight.. (Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, Al-Futuhat al-Makkia, p. 66; Allamah Muhaqqiq Ash-Sharif Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rasul, Al-Isaatu li Asrat'is-saat, p. 186)
... by Our Signs WILL GIVE YOU BOTH AUTHORITY, so that they will not be able to lay a hand on you.’ (Surat al-Qasas, 35)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE MUSLIMS’ SPIRITUAL LEADER
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The Mahdi will rule the world just like The Prophet Sulayman (as) and Dhu’l-Qarnayn.(Book of Portents of the Awaited Mahdi p. 29)
HE WHO APPOINTED YOU SUCCESSORS ON THE EARTH... (Surat al-An‘am, 165)
WE DESIRED to show kindness to those who were oppressed in the land and to MAKE THEM LEADERS and make them inheritors. (Surat al-Qasas, 5)
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HOW EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AND FEEL A GREAT LOVE FOR HIM
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When Hazrat Mahdi (as) comes, PEOPLE WILL EMBRACE HIM WITH LOVE AND AFFECTION (Al-Qawl Al-Mukhtasar Fi alamat Al-Mahdi Al-Muntazar, p. 37)
As for those who have iman and do right actions, THE ALL-MERCIFUL WILL BESTOW HIS LOVE ON THEM. (Surah Maryam, 96)
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RULE WITH JUSTICE
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THE WORLD filled with oppression and tyranny WILL OVERFLOW WITH JUSTICE AFTER HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] COMES. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 20.)
... when their Messenger comes EVERYTHING IS DECIDED BETWEEN THEM JUSTLY. They are not wronged. (Surah Yunus, 47)
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THE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH PEACE IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
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Like the cup fills with water, SO WILL EARTH FILL WITH PEACE. ALL HOSTILITY, FIGHTING, AND ENVY WILL DISAPPEAR. (Sahih-i Muslim, 1/136)
You who believe! ENTER ISLAM TOTALLY... (Surat al-Baqara, 208)
THERE WILL BE NO ENMITY LEFT between any people. (Sahih-i Muslim, 1/136)
ALL HOSTILITY, FIGHTING, AND ENVY WILL DISAPPEAR. (Sahih-i Muslim, 1/136)
... IF THERE IS ENMITY between you and someone else, HE WILL BE LIKE A BOSOM FRIEND. (Surah Fussilat, 34)
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EVERYWHERE ON EARTH WILL BE MADE SAFE IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
| In the time of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) no one will be woken up from their sleep OR HAVE A BLEEDING NOSE. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 44) ... THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SAFE; it is they who are guided.’ (Surat al-An‘am, 82)
THERE WILL BE NO ENMITY LEFT between any people. (Sahih-i Muslim, 1/136)
We will STRIP AWAY ANY RANCOUR in their hearts... (Surat al-A‘raf, 43
..., none will be wasted.... (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi 'Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 43)
Those WHO HONOUR their TRUSTS and their contracts. (Surat al-Muminun, 8)
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THERE WILL BE HITHERTO UNSEEN PLENTY AND ABUNDANCE IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
| ... HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR AS A JUST JUDGE… HE WILL DISTRIBUTE GOODS AND PROPERTY, BUT DUE TO THE PREVAILING ABUNDANCE NONE WILL ACCEPT THEM. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar p. 31) Definitely possessions will be in abundance then, flowing like water. Yet no one will [condescend] to take any (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 464.)
My ummah will be blessed in that time. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 23)
...Allah WILL ENRICH THEM from His bounty...(Surat an-Nur, 32)
Allah GIVES SUCH MULTIPLIED INCREASE to whoever He wills. (Surat al-Baqara, 261)
THEN ONCE AGAIN WE GAVE YOU THE UPPER HAND over them AND SUPPLIED YOU WITH MORE WEALTH AND CHILDREN...(Surat al-Isra’, 6)
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THE SOIL WILL BE MADE VERT FERTILE IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
| ... and there will be many plants of the Earth…”... (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 23)
...WE BRING FORTH GROWTH OF EVERY KIND, AND FROM THAT WE BRING FORTH THE GREEN SHOOTS AND FROM THEM WE BRING FORTH CLOSE-PACKED SEEDS... (Surat al-An‘am, 99)
... people will sow a few handfuls of seeds and reap 700 handfuls... (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 43)
... The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is that of a grain WHICH PRODUCES SEVEN EARS; IN EVERY EAR THERE ARE A HUNDRED GRAINS. (Surat al-Baqara, 261)
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