{"id":325,"date":"2011-03-11T08:09:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T06:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imranhosein.org\/n\/?p=325"},"modified":"2024-02-07T12:17:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T12:17:24","slug":"is-imam-al-mahdi-about-to-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imranhosein.org\/o\/is-imam-al-mahdi-about-to-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"IS IMAM AL-MAHDI ABOUT TO EMERGE?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are some Muslims who, impressed by the views of distinguished scholars such as Ibn Khaldun and Dr Muhammad Iqbal, have rejected belief in the advent of Im\u0101m al-Mahdi. Some of them even go on to dismiss our preoccupation with this subject with disdain and with spurious comments. <\/em><\/p>\n

They should be warned that it is not only false but also sinful to argue that those who strive for a deeper understanding of the subject of the advent of Im\u0101m al-Mahdi <\/em>(\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m)<\/em> are a people who are content to sit waiting with folded arms for the Im\u0101m while doing nothing to combat falsehood and oppression in the world. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We have no doubt that certain members of the Ummah<\/em> of Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu \u2018alaihi wa sallam)<\/em> will be blessed with true dreams and visions which will convey to them information concerning the End-Time advent of Im\u0101m al-Mahdi <\/em>(\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m)<\/em>. Readers must know however, that information so obtained cannot be objectively verified, and hence that there is no compulsion on any one to accept such information as truth.<\/p>\n

This writer has never attempted to use such information in his analysis of events now mysteriously unfolding in the world, and in the Holy Land in particular. Rather he has continuously striven to grasp the \u2018system of meaning\u2019 of the subject of the End Times as derived from data located in the Qur\u2019\u0101n<\/em> and Ahad\u012bth<\/em> of Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu \u2018alaihi wa sallam).<\/em> He is confident that his students will Insha Allah<\/em>, continue that effort when he is no longer in this world. His conclusions, based on rational analysis (and intuitive internal insight), must always be qualified with the words Allahu \u2018alam<\/em> (Allah Knows best).<\/p>\n

Those who are not convinced by his views expressed in this essay or in other writings and lectures, therefore have every right to withhold acceptance.\u00a0Those on the other hand who reject his views, cannot be recognised as serious critics who deserve a response, unless and until they offer their own \u2018correct\u2019 views that are published under a name by which they can be recognized and held accountable. This writer is confident that a reasoned and respectful scholarly dialogue (in response to this and other essays on the subject) will enrich all those who participate with a greater understanding and insight into the subject Insha Allah. <\/em><\/p>\n

The subject of the emergence of Im\u0101m al-Mahdi<\/em> has now assumed truly urgent importance in the world of Islam\u00a0 \u0336 \u00a0Shia<\/em> as well as Sunni.<\/em> The misguided followers of the false Prophet of Qadian, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad al-Kazzab<\/em>, should follow carefully the discussion on this subject so that they may recognize Insha Allah<\/em>, the falsehood of Mirza\u2019s claims that he was Im\u0101m al-Mahdi<\/em> as well as the Promised Messiah. This subject is of urgent importance since the Anglo-American-Israeli military attack on the Arabs, Pakistan and Iran can be expected at any time now, and we can therefore expect that someone will soon emerge with yet another false claim to be the promised Im\u0101m<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We warned in an earlier essay that an Israeli attack on Iran would almost certainly provoke the emergence of a Shia<\/em> claimant to be the promised Im\u0101m<\/em>. We can expect a Sunni <\/em>claimant on the other hand, when the attack is launched against the Arabs or Pakistan.<\/p>\n

This essay, written in Buenos Aires in Argentina as I make my way to our Second International Islamic Retreat in Cape Town, attempts to explain the subject of the advent of Im\u0101m al-Mahdi<\/em> in its End-Time context and to thus offer a view concerning the time-line for the emergence of the prophesied Im\u0101m<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There are some Muslims who, impressed by the views of distinguished scholars such as Ibn Khaldun and Dr Muhammad Iqbal, have rejected belief in the advent of Im\u0101m al-Mahdi. Some of them even go on to dismiss our preoccupation with this subject with disdain and with spurious comments. <\/em><\/p>\n

They should be warned that it is not only false but also sinful to argue that those who strive for a deeper understanding of the subject of the advent of Im\u0101m al-Mahdi <\/em>(\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m)<\/em> are a people who are content to sit waiting with folded arms for the Im\u0101m while doing nothing to combat falsehood and oppression in the world. <\/em><\/p>\n

Our understanding of the \u2018system of meaning\u2019 which harmoniously integrates all data from the Qur\u2019\u0101n<\/em> and Ahad\u012bth<\/em> pertaining to the End Times, recognizes the return of the true Messiah Jesus the son of the Virgin Mary (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon them both) as the Sign of all Signs of the End Times (see \u2018An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern World\u2019);<\/em> hence the subject of the emergence Im\u0101m al-Mahdi<\/em> must be harmoniously integrated with that momentous return.<\/p>\n

It is logically inconsistent that a wise God, whose creation is flawless, should send the true Messiah back to this world before Dajj\u0101l<\/em> the false Messiah has completed his mission of impersonating the true Messiah. That mission of impersonation would not be complete until he publicly proclaims that he is the promised Messiah. In addition, I believe that no learned Jew would ever respond seriously to any claimant to be the promised Messiah unless that claimant is a Jew, he makes his claim from within the Holy Land (Jerusalem to be specific), and makes his claim while offering overt evidence that he has already established his rule (or has the capacity to do so) over the world in general and in particular over the Arab\/Muslim world that surrounds the Holy Land on all sides.\u00a0 I hold this view since the Jewish scriptures proclaim the advent of a Messiah who will rule the world (eternally) from the throne of David (\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m).<\/em><\/p>\n

I have argued in \u2018Jerusalem in the Qur\u2019an\u2019<\/em> as well as in other writings, that Dajj\u0101l\u2019s<\/em> \u2018day like a month\u2019 i<\/em>s now coming to an end and that his \u2018day like a week\u2019<\/em> is about to commence. The evidence which emerges from the \u2018system of meaning\u2019 of the subject is that the passage from a \u2018day like a month\u2019<\/em> to a \u2018day like a week\u2019<\/em> cannot occur without great wars which will result in the loss of millions of lives. This is what occurred during the passage from a \u2018day like a year\u2019 <\/em>to a \u2018day like a month\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

When those wars do break out, and that should sadly be soon, then those who consider this writer to be rightly-guided (or at least not misguided) would understand what is happening in the world and as a consequence should neither be confused nor enter into a state of despair.<\/p>\n

They would also consider the following present facts to be pertinent when answering the question which is the topic of this essay:<\/p>\n

Israel has not as yet established her control over the Arab\/Muslim world that surrounds the Euro-Jewish State;<\/p>\n

The territory of the State of Israel has not as yet expanded to encompass the frontiers of the Holy Land as (falsely) delineated in the Torah;<\/p>\n

Israel has not as yet replaced USA as the ruling State in the world;<\/p>\n

No Jew has as yet (i.e., in recent times) proclaimed himself to be the Promised Messiah.<\/p>\n

The evidence is therefore clear that Im\u0101m al-Mahdi<\/em> cannot emerge at this time. Such would be inconsistent with the \u2018system of meaning\u2019 which integrates all End-Time data in a harmonious whole.<\/p>\n

Our view, and Allah Knows best, is that the Im\u0101m<\/em> can only emerge at that time when Dajj\u0101l\u2019s <\/em>\u2018day like a week\u2019 has come to an end and he has emerged in human form in our world of space and time. This is so for the following reason:<\/p>\n

A Had\u012bth <\/em>in the Sah\u012bh <\/em>of Im\u0101m al-Bukh\u0101ri<\/em> informs us that the advent of the Im\u0101m<\/em> will be contemporaneous with the return of Jesus (\u2018alaihi al-Salaam):<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHow will you be (at that time) when the son of Mary descends amongst you and your Im\u0101m will (at that time) be from amongst yourselves (i.e., a Muslim).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

(Sah\u012bh Bukh\u0101ri) <\/em><\/p>\n

Those who wish to do so can hold the view that a period for as long as 20 or 30 years can elapse between the advent of the Im\u0101m<\/em> and the return of Jesus (\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m)<\/em>. We hold a different view. We believe that the State of Israel – and the Gog and Magog world-order which support that Euro-Jewish State – will respond with desperate speed to the Im\u0101m\u2019s<\/em> appearance in Makkah, and would attempt to eliminate him without delay. If this is true, then as soon as the Im\u0101m<\/em> makes his appearance at the Holy Ka\u2019aba<\/em> and proclaims himself to be the promised Im\u0101m<\/em>, events can be expected to move rapidly towards a confrontation with those who control power in the world. That confrontation will eventually lead to a personal confrontation between the Im\u0101m<\/em> and Dajj\u0101l <\/em>as described in the Had\u012bth<\/em> in Sah\u012bh Muslim<\/em>. That in turn, would be the moment when Jesus (\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m) <\/em>will descend from the sky \u201cwith the hands resting on the wings of two angels\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our conclusion therefore, is that only a brief period of time will elapse between the advent of the Im\u0101m<\/em> and the return of Jesus (\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Since we also argue that Jesus (\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m)<\/em> will not return until Dajj\u0101l<\/em> the false Messiah has completed his mission and publicly claimed to be the Messiah, it follows that the world may have to wait for at least another two or three decades for the blessed Im\u0101m<\/em> to emerge and for events to then rapidly escalate until Jesus (\u2018alaihi al-Sal\u0101m)<\/em> returns, Dajj\u0101l<\/em> is killed, Gog and Magog are destroyed, and Khil\u0101fah<\/em> is restored in Jerusalem. And Allah Knows best!<\/p>\n

Our gentle readers must strive to remain ever vigilant during the time which remains before the Im\u0101m<\/em> emerges, however long that may be, not to be deceived by the false Im\u0101ms<\/em> who are certain to soon emerge, and who would faithfully follow in the misguided footsteps of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani. I would be surprised if the Israeli Mossad\/CIA has not already groomed a suitable candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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