The Reality of Khilafah — Page 76
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 76 fresh fruit or an overflowing spring of sweet water from which they drink. In conclusion, the Mahdi who has been appointed as the reformer of an age that is drowning in the floods of unrighteous- ness, and who is the propagator of the commandments of the Lord of Mankind to the fullest extent, is named the Promised Mahdi, the Promised Imam, and the Khalifah of Allah, Lord of the worlds. The secret behind this is that Allah has decreed in the Holy Quran that calamities will befall Islam in the Latter Days and that people who create disorder will emerge. 1 َو ْمُه ْنِّم ِّلُك ٍبَدَح َنْوُلِسْنَّي۰۰ This means that those people will be masters of lands and dwell- ings and will surround all countries and lands and will create disorder in nations and tribes, both the good and the evil ones. They will mislead people using all kinds of mischief and lethal deception. They will defame Islam by all manner of slander and calumny, and darkness will become dominant. Consequently, Islam will come close to annihilation. Misguidance, falsity and deception will increase and faith will be lost, leaving behind only verbal claims and pretensions, so much so that the right path will be lost, the eternal straight path will become dubious, and people will be unable to follow the guidance. They will lose their step and become overwhelmed by carnal desires. Muslims will be divided into many sects and will disperse like locusts. They will no longer 1. They shall hasten forth from every height ( S u rah al-Anbiy a ’, 21:97). [Publisher]