Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 110
T E S T I MON Y OF T HE HOLY Q U R AN 110 claim was made is the very time that was specified for the appear - ance of the Promised Messiah by the Chief of the Messengers, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the Noble Quran, and the visions of the Auliy a ’. Our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was declared the Prophet of the Latter Days and 1,300 years have passed since the appearance of the Prophet of Latter Days. Now ponder over the hadith in which the seven steps of the pulpit seen in a dream were interpreted to mean the 7,000 years of this world. Think carefully whether or not, according to that hadith, this is the age for the appearance of the Promised Messiah. Moreover, ponder over the hadith, ِ ْن ي َات ُ بَعْد َ الْمِأَتَ ي ْٓ ال [the Signs will appear after 200 years] from which the ulema have inferred that the grand Signs of doomsday will start appearing in the thirteenth century [after Hijra]. If the Signs here stand for minor Signs, then the con - dition of ِ ْن ي َ بَعْد َ الْمِأَت [after 200 years] makes no sense. The appearance of our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is itself one of the Signs of doomsday. It would, therefore, be contradic - tory, if this hadith is interpreted to mean that the grand Signs will begin after 200 years, because no sign appeared after 200 years. That is why the ulema have interpreted 200 years to mean 200 years after the first 1,000 years, meaning 1,200 years. The ulema are justified in this interpretation because, without a doubt, many great conflicts have appeared in the thirteenth century and the deception of Dajj a l has spread like a storm in this very century. And the spectacle of 1 ْنِّم ِّلُك ٍبَدَح َنْوُلِسْنَّي was also witnessed in this 1. They shall hasten forth from every height ( S u rah al-Anbiy a ’, 21:97). [Publisher]