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[ 36 ] similar to the Jews at some later time. May Allah protect us! This is the saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa which is bound to come true one day. There is another h ad i th that sheds even more light on this subject: Hadrat ‘Al i narrates that the Holy Prophet sa said: ‘A time will come in the near future when there will be nothing left of Islam except its name. And there will be nothing left of the Holy Qur’an except its words [meaning the Holy Qur’an would not be understood and followed]. The mosques of that age will appar- ently be full of people, but will be empty of righ- teousness. will be the worst creatures under the heaven. Discord will rise from them and will come right back to them. [That is, these ulema will be the source of all evils. ] ( al-Baihaq i as quoted in al-Mishk a t Kit a b-ul ‘Ilm, chapter 3, p. 38 and Kan- zul ‘Umm a l , chapter 6, p. 43) Meaning that the root cause of all evil will be the maula vi s and they will be the source of all kinds of dissension and discord. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said that ‘these ulema will be the worst creatures under the sun, and they will apparently be of my ummah , and they will associate themselves with me. But, in reality, they will be, , (the ulema of the unrighteous Muslims) and would have no spiritual connection to me. ’