The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page x
Transcription and translation of the original title. As the Muslims of India entertain different beliefs with regard to “the coming Mehdi” and especially the nature of his appearance among the Muslims: according to some Muslims he will be a reformer and engender of new life, like a true lover of peace and tranquility and a person poor in heart, the Muslims of his party considering his appearance as merely spiritual: while other Muslims, such as Maulavi Muhammad Husain of Batala, editor of Isha-at-Sunnah and leader and advocate of Ahl-i-Hadis or Wahabis of his class, believe that the “coming Mehdi” will be Ghazi, general slaughterer and upsetter of the empires of the nations other than Muslims, especially the bitter opponent of the British Empire and speak of the terrible consequences resulting from the bloody deeds of this Mehdi, I have written this pamphlet to show which of these two Muslim parties is right in its beliefs with regard to “the coming Mehdi. ” It will be better that our benign Government will get this pamphlet translated into English and hence make itself acquainted with these differences concerning “the coming Mehdi. ” Haqiqat-ul-Mehdi ی � � ��د ہ ت ا �ل��م��� ��� ت � �� ت ��� ت � ح�� � The true nature of Almehdi Dated 21 February, Ziya-ul-Islam Press, Qadian. Published under the responsibility of Hakeem Fazl-ud-Din Bherwi. Copies 2800