The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 7
7 time of the appearance of the Mahdi is now very near, as all the signs of it have been manifested and Islam has become very weak. On page 424 of Hujaj-ul-Kiramah, he writes: ‘Jesus , like the Mahdi , will spread Islam with sword. And there will be only two conse - quences of it; the killing [of the non-Muslims], or their accepting Islam. ’ And on page 31 of the book Ahwal-ul-Akhirah it is also written that all those Christians, who would not accept Islam, would be killed. In short, these are the beliefs of Muhammad Husain and his group Bukhari has mentioned in his Sahih Bukhari , and the wordings of which are: 2 َ یَضَع ُ الْحَرْب The meanings of this Ha - dith are that the Mahdi , whose other name is the Promised Messiah, will categorically end religious wars and will be given this guidance that he should not wage war for the sake of [spreading] religion, and should propagate the Faith through the Light of Truth - fulness, his miraculous mor - als and through the signs of [his] closeness to God. So, I truly say that whosoever wages religious war in the present age; or lends sup - 2 He will abolish religious war. [Publisher] Belief of Our Opponent Maulvis Regarding the Mahdi (Cont’d) My and My Community’s Belief Regarding the Mahdi (Cont’d)