The Verdict of the Quran and Sunnah — Page 15
The Verdict of the Holy Quran and Sunnah 15 third time, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa placed his hand on the shoulder of a companion named Hadrat Salman al-Farsi ra and said: ( S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a but-Tafs i r, Tafs i r S u rah al-Jumu‘ah) That is, even if the faith were to ascend to the Pleiades, a man from among them [i. e. the people of Persia] would bring it back. It is worth noting that the question put to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was simply ‘who are the a khar i n [people of the latter days],’ and yet the answer he gave was very comprehensive. He said that when faith would depart from this world, a man of Persian origin would bring it back to earth. In other words, when a man from among the people of Persia revives the faith, the people who believe in him and follow him would be the ‘people of the latter days. ’ They would be the ones deserving the title of ‘ minhum ’ [from among them], which means that they will be counted among the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. This verse contains a prophecy of the coming of a Prophet in the latter days who would be a manifestation of the second coming of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. If that were not the case, then there would have been no reason to name a people who were to be born after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa —and would thus never see him—as the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa. We advise people whose thinking is in line with B a w a Sahib’s to take heed: criticizing the promises of All a h the Almighty is not just ignorance; rather, it is tantamount to severe disobedience to Him.