The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 196
196 117 وَإِذَا التَّفَوْسُ زُوجَتْ ". Essence of Islam-IV. And publication of books, pamphlets and letters in all countries, as indicated in: 118 وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ". And the corruption of the inner condition of the divines, who are the stars of Islam, which is a clear purport of the verse: وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ " and the spread of innovations, errors, and all kinds of disobedience and vices, as indicated in the verse: إِذَا السَّمَاءِ انْشَقَّتْ 3 120. All these signs of the approach of the Day of Judgement have been manifested and the world is in the grip of a great revolution. . . . Then there is the verse in Surah Al-Mursalāt which indicates that a great sign of the approach of the Day of Judgement is that someone should appear and with his coming the number of Messengers should be determined. This means that the last Khalifah in the chain of successors in the Islamic dispensation, whose name is the Promised Messiah and the awaited Mahdi, shall make his appearance in the last days. The verse is: وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ 2 117 Al-Takwir, 81:8 [Publisher] 118 Al-Takwir, 81:11 [Publisher] 119 Al-Takwir, 81:3 [Publisher] 120 Al-Inshiqaq, 84:2 [Publisher]