The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page 5
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 5 ] A Cardinal Objective of the Mahdi of the Latter Days This task of bringing people out of darkness and into the pure light was destined for Hadrat Mahdi as , a follower of the Holy Prophet sa. The Holy Prophet sa declared that the Mahdi would be ‘an Arbitrator and Just. ’ He prophesied that the Mahdi would appear at the time when faith will have become corrupted; many crooked paths will be adopted—off the straight path prescribed by Allah—and, consequently, the Islamic faith will have experienced decline. Conflicts will have exceeded all due limits. The Imam Mahdi was to appear at that time to lead people into the light. The topic of the Imam Mahdi is mentioned in the hadith under the heading H akamu ‘Adal [the Arbitrator and the Just]. He was destined to issue his verdict to resolve the conflicting views and to give his judgment against the wrongdoers. In essence, the Mahdi was to appear in the Latter Days to resolve the conflicts by giving his verdicts and to rectify the prevailing wrong beliefs. Hadrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad Khalifatul Masih II ra says regarding this subject: I vividly remember the Promised Messiah’s as words. He said that it is not true that our differences with others are only regarding the death of the Messiah along with a few other issues. He elaborately explained that we have different views about Allah the Almighty, the Holy Prophet sa , the Quran, s al a t