The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 190
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. INVITATION TO JOIN. THE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT. We invite the attention of our Muslim brothers to the following words of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be on him, as related in Hadith. 1. "What will be your condition when Son of Mary, will descend among you and he will be your Imam from among you?" (Bukhari, Bab Nuzul Isa Ibn Maryam) 2. "Even if only one day would have been left for the world to come to an end, Allah would lengthen that day and would not let that day end until He causes the Promised Messiah and Mahdi to appear. . He will fill the world with justice and virtue in place of injustice and iniquity that would have engulfed the world. " (Abn Daud, vol 2,. Kitabul Mahdi) 3. "The Mahdi will appear in a town the name of which will be Kadaa. " (Jawahirul Asraar, p. 55) 4. "When you hear the advent of Mahdi, it is enjoined on you to enter his 'bait' (to enter his fold) even if you have to walk on snow by crawling to reach him. " (Kanzul Ummal). After the advent of the Holy Prophet there was a period of glorious success. Then followed the unfortunate decline. It all came about as he had predicted. In the latter days Muslims became engulfed with ignorance, utter faithlessness, terrible corruption, iniquity, transgression, disunity and internal bickering and in fighting. . The resultant social, moral and spiritual decadence of Muslims reached its apex at the end of 19th century. It was at such a critical time that Allah, the Gracious and Merciful, took pity on Muslims and sent his Promised Messiah and Mahdi to revive Islam and unify. Muslims. . Some people say the Holy Quran is enough and there is no need for a Mahdi or Messiah. They forget that at a time of decadence, they need a spiritual teacher to learn proper interpretation of Quranic 190