The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 57
57 inheritor of the Leader of the worlds and the Chief of all creation. As for he who is granted this tenderness and compassion, and his heart is replete with these attrib - utes—having abandoned the whims and desires of the ego—and who exerts himself in the love of God, and effaces himself in order to behold the countenance of Allah and earn His pleasure; he is like the proverbial philosopher’s stone; he is a full moon; he is a blessed, lofty tree for all creatures where people can seek shade; he is one to whom people approach to seek blessings. He is a house of peace whereby distressed people can enter its innermost sections; he is a cave they take shel - ter in at the time of troubles. He is blessed and all those around him are also blessed. He is a glad tiding for whoever meets him and sees him, or hears from him some words. Allah befriends those who befriend him, and takes as enemies those who take him as an enemy. The fortu - nate will come to him by every distant track and far off land. He is like a cave for the religion, and a provider of security from Allah, for every Muslim man and Muslim woman. And among the signs of his truthfulness is that he will be maligned initially; the wicked will be allowed