The True Story of Jesus — Page 103
Chapter Thirteen—The Second Advent of Jesus 103 on the sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw, the following prophecy is recorded: For our Mahdi there shall be two signs which have never been manifested before since the creation of the heavens and the earth. In the month of Ramadan, the moon will be eclipsed on the first of its nights [of eclipse], and the sun will be eclipsed on the middle day of its days [of eclipse] and both will occur in the same month of Ramadan. These two signs have never occurred before since Allah created the heavens and the earth. The eclipse of the moon normally occurs on the 13th, 14th, or 15th night of a lunar month, and the eclipse of the sun on the 27th, 28th, or 29th of the lunar month. The sign mentioned by the Holy Prophet saw, therefore, was that the moon would be eclipsed on the 13th night of the lunar month and the eclipse of the sun on the 28th of the same lunar month, which will be the month of Ramadan. This sign was to appear after and not before the advent of the Mahdi. He also explained that the Mahdi and the Messiah would be one and the same person. It is reported in one book of traditions, Ibn Majah: ‘There is no Mahdi except Jesus. ’1 It so happened that an eclipse of the moon occurred on the 13th of Ramadan, March 21, 1894 and the eclipse of the sun occurred on the 28th of the same month of Ramadan, April 6, 1894, in exact accord with the prophecy of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw. The same phenomenon of double eclipses was repeated in the 1. Sunan Ibn Majah, Baab Shiddatuz-Zamaan