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viii THE LIGHT OF TRUTH-PARTS I & II A Qaşīdah on the Sign and Its Deniers 469 Notice to Censure the Christians & Silence Every Challenger. . . . 481 Endnote: Assessing the Authenticity of the Eclipse Hadith . . . . . . . . 485 The Holy Quran on Accepting Testimony. 485 Dāraquţnī's Diligence 486 Trustworthiness of Narrators. . 487 The Mursalāt of the Holy Prophetsas. 488 Ultimate Standard is Whether Promised Events Come to Pass 488 Hearsay is Not Like Seeing 489 Refuting Objections (cont'd) 489 'The Sun Eclipsed Outside the Possible Times When Ibrahim Dieď. . . . 489 “This is a Hadith of Imam Baqir—Not the Holy Prophet'. 490 Every Last Reported Sign of the Mahdi Must Occur'. . . 491 The Bayyināt Supercede the Mutashābihāt. 492 The Multiplicity of Reports Concerning the Mahdi. 492 Lisānul-Arab on the Term Hilal. . 496 Table: Ahādīth Referring to the Early Lunar Moon as ‘Hilāl' . . . 497 The Final Word in Warning Insolent Mukaffirin and Completing the Argument Against Lying Fabricators. . . . . . . . . . . . . 505. BACK MATTER Glossary. Index 509 515