The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 9
The True Nature of the Mahdi Belief of Our Opponent Maulvis Regarding the Mahdi (Cont'd) of the fourth volume of Mazahir-e-Haqq, which is the commentary of Mishkat. However, it is a pity that in understand- ing these Hadith, these people have committed an egregious error. In short, these are the be- liefs that Muhammad Husain and his group of the Ahl-e-Hadith hold about the coming of the Mahdi. And as for the fact that these peo- ple have an extremely dangerous capacity to incite against the peace, there is no need to write about it. As for my and my Community's be- liefs [about the Mahdi], which are contrary to 9 My and My Community's Belief Regarding the Mahdi (Cont'd) And if one would reflect, paying full attention, on my teachings of the past twenty years [as given in my books], beginning with the writing of Barahin-e- Ahmadiyyah to the com- pletion of Raz-e-Haqiqat, then no one, other than him, would be the greater witness of my inner purity. I can prove that I have sent [copies] of these books to Arabia, the Turkish Em- pire, Syria, Kabul and other countries. And I categori- cally deny that the Messiah will descend from heaven in order to wage Islamic wars and that a person by the name of Mahdi, who will belong to the progeny of Fatimah, will be the King