Awaiting the Advent of the Saviour

Date: 06 March 2023 - 22:08

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By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz

“Certainly, We had written in the Psalms, after the Reminder (Torah); Indeed My righteous servants shall inherit the Earth.” (Holy Qur’an 21:105)
“We desired to show favour to those who were abased in the land, and to make them Imams (Leaders), and to make them the inheritors.” (Holy Qur’an 28:5)
The above Ayahs are self-explanatory. They refer to the Divine Promise to make the faithful the eventual victors and inheritors of Planet Earth, which for millenniums has been wantonly looted of its rich natural resources by oppressors all over the globe, who subjected fellow humans to untold injustice. The sworn enemies of humanity in our own times are the devils in human forms, such as the Takfiri terrorists, the Zionists, and the US, which is called the ‘Great Satan’.
Ever since the creation of the first pair of humans – Adam and Eve – God Almighty had sent a long line of Prophets in all parts of the Earth and in every age in order to guide mankind and to confront the likes of such tyrants as Nimrod, Pharaoh, Hamaan, Herod, and Abu Jahl, culminating with the universal message of Islam entrusted to the Last and Greatest of Messengers, Prophet Muhammad (SAWA).
As the Mercy unto the Creation he excellently accomplished his mission. Since the end times were still away and there were more trials and tribulations in store for humanity, especially for Muslims, at the hands of Chengiz Khan and the European colonial powers, on God’s commandments the Seal of Messengers explained every minute matter in detail before his departure from the mortal world so that mankind could avoid the fate that befell the nations of the past.
Among his admonishments was his exhorting of his companions to hold fast to the “Thaqalayn” (Two Weighty Things), that is, the Book of God – the holy Qur’an – and his progeny, the Ahl al-Bayt. He told them in explicit words that Muslims will never go astray if they follow his instructions, because the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt are inseparable from each other.
Did the Muslims follow the instructions of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA)?
The answer is obvious: Some did, while many of them did not, otherwise the Ahl al-Bayt would not have been deprived of their right of political leadership of the Ummah.
The All-Wise God, aware of such sedition and the seditionists, who would violate their own oaths of allegiance to Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS), sworn so ardently at Ghadeer-Khom on 18th Zilhijja, 10 AH on the Prophet’s proclamation of his cousin and son-in-law as Vicegerent, decreed that the Redeemer of the human race will have to wait for advent. He will eventually reappear in the end times to fill the Earth with justice, although he would be born in the full limelight of history on the 15th of Sha’ban in the year 255 AH (869 AD), to the Prophet’s 11th Infallible Heir, Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS), in the city of Samarra, in Iraq.
Irrespective of the frequent manhunts launched by the self-styled caliphs of the usurper Abbasid regime to try to locate and destroy the Prophet’s 12th and Last Successor, let us go through some hadith in both Shi’ite and Sunni sources concerning the rising of Imam Mahdi al-Qa’em (AS), whose reappearance we are eagerly waiting. We ardently look forward to his promised advent, no matter if the tyrants of our age deny him and seethe with anger at the mention of his name, impose sanctions on his steadfast followers, hire thugs and traitors to undermine Islamic societies, and try to label altruist organizations and the selfless defenders of humanitarian values as ‘terrorists’, just like the oppressors of the past had done.
The words of the Prophet of Islam found in the hadith books of the Sunnis and Shi’as alike, are a firm refutation of the claims of those who deny the coming of the Mahdi as well as of those who allege that he has not yet been born and would be born in the end times.
For instance, in the book “Fara’ed as-Samtayn”, a famous hadith through Sunni sources reads:
“The Prophet said: My Caliphs are my legatees and the proofs of Allah upon the creatures; after me they are Twelve. The first of them is my brother and the last of them is my (grand)son.
He was asked: O’ Prophet of Allah, which brother of yours.
He replied: “Ali Ibn Abi Taleb”
Again he was asked: And which (grand)son?
He said: “Al-Mahdi is the one who will fill the earth with justice and equity as it was brimming with injustice and tyranny. I swear by the one who has sent me as the giver of good tidings, even if a single day were to remain for the world (to end), Allah shall prolong that day till he sends my son Mahdi. Then Ruhollah Jesus son of Mary will descend and perform prayers behind him. The earth shall be illuminated by his radiance and his authority shall stretch from the east to the west.”
Abu Dawoud, the compiler of the one of the six collections of hadith revered by our Sunni brethren, quotes the Prophet in volume 4 of his “Sunan”:
“Even if a single day remains for the Day of Judgment, Allah will send a man from my Ahl al-Bayt. He will fill the earth with justice just like it was filled with tyranny.”
In the book “Ikmaal ad-Din”, compiled by the famous Iranian Jurist Shaikh Sadouq over a thousand years ago, we come across the following hadith from the Prophet:
“O Ali, know that the strangest of the people of faith and the greatest of them in certitude are those people who will be in the end times. They will not meet the Prophet, and their Imam will be hidden from them, but they will believe on the basis of black upon white.”
The Prophet’s 6th Infallible Heir, Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS) explaining this hadith says: “The “black upon white” means the writings on paper. It means that these people will believe in the Qur’an and the Sunnah (the Prophet’s practice) as recorded in the books, even though they may not see their Imam.”

The 6th Imam further says: “When the Qa’em shall arise, he will rule with justice, the tyrants of his time shall fear him, the righteous will be safe, the earth shall reveal its treasures, all the truth-seekers will seek his company and no follower of any religion would remain except that they see Islam and declare their faith in it.”

The identity of the Saviour of mankind ought to be crystal clear now. He is the Awaited One, whose tidings were given by the Prophet of Islam, who said in unambiguous words that the Mahdi will be from his progeny, the offspring of his Immaculate Daughter, Hazrat Fatema Zahra (SA), and in the lineal descent of his younger grandson, Imam Husain (AS) – the Martyr of Karbala.

Every year, the 15th of Sha’ban makes the seekers of truth become better aware of the identity of the eagerly awaited Saviour of mankind, the Promised Mahdi. He was born in Samarra in the year 255 AH to Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS) – the Prophet’s 11th Infallible Heir. His mother was Narjis, a noble Byzantine princess who on her mother’s side was a direct descendent of Simeon, the loyal disciple of Prophet Jesus (AS). Now we understand why God will make Prophet Jesus reappear along with the Prophet of Islam’s 12th and Last Heir to disown all those who had made him a godson.

Today, when terrorists of all hue and colour are masquerading as Jihadis on the orders of their Zionist, American, and Wahhabi masters, by indulging in the most heinous crimes against humanity on the pretext of setting up what they call a caliphate, it is only belief in Imam Mahdi (AS) and his global government of peace, prosperity, and justice that keeps alive the hopes of Muslims in these tyrannical times.

The triumph of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 was indeed a sign of the coming of the Promised Saviour, and so are the current events in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, and elsewhere, coupled with the acute desperation of the fast declining American empire. These are definite indications that it is only Imam Mahdi who will shatter the satanic plots by cleansing Hijaz of the filth of the heretics, and peacefully inviting all humanity towards the straight and unwavering path of God with love and affection.

True believers from all over the world will rally to the Imam’s call on his reappearance, which would be preceded by five definite signs, according to a statement from Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS), who says:

“Before the uprising of the Mahdi there will be five definite signs: (uprisings of) the Yemeni, the Sufyani, a loud call from the sky, the martyrdom of Nafs Zakiyyah (or the pure soul) and the rift in the desert (where the earth will swallow an army sent to Hijaz by the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt).”

This hadith is ample proof that the Arabian Peninsula would be cleared of the agents of the US and the Zionists. Another point to note is the Islamic Revolution in Yemen and preparation of Yemeni Muslims for the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (AS), along with the flags of the east from Khorasan (Iran) that will converge on Iraq to save that country from the bloody hordes of Sufyani who would be unleashing bloodbaths in Syria.

The faithful throughout the world have never doubted these tidings and they pray fervently every day, especially on the 15th of Sha’ban, for the hastening of the reappearance of the Awaited Saviour of mankind.