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THE WINTER OF ISLAM AND THE SPRING TO COME
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However, this period of war and conflict will not last for long. Allah
has promised to free people from this terrible disorder of the End
Times and lead them to a happier time by means of Hazrat Mahdi
(as).
This new age will begin with the return of the Prophet Jesus, peace
be upon him, and the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) will mean the end of
winter for Muslims and the coming of spring. This age is referred to as
the time when "guns will fall silent" in hadiths, and when peace will
rule. Some of the hadiths of Allah's Messenger (saas) concerning the
great good news of the new age are:
... Grudge and mutual hatred will be lifted (removed)... The earth
will be filled with peace just as a vessel is filled with water. (Sunan
Ibn-i Majah)
The battle would put down its weapons. (Sunan Ibn-i Majah)
As the hadiths reveal, in the Golden Age there will be great fellow-
ship between different peoples, especially those who had previously
been in conflict, and friendship and love will replace all forms of con-
flict.

The Spring Awaited by Muslims Is Coming in This
Century
One hadith handed down from our Prophet (saas) makes it per-
fectly clear that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come in the year 1400 (Islamic
calendar),

"People will gather around Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the year
1400." (Risalat al-Huruj al-Mahdi, p. 108)

In his collection Master Said Nursi, the greatest Islamic scholar of
the last 1000 years, also says that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear in 1400:
(The Companions)… SUPPOSE(D) A FACT THAT
WOULD OCCUR ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED
YEARS LATER to be close to their century…(The Words /
Twenty-Fourth Word - Third Branch - p.353)