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THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL RETURN
recognise the awaited Prophet Jesus (as) "BY THE LIGHT OF
FAITH." This again shows that Bediuzzaman is not referring to
the Prophet Jesus (as) as a collective personality. Bediuzzaman
clearly refers to their recognising "AN INDIVIDUAL THEY
ARE AWAITING," not a collective personality. Bediuzzaman
also says that "NOT EVERYONE WILL KNOW," that not every-
one will recognise the Prophet Jesus (as).

As Bediuzzaman says, when the Prophet Jesus (as) returns
to Earth, true believers will immediately recognise this blessed
individual through the light of their faith and by Allah's leave,
and will be his helpers and supporters.

Fearsome Figures Such as the Dajjal and Sufyan
do not Know Themselves to be Such:
In these words, Bediuzzaman is saying that individuals of the
End Times, such as the dajjal and the sufyan, who will wage a cam-
paign based on denial against the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat
Mahdi (as) will again not be recognised by everyone. Bediuzzaman
used the word "FIGURES" in the phrase "FEARSOME FIGURES"
to refer to the dajjal and the sufyan as "INDIVIDUALS."

In his works, Bediuzzaman uses similar words that also
mean "person, individual" to refer to the Prophet Jesus (as) and
Hazrat Mahdi (as). It would be a very contradictory state of
affairs for one to accept that the dajjal and sufyan will appear as
individuals but to think that the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat
Mahdi (as) will merely be collective personalities. As Bediuzza-
man says, just like the sufyan dajjal and messiah dajjal will
appear as individuals, the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi
(as) who will do away with all their fitnah will also, by Allah's
leave, appear as blessed individuals in the End Times.