Page 86 - Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) in the Quran, the Torah, the Psalms and the Gospel

Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) in the Qur’an, the Torah,
the Psalms and the Gospel

university students; such scientists as Einstein and Galileo;
such artists as Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Luciano
Pavarotti; as well as antelopes, lemon trees, and carnations.
Moreover, as the scientists and professors who believe in this
nonsense are educated people, it is quite justifiable to speak
of this theory as "the most potent spell in history." Never be-
fore has any other belief or idea so taken away peoples' pow-
ers of reason, refused to allow them to think intelligently and
logically, and hidden the truth from them as if they had been
blindfolded. This is an even worse and unbelievable blindness
than the totem worship in some parts of Africa, the people of
Saba worshipping the Sun, the tribe of the Prophet Abraham
(pbuh) worshipping idols they had made with their own
hands, or some among the people of the Prophet Moses
(pbuh) worshipping the Golden Calf.
In fact, Allah has pointed to this lack of reason in the
Qur'an. In many verses, He reveals that some peoples' minds
will be closed and that they will be powerless to see the truth.
Some of these verses are as follows:
As for those who do not believe, it makes no difference
to them whether you warn them or do not warn them,
they will not believe. Allah has sealed up their hearts and
hearing and over their eyes is a blindfold. They will have
a terrible punishment. (Surat al-Baqara, 6-7)

… They have hearts with which they do not understand.
They have eyes with which they do not see. They have
ears with which they do not hear. Such people are like cat-
tle. No, they are even further astray! They are the un-
aware. (Surat al-A'raf, 179)

Even if We opened up to them a door into heaven, and
they spent the day ascending through it, they would only

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