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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

me, I will cer tain ly throw you into pris on." (Surah ash-
Shu‘ara', 29)
O you who believe! Do not be like those who abused
Musa. (Surah al-Ahzab, 69)
They said: "Build a pyre for him and fling him into the
blaze!" (Surah as-Saffat, 97)
Then, after they had seen the Signs, they thought
that they should still impris on him for a time. (Surah
Yusuf, 35)
Those who do not believe all but strike you down
with their evil looks when they hear the Reminder
and say: "He is quite mad." (Surah al-Qalam, 51)

THE MAHDI WILL BRING THE ARK OF THE
COVENANT TO LIGHT
He will bring the Ark (the chest con tain ing sacred trusts)
to light from a place called Antioch.
(Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, Al-Hawi li al-Fatawa, II. 82)
He will bring forth the Ark of the Covenant from the cave
of Antioch.
(Nu'aym ibn Hammad, Kitab al-Fitan)
The Mahdi will bring forth the Ark of the Covenant from
the cave of Antioch.
(Al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 54)

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