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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

The had ith's begin ning reveals that the Mahdi will be
observed and fol lowed by the Dajjal's armed men. We
learn from the Qur'an that in ear li er times, cer tain pro -
phets who strug gled on Allah's path were also watched
and that their ene mies sought to con trol them by this
means:
He is noth ing but a man pos sessed, so wait a while
and see what hap pens to him. (Surah Al-Muminun,
25)

THE MAHDI WILL ENCOUNTER NEGATIVE
PROPAGANDA
In one had ith our Prophet (saas) indi cates that all the
oppres sion and the attacks against the Mahdi will mere -
ly fur ther strength en the him:
When the believ er [the Mahdi] sees the Dajjal, he will
say "O peo ple! This is the Dajjal spo ken of by the
Messenger of Allah." The Dajjal will imme di ate ly issue
com mands regard ing him and will make him lay flat on
his belly and cry, "Injure him." But that indi vid u al's back
and belly will be broad ened by the blows. Then the
Dajjal will seize him by his two hands and feet and cast
him away. People will imag ine the Dajjal has thrown him
into the fire. But he will have been cast into a gar den of
Paradise.
(Mehdilik ve Imamiye [Mahdism and Imamism], Ibrahim
Suleymanoglu, p. 40)
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