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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

THE MAHDI'S TIME AND
THE GOLDEN AGE

Many pro phet ic had iths indi cate that an age will
dawn when Islamic moral val ues will pre vail on Earth.
These had iths inform us that this peri od, known as the
"Golden Age," will resem ble the "Age of Happiness."
People will be so con tent with their lives in the
Golden Age that, in the words of one had ith, "they will
be una ware of time's pas sage and ask Allah to extend
their lives so that they may make great er use of these
beau ties." Another pro phet ic had ith describes the
Golden Age as fol lows:
The young er ones will wish they were grown-ups, while
the adults will wish they were young er… The good will
become even more good, and even the wick ed ones
will be treat ed well.
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi, 17)

A HITHERTO UNSEEN ABUNDANCE
There is a Mahdi in my com mu ni ty. People will come to
him and say: "O Mahdi, give to me, too. Give to me,
too!" The Mahdi will give him as much as he can carry
in his clothes.
(Hadith at-Tirmidhi, "Fitan," B. 53; Sunan Ibn Majah,
"Fitan," B 34, H 4083)
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