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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

the entire world," and "Islamic moral val ues did not pre -
vail all over the world." Nobody bore the title of Great
Leader and Ruler; nobody enjoyed "the sup port of all
Islamic schol ars, say y ids descend ed from the line of
the Prophet (saas), and all Muslims," and nobody had
per formed such a great serv ice to the faith as com mu -
ni cat ing the mes sage of the moral val ues of the Qur'an,
ded i cat ing his life to and risk ing every thing for it.
(**Suggestion: All these points, in the past 2-3 par a -
graphs, about the traits of the Mahdi could be bet ter
under stood if made as points/bul lets with in the arti cle.
Using semi-colons, as orig i nal ly done is not exact ly
prop er sen tence struc ture. However, by mak ing them
bul lent points, it would be eas ier to under stand for the
read er.)
He ful filled the role of reform er of his own cen tu ry in
the most honour a ble man ner. Yet, his mes sage was
com mu ni cat ed, not with force and impo si tion, but in
the face of dif fi cult phys i cal and spir it u al cir cum stan -
ces and enor mous dif fi cul ties. He did not assume the
posi tion of com mand er; on the con tra ry, he was
oppressed and spent his life as a cap tive, faced with
phys i cal troub les and dif fi cul ties. He received no wide -
spread sup port, but was rath er sub ject ed to var i ous
injus ti ces, oppressed, and spent much of his life under
such harsh cir cum stan ces as pris on and exile. He
report ed that the means and respon si bil i ties to be dis -

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