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a say y id I would have been the Mahdi." On the con tra -
ry, he pro vid ed lengthy descrip tions of all the attrib utes
of the Mahdi and the match less activ i ties he would
engage in, and stat ed that these had not yet come
about in his own day.

The effects of the sys tem of the Dajjal and
the Sufyan, opposed to the Mahdi, had not
been felt when Bediuzzaman was alive
The cur rent state of Islamic coun tries and of the
Muslims of the world clear ly reveals that the duties to
be dis charged by the Mahdi had not come about in
Bediuzzaman's day. The effect of the Sufyan and the
sys tem of the Dajjal were not yet fully felt in Muslim
coun tries. Religious free dom does not apply in many
coun tries of the world. When Bediuzzaman was alive,
the dif fi cul ties, troub les and oppres sion fac ing Muslims
were not that intense. This shows that, like those of the
Mahdi, the activ i ties of the Sufyan and the Dajjal had
not yet taken place at that time. It is impos si ble to speak
of the Mahdi per form ing his duties in a cli mate in which
the strug gle against the Dajjal and the Sufyan had not
yet aris en.
In addi tion, the whole Islamic world and Muslims are
today divid ed amongst them selves. In Bediuzzaman's
day, there was a uni fy ing effect on the Muslims of the
world. It is revealed in the had iths of our Prophet (saas)

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