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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

of love for Bediuzzaman, albe it with the very best of
inten tions, to make such a claim years after his death.
An atti tude that accus es him of lying and main tains that
he spent hun dreds of pages deceiv ing the pub lic can -
not be accept ed by any con science.
In addi tion, var i ous unre al is tic claims regard ing the
Prophet Isa (as) may also be made in order to sup port
this ground less claim. As we know, we are told in the
had iths of our Prophet (saas) that the Prophet Isa will
return to Earth dur ing the time of the Mahdi. The Prophet
Isa and the Mahdi will pray togeth er, with the Mahdi act -
ing as imam, and they will rule togeth er on Earth for
seven years. However, none of these devel op ments
took place while Bediuzzaman was alive. Bediuzzaman
did not live along side the Prophet Isa (as). Various
attempts are made to explain this any way. Unfounded
ideas, such as that the Prophet Isa (as) will return only
in spir it, or that he lived, died and was bur ied dur ing
Bediuzzaman's life time, are put for ward. The fact is,
how e ver, that Bediuzzaman has made it crys tal clear,
and many times, in his works that the Prophet Isa (as)
will return to Earth as "a per son," with his human body.
He also stat ed that the Prophet Isa (as) would forge an
alli ance with Christian lead ers and fight against and
intel lec tu al ly neu tral ise the Dajjal. In one of these state -
ments, Bediuzzaman says that the Prophet Isa will be a
per son, not a spir it u al enti ty:
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