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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

ing pro fes sors and uni ver si ty stu dents; such sci en tists
as Einstein and Galileo; such art ists as Humphrey
Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavarotti; as well as
ante lopes, lemon trees, and car na tions. Moreover, as
the sci en tists and pro fes sors who believe in this non -
sense are edu cat ed peo ple, it is quite jus ti fi a ble to
speak of this the o ry as "the most potent spell in his to -
ry." Never before has any other belief or idea so taken
away peo ples' pow ers of rea son, refused to allow them
to think intel li gent ly and log i cal ly, and hid den the truth
from them as if they had been blind fold ed. This is an
even worse and unbe liev a ble blind ness than the totem
wor ship in some parts of Africa, the peo ple of Saba
wor ship ping the Sun, the tribe of Prophet Ibrahim (as)
wor ship ping idols they had made with their own hands,
or the peo ple of Prophet Musa (as) wor ship ping the
Golden Calf.
In fact, Allah has point ed to this lack of rea son in the
Qur'an. In many vers es, He reveals that some peo ples'
minds will be closed and that they will be pow er less to
see the truth. Some of these vers es are as fol lows:
As for those who do not believe, it makes no dif fer -
ence to them wheth er you warn them or do not warn
them, they will not believe. Allah has sealed up their
hearts and hear ing and over their eyes is a blind fold.
They will have a ter ri ble pun ish ment. (Surat al-
Baqara, 6-7)

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