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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING
16) THE RISE OF A COMET

A star with a lumi nous tail will rise from the east before
the Mahdi emer ges.
(Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah, p. 200)
Before he arrives, a comet will appear in the east, giv -
ing out an illu mi na tion.
(Al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 53)
The star's rise will occur after the eclipse of the Sun and
the Moon.
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi 'Al a mat al-Mahdi, p.
32)

As stat ed in the had iths:
- Halley's Comet passed close to Earth in 1986, at
the begin ning of the 1400s ah (1406 ah). This comet
was a bright, shin ing star that moved from east to west
and appeared after the lunar and solar eclip ses of 1981-
82 (1401-02). The fact it was born at the same time as
the other por tents con firms that Halley's Comet is the
celes tial body referred to in the had ith.
Imam Rabbani pro vides the fol low ing infor ma tion
about this spe cif ic por tent:

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