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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

of fitna for unbe liev ers. A last great mir a cle and sign of
this comet is its appear ance in 1986 (1406 ah), its nine -
teenth appear ance since 610, when Prophet
Mohammed (saas) was hon ored with proph e cy.
In Surat al-Muddaththir 74:1-2, Allah com mands our
Prophet (saas): "O you who are envel oped in your cloak,
arise and warn." The mean ing is clear. Yet, they may
be a hid den mean ing: "(the one) envel oped in cloak"
may well refer to the Mahdi, who is from our Prophet's
(saas) lin e age and whose appear ance will be sig naled
by the rise of Halley's Comet in 1406 ah.

17) STORMING THE KA'BAH AND
THE SUBSEQUENT BLOODSHED

The year in which he will emerge, peo ple will per form
hajj togeth er and gath er with out an imam. The Hajjis
will be loot ed, and there will be a bat tle at Mina in which
many will be slain and blood will flow until it runs over
the Jamra al-'Aq a ba. [Jamra: a stone pil lar rep re sent ing
Satan that is stoned dur ing the pil grim age.]
(Narrated by 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, al-Hakim and Nu'aym
ibn Hammad)
People make pil grim age with out an imam lead ing them.
Big wars break out when they come down to Mina, and
they are entwined just the way dogs entwine, and tribes

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