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forces. This shows a similarity to the Golden Age.
During the Golden Age, Islamic morality also will rule
the world. People will convert to Islam in great numbers,
while ideologies that deny Allah will wither away and
Islam will be practiced as it was in the time of our Prophet
Muhammad (saas). Some of the hadiths describe the
Golden Age as follows:
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will own the entire world. (Al-Muttaqi al-
Hindi, Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 10)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will (spiritually) conquer the East and
West… (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi
`Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 57)

Hazrat Mahdi's (as) Rare and Noble
Knowledge Bestowed upon the Prophet
Solomon (as) and Hazrat Dhu'l-
Qarnayn (as)

Earlier we mentioned the knowledge Allah bestowed
upon the Prophet Solomon (as), such as the ability to rule
jinns and devils, speak with birds, hear the ants' communi-
cation, and had power over the wind and used copper as

he wished. Each of these skills separates him from ordinary
people. Of Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as), Allah says in the
Qur'an: 'Our knowledge encompasses all that happened
to him' (Surat al-Kahf: 91). He was one of the people
blessed by knowledge.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) also will have certain special skills.
In his book Mevzuatu'l ulum (11/246), Taskopruluzade
Ahmet Efendi wrote that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will possess
ilm-e-jafr (the art of divination through numbers). Another
account says that:

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