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dream I had had. In that dream the Messenger of Allah
(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was at the top
step of a seven-stepped pulpit. He said: THE SEVEN-STEP-
PED PULPIT YOU SEE IS THE SEVEN THOUSAND YEARS
OF AGE OF THIS WORLD. (Al-Burhan fi 'Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir az-Zaman, p. 8)
Said Nursi, the renovator of the Islamic 1300s and the grea-
test one of the last millennium, cited the 1500s as the period of
dominion of Islamic moral values. He stated that Muslims would
enjoy a time of clear and explicit victory up until then. He said
that in the years after that, the rise of the moral values of Islam
would come to an end and that the Last Day would break for the
unbelievers in the Islamic year 1545. (Allah knows the truth.)

"A group from my community will remain in truth until
Allah's command [the Last Day]."
The abjad calculation of the clause "A group from my com-
munity..." which is 1542 (2117) implies its (the com-
munity's) time of survival. The abjad calculation
of the clause "will remain in truth" (when the
gemination mark is counted) gives 1506
(2082); it indicates until that date (2082) it
will continue its work of enlightenment evi-
dently and obviously, and maybe victori-
ously; then until 1542 (2117) in secrecy and de-
feat. The abjad calculation of the clause "until
Allah's command" (when the gemination
mark is counted) suggests that THE
LAST DAY WILL BEFALL the unbelie-