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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

28. Fitna in Damascus

The tribulation in Sham will calm
down on the one hand and flare

up again on another. This corrup-
tion will not end until an angel
from the sky calls: “The Mahdi is
your leader. The Mahdi is your

caliph.” (Risalat al-Khuruj al-
Mahdi, p. 63)

The hadith indicates that there will be terrible chaos in
Sham before the Mahdi appears. This refers to the
chaos developing in Syria.
As we mentioned earlier, however,
“Sham” means “the left” and refers to
those countries to the left of the Hijaz.
During the early years of the
twentieth century, civil wars, rebel-

lions, conflict and great wars were al-
ready raging in this region. These
conflicts triggered one another and
had a great impact upon all of the
people living there. The statement
“This tribulation … will calm down on

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