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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

39. A Sign of Materialism’s Spread

The Mahdi will appear when

the letters of the Basmillah
lose their importance. (Risalat
al-Khuruj al-Mahdi, p. 29)

What is meant by “the letters of the Basmillah” may be
the people’s stance toward Islamic morality and the con-
dition of their faith. Indeed, in a period when
the people’s faith weakens, the Mahdi will
appear and ideologically eliminate those
movements. Considered from this view-
point, this hadith may indicate materialism’s
and Darwinism’s amazing strength on the
people.
One, and perhaps the most important,

duty of the Mahdi, is to prepare the ground
for Prophet Jesus (pbuh) by eliminating these
philosophical and intellectual movements.