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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

tails of the hereafter, suppose a fact that would oc-
cur one thousand four hundred years later to be
close to their century, as though their ideas had de-
viated a thousand years from the truth?" (The
Words, 'The Twenty-fourth Word: Third Branch)
As Bediuzzaman stated: "one thousand four
hundred years later to be close to their century" is
the beginning of the fifteenth century, that is, the
years 1979-1980 (of the Gregorian calendar).

In his address to 10,000 people in a mosque in
Damascus (Hijri 1327), Bediuzzaman explained the
future of the Islamic world after Hijri 1371. In this
address, he gave some dates about the End Times
and called attention to the Mahdi's struggle.
Bediuzzaman gives the following dates regarding
Mahdi's taking up his task and defeating the dis-
believing mentality ideologically:

The facts revealed in the address of Damascus that
glance at the destiny of the Islamic world after the
Hijri 1371… may be not now but 30-40 years later,
in order to fully equip science and, knowledge ac-
quired through arts, science and skills, the good-
ness of civilization and those three forces, and to
overcome the nine obstacles, he sent inclination for
investigating the truth, moderation and love for
human beings to the fronts of those nine foes. By
God's Will, he will demolish them after half a cen-
tury. ("The Damascus Sermon," p. 25)
In this speech, Bediuzzaman draws attention
to developments that will take place after Hijri

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