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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
                                        Second Coming







                    Bediuzzaman likens the rise of the Sun to the prevalence of
                Islam's moral values in the world. Just as the Sun rises again after it
                sets, he indicates that Islam's moral values also will rise and shine

                again. The expressions of "initial redness" and "second enlightenment"
                indicate the beginning years of this time.
                    Accordingly, he points to 1981-91 as the time when the Mahdi
                begins to disperse atheism and materialist philosophy, as well as the
                unjust ideologies that oppose the true religion. He also calls attention
                to 2001 as the year when these ideologies will be totally silenced and
                dispersed. (God knows best.)

                    In this period there are such prevalent movements so that may the ex-
                    pected person who is due to come after a century emerge…
                    (Kastamonu Letters, p. 57)
                    In this statement, the phrase "the expected person who is due to
                come after a century" means that the Mahdi had not come yet in his


































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