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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

that the Mahdi will have a uni fy ing effect on all Muslims.
Bediuzzaman also reports this char ac ter is tic of the
Mahdi:
…that indi vid u al will seek to ful fill that great duty with the
spir it u al assist ance of all believ ers, and the sol i dar i ty
of Islamic UUnion, and all schol ars and learned men,
and in par tic u lar with the con tri bu tion of mil lions of
devot ed say y ids descend ed from the line of our Prophet
(saas). (Emirdag Addendum, p. 260)
In this extract, Bediuzzaman is describ ing the third
duty of the Mahdi. According to this, at a time when the
moral val ues of the Qur'an are ignored, the Mahdi will
be a means where by peo ple turn back to reli gious
moral i ty; he will estab lish an islam ic Union, and all
Muslims will unite and join for ces and assist the Mahdi
in this task. Such com pre hen sive alli ance and sup port,
in which all Muslims will be includ ed, had not yet come
about in Bediuzzaman's day. As revealed by
Bediuzzaman, the spir it u al assist ance from this wide
com mu ni ty will only emerge in the end times with the
Mahdi, and will play a major role in Islamic moral val -
ues com ing to rule the world.
Bediuzzaman said that the accounts in the trea tis es
were suf fi cient con cern ing all mat ters.
Bediuzzaman, many times, assert ed dur ing his life -
time the truth of every thing he had writ ten, say ing, "I
also abide by these as a stu dent of the Treatise of
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