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Al Arabi on Coming of Imam Mahdi

An extract from Shaykh muhyiddin ibn al Arabi al undulusi (died 638 ah)'s famous book, 

al Futuhat al Makkiyah, 

courtesy: Ali Abbas Qureshi

 


"Know that Mahdi (Allah be pleased with him) must appear but he will not appear till the world becomes full of tyranny and injustice, then he will fill it with justice and equity: and if there were no more than one day remaining from the life of the world, Allah would elongate that day to enable this Khalifah to rule. and he (Imam Mahdi) is from the progeny of the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace from Allah be upon him), from the children of Fatimah (Allah be pleased with her): his forefather is Husain, son of Ali bin abi Talib; his father is Hasan al Askari, son of Imam Ali an Naqi, son of Muhammad at Taqi, son of Imam Ali ar Riza, son of Imam Musa al Kazim, son of Imam Jafer as Sadiq, son of Muhammad al Baqir, son of Imam Zain ul Abidin Ali, son of Imam Husain, son of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. His name is the name of the messenger of Allah (i.e Muhammad). the muslims will do his bayat between rukn and maqam; he will be like the messenger of Allah in appearence and below him in character because nobody can be like the 
messenger of Allah in character as Allah has said: verily thou art on great character. he will distribute wealth equally and will do justice to the public. help (from Allah) will precede him: he will follow the
foot steps of the messenger of Allah an dhe will commit no mistake, there will be an angel supporting him though he will not see him ...."

al futuhat al makiyya, chapter 366
these words of shaykh muhyiddin ibn al arabi have been quoted by many
respected sunni and shia scholars of turkey, egypt and india. Important among them are

(a) shaykh abdul wahhab as sharani, in his yawaqit wal jawahir, egypt, 1307, v2 p145 reprinted darul marifah, beirut

(b) shaykh muhammad as sabban ash shafiti in his isa'fu r raghibeen, egypt 1312, p142 also publishe don the margin of mashariqul anwar

(c) shaykh hasan al adawi al hamzawi in his mashariqul anwar, matba'ah al uthmaniyyah, istanbul, 1307

(d)sayyid hamid husayn al musawi, in his istiqsa'u'l ifham, lucknow, vol 2

 

 

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