Imam Mahdi
From the Traditions of the Holy Prophet it is evident that the Promised Messiah was to be a follower of the Holy Prophet. One Tradition tells us that
‘the Mahdi is no other than the Messiah’ [Ibn-e-Maja]
Another Tradition says:
‘How would it be with you when the son of Mary will descend among you and you will have a leader raised from among you?” [bukhari, kitabul-anbiya, chapter nuzul isa bin maryam]
These two Traditions leave no doubt that the Messiah himself will be the Mahdi. He would lead followers of the Holy Prophet and would be one from among them, not an outsider. To think that the Messiah and the Mahdi are two different persons is wrong. It is against the clear indication in the Tradition: ‘The Mahdi is no other than the Messiah.’ It behoves good believers to ponder carefully over the utterances of the Holy Prophet. If the utterances seem contradictory, it is for us to try and resolve the contradictions. If the Holy Prophet said, on the one hand, that the Mahdi will appear before the Messiah, and the Messiah will then join the Mahdi and his followers in worship; and, on the other, that the Messiah himself is the Mahdi, what are we going to do? Accept one utterance and reject the other? Is it not rather our duty to consider the two utterances carefully and try to reconcile one to the other? The two utterances can be reconciled at once if we use one of them to interpret the other. It seems that the promise of the advent of the Messiah was couched in words which suggested that the Messiah and the Mahdi were two different persons. This suggestion is corrected by the Tradition which says ‘No Mahdi but the Messiah’ This Tradition makes it plain that the other Tradition is metaphorical. It means that a follower of the Holy Prophet will arise for the purpose of revivifying the world, but would not have that rank of a prophet. Then the promise relating to the second coming of Jesus will be fulfilled in his person and he will announce himself the Promised Messiah. The Tradition, therefore, tells us that the Promised One will start his career as a Muslim reformer who will become invested with the office of Messiah. Divine prophecies have to employ metaphors. They would convey very little otherwise.
If our interpretaion of these Traditions is not correct, then there are only two alternatives left for a seeker-after truth, both of them absurd and dangerous. Either, we admit that the Tradition, which describes the Messiah and the Mahdi as one and the same person, is not a true Tradition, or, we admit that the Messiah and the Mahdi are two different persons and that the intention of the Tradition is to point to a difference of spiritual significance in the two. It may mean that the true Mahdi would be the Messiah. The other, Mahdi would be insignificant compared with the Messiah. It would be like saying, “Nobody knows but so and so.” When we say such a thing, we do not mean literally that nobody else knows. What we mean is that the given person knows very much more. However, both interpretations are dangerous. One requires us to treat, without good reasons, as spurious a Tradition which is a well authenticated one, true on all sound criteria. The other implies that the Mahdi, in comparison with the Messiah, will be as nothing. Such a thought would be contrary to the Traditions which teach that the Mahdi will be the Imam and the Messiah a follower who stands behind the Imam in a congregation. Both alternatives, therefore, are absurd. The only worthwhile interpretation we can put upon the Tradition is that they foretell the coming of a Messenger from among the followers of the Holy Prophet. This Messenger will first present himself as a reformer and later announce himself the Messiah of the prophecy. The same person will be the Mahdi as well as the Messiah. Except for this interpretation, there can be no plausible interpretation of the Traditions on the subject.
Categories: Ahmadis, Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Imam Mahdi, The Muslim Times
The Quran does not mention any return to earth of a messiah or mahdi/mehdi to unite the ‘muslims.
The Quran does say that the Messenger of Allah only had the Quran as Revelation and he received no other knowledge.
The Quran says that the Messenger had no knowledge of the unseen, except what was revealed to him in the Quran.
The Quran says the Messenger had no knowledge of the future so did not know what was going to happen in the future, except what was revealed in the Quran.
If we add all of the above up, understand, judge and come to a reasoned analysis of what we should believe based on the Quran, then here can be no doubt that men have made up the return of the messiah and mehdi/mahdi stories and these could not, did nor originate from the Messenger of Allah.
So when you ask to judge what the Messenger is reported to have said, please also judge this based on what the Quran says first.
I sincerely do duas that one day, those who are name only muslims become muslim by heart and mind; submitters to Allah, His Will as revealed in the Quran. Until then, keep waiting!
IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE MAHDI
One of the prophecies made by our master, The Holy Prophet Muhammadsaw, are the prophecies in regards to the Imam Mahdi. These prophecies are accepted by almost all Muslims and the arrival of the Mahdi is also a figure awaited by majority of the sects, whether Shia or Sunni. The term Mahdi is a name of purity and refers to the one who is rightly guided. Sadly, this title has been ruined by the scholars of Islam who have turned the “rightly guided” into a killer of the innocent. They have views which state that this mahdi would kill all of the disbelievers and worsten the present condition of the world. This section will have the objective to remove these misconceptions in regards to the Imam Mahdi and the points will be summarized which are of Hazrat Maulvi Sher Alira, a great companion of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas and points from Ahmadas himself……CONTINUES @ http://ahmadianswers.com/ahmad/truth/hadith/mahdi/
Hello, I read your IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE MAHDI, and found it very well written, and very insightful… So, thank you for publishing it on the Internet.
1. Once you discover the truth, you will totally shocked that I am the Mahdi. So, I am sorry in advance for your future humiliation, once you discover the truth, if you didn’t trust me at this time. Although, I will always be grateful for your effort, in explaining the contradictions in my prophesied arrival, so I will naturally forgive you for not believing me, even if you cannot forgive yourself. Now, please allow me to correct a few of your minor misconceptions, so you can feel proud of your efforts, in deciphering my complex identity. So that these new ideas can incubate within your mind, to help you overcoming your cognitive dissonance, until you are ready to trust my seemingly outrageous claim.
2. You laboured the point, that the Mahdi, and the Messiah are one and the same person, with your impeccable logic, but this is not so. Although, from a practical standpoint you are essentially correct, because Isa’s horrifying abuse for almost 2000 years at the hands of Christians and Jews, has injured him too much to assist me on my difficult mission, even though he has been reborn, as my son, in 1988. So, Isa’s oppressed spirit has been forced to manifest within my mind, as though I am both the Mahdi, and the Messiah. Yet, in the future, I am hoping to leave this cruel world behind, to force my son to take responsibility for my noble mission, like all fathers fantasize about doing one day.
3. I am actually Elijah, reborn, in fulfilment of Malachi and Jesus’ prophecy, about me completing all things, before his return. We are the Royal Messiah, and the Holy Messiah, know to Judaism as Messiah ben David, and Messiah ben Joseph. So, Christians, Jews and Moslems have crystal clear prophecies of our arrival. So, they will be without excuse on Judgement Day if you reject our return. Although, I will never hold it against people, for rejecting my arrival, because their own conscience is enough to judge them, once they realize their terrible mistake. God’s People are scattered amongst the Moslems and Christians, with a rare few amongst the Jews too. Although most Jews are imposters.
4. So, until the rising global animosity, towards the Edomite and Kazarian Jews, has eliminated most Jews on Earth, I am not free to create the global Utopia, you are dreaming for. In fact, most Christian nations have sold out to these satanic imposters, and so they will be responsible for destroying this global menace. So, the sooner Moslems can give up their animosity towards the Jews, the sooner they can enter the Golden Age, which I am creating. People only hate what they fear, and there is nothing to fear from satanic Jews, because they will be eliminated by their own insanity of thinking they can enslave the whole world, when they are not even God’s People. So, take heart, because I love you.
Kind regards, Darryl
===1. Once you discover the truth, you will totally shocked that I am the Mahdi. So,===
Someone declared he is Mahdi.
Please chect it out and try investigating his truth. Do not judge him so quickly.
All ❤️
https://www.quora.com/What-do-Ahmadiyya-people-think-about-those-people-who-claim-themselves-as-the-Messiah/answer/M-A-Malik
Mention of the Second coming of Hadhrat Isa a.s. and Mention of Imam Mahdi and in Quran ——- Isa=Imam Mahdi ——- https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-Quran-mention-Jesus-second-coming-if-it-does/answer/M-A-Malik