A LAST
WORD...
People who have seen that
materialist philosophies brought with them nothing but destruction in
the last century have finally begun turning to God. This return to
religion and spiritual matters that began in the late 20th century in
particular has rapidly pervaded the entire world. People who believe in
and pray to God have begun forming communities that attach the proper
values to concepts such as family, the state, the nation and moral
virtues.
Islam, Christianity and Judaism all speak of mankind living in
peace and security at a time near the Day of Judgment and of there being
a sacred age when plenty, abundance and justice replace troubles of
all kinds. Immorality, fraud and degeneration will come to an end in
that age. Belief in the One God will spread across the world in this
blessed time awaited for centuries, and people will attain salvation as
they begin living by the moral values beloved of God, all the benefits
of technology will be placed at the service of mankind, there will be
huge advances in science and medicine and there will be plenty,
abundance and fertility everywhere. We are now living in that blessed
age.
The return to Earth of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is a miraculous and
metaphysical phenomenon of an extraordinary nature that will affect the
whole world. For that reason, all believers must at once mobilize all
their resources in a spirit of union and prepare to welcome him. This
great preparatory activity performed with enthusiasm, fervor and joy
will be prayer in action, but those who do not make such preparations
will no doubt feel a terrible shame when the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) does
return. All the signs show that his second coming is imminent and that
there is no time to lose for the preparations to be made. At this
point, all believers must collaborate together and wage a united
intellectual struggle against atheist and materialist ideas that inflict
disorder and corruption on the world.
According to Islam, the End Times are a blessed age that all
believers have longed for over the centuries, when woes and shortages
are replaced by plenty and abundance, injustice by justice, immorality
by virtue and conflict by peace and security, when the moral virtues of
Islam rule the world. The hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad (may God
bless him and grant him peace) contain detailed descriptions of this
time and its characteristics. During this time, God will make a servant
with superior virtues known as the Mahdi (meaning he who guides to the
right path) His instrument in leading people to salvation. Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh) will first wage an intellectual struggle within the
Islamic world and return Muslims who have broken away from the essence
of Islam back to true faith and moral values. Later, together with the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh), the Islamic and Christian worlds will unite in a
single belief and the world will enjoy a time of peace, security,
happiness and well-being known as the Golden Age.

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