The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 196
196 وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوجَتْ 117 Essence of Islam-IV And publication of books, pamphlets and letters in all countries, as indicated in: وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ 118 And the corruption of the inner condition of the di- vines, who are the stars of Islam, which is a clear purport of the verse: وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ " and the spread of innovations, errors, and all kinds of disobedience and vices, as indicated in the verse: إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ 120 All these signs of the approach of the Day of Judge- ment have been manifested and the world is in the grip of a great revolution. . . Then there is the verse in Surah Al-Mursalat which indicates that a great sign of the approach of the Day of Judgement is that someone should appear and with his coming the number of Messengers should be de- termined. This means that the last Khalifah in the chain of successors in the Islamic dispensation, whose name is the Promised Messiah and the awaited Ma- hdī, shall make his appearance in the last days. The verse is: وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ 117 Al- Takwir, 81:8 [Publisher] 118 Al- Takwir, 81:11 [Publisher] 119 Al- Takwir, 81:3 [Publisher] 120 Al-Inshiqaq, 84:2 [Publisher]