Haqiqatul-Mahdi

The Truth About the Mahdi

Background

According to Hazrat Jalal-ud-Din Shams(ra), Maulavi Sahib having been foiled in all his attempts and in all fields , started a campaign of vilification against the Promised Messiah(as), and to incite the Government against the Promised Messiah(as), he indulged even to the extent of fabrication of lies and claiming that this man (the Promised Messiah(as)) is a rebel and more dangerous than the blood-thirsty Mahdi Sudani. It is not in the interest of the government to show leniency to him under the cover of the freedom of speech.

The District Magistrate of Gurdaspur has bound Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi to keep peace, and this action was taken on basis of an agreement that Maulavi Sahib had reached. Nonetheless, Maulvi Sahib was constantly engaged in his mischievous activities and spreading the word that the Promised Messiah(as) was a “blood thirsty Mahdi.”

In face of this subversive propaganda, the Promised Messiah(as) was left with no option but to expound and elucidate the belief of the Jama‘at about the Jihad.

The Book

The Promised Messiah(as) published the following comment in English on the title page of the book:

As the Muslims of India entertain different beliefs with regard to “the coming of the Mehdi” and especially the nature of his appearance among the Muslims, according to some Muslims, he will be a reformer and engenderer of new life, like a true lover of peace and tranquility and a person poor in heart, the Muslims of his party considering his appearance as merely spiritual, while the other Muslims such as Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batala, editor of Isha‘atus-Sunnah and leader and advocate of Ahl-i-hadis or Wahabis of his class, believe that the coming Mehdi will be Ghazi, general slaughterer and upsetter of the empires of the nations other than Muslim, especially the bitter opponent of the British Empire and speak of terrible consequences resulting from the bloody deeds of this Mehdi. I have written this pamphlet to show which of these two Muslim parties is right in its belief with regard to “the coming Mehdi”.

Immediately after the introduction, the Promised Messiah(as) ran two columns side by side in five pages stating clearly his own beliefs in regard to the Mahdi and the beliefs of the Maulavis opposing him.

In this book Promised Messiah(as) also prophesied that God would ultimately absolve him of all the accusations of his enemies.

The Promised Messiah(as) challenged Maulavi Muhammad Hussain that both the parties produce a book about Jihad and the Mahdi and send the Arabic edition to Arab countries and Persian edition to Iran and Kabul and find out what are their worth. But the people with clay feet, like Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi, had nothing to stand on and they had not the courage to come forward to accept the challenge manfully.