2b] The error of the collective personality concerning the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as)-2-

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5) ... There will be such intellectual trends at that time even IF
THAT PERSON WHO IS TRULY AWAITED AND WILL COMEIN A CENTURY'S TIME
comes at that time, since he takes everything for his own account...
-Bediuzzaman refers to Hazrat Mahdi (as) as that "awaited person." Not
as "that awaited collective personality." The reference here to that
person" removes all doubt on the subject.
-Bediuzzaman says that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come "in a century's
time." The verb "come" is one that can only be used of a person, and
it can therefore clearly be seen that Bediuzzaman is referring to
Hazrat Mahdi (as) as a person.
6) ... YET THAT GREAT PERSONAGE OF THE END TIMES WILL BE FROM THE AHL
AL-BAYT (descendedfrom the Prophet (saas))…
In this extract Bediuzzaman makes it clear that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is
not a collective personality in the words "that great personage of the
End Times."
7) The accounts consist of various information regarding HAZRAT MAHDI
(AS), who is from the descent of our Prophet (saas) and a portent of
the End Times. (Rays, p.465)
In the narrations are various different prophecies about the Mahdi
(May Allah be pleased with him)
8) ... Said stated in his objections, saying: "I am not a Sayyid, and
the Mahdi will be a Sayyid," thus refuting them.
In the above three passages Bediuzzaman states that Hazrat Mahdi (as)
will be a person, a sayyid, in other words a descendant of the Prophet
(saas). It can be seen from this expression that he is not referring
to Hazrat Mahdi (as) as a collective personality. It is impossible for
a collective personality to be descended from another human being. One
would have to be a human beingin order to be descended from our
Prophet (saas), which is what Bediuzzaman is stressing here.
9) …THAT PERSON will strive to perform his great duty with the helpof
all believers and the assistance of the Islamicunion, and of scholars
and teachers and of millions of loyal people from the ahl al-bayt
(theline of our Prophet (saas)) present powerfully and in large
numbers every century.
In this extract, Bediuzzaman again states, in the words "that person,"
that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come as anindividual. Furthermore, by
referring to the great task Hazrat Mahdi (as) willperform he again
states that Hazrat Mahdi (as) willdischarge his duties as a person,
not as a collective personality.
10) ... But flowers appear in the spring, and the ground has to be
prepared for sacred flowers such as that.
In this extract, Bediuzzaman again uses the word "people" for these
holy individuals who will come in the End Times. By saying that he has
prepared the ground for these people he makesit clear that the Prophet
Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) are not collective personalities.
11) … HAZRAT MAHDI WILL HAVE NO TIME AND BE IN NO STATE TO PERSONALLY
protect believers from madness (prevent them straying from the true
path) and to perform that duty for the whole world, leaving nothing
behind,and with much research....
The word "himself" that Bediuzzaman uses here is another proof that
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is not a collective personality.
Bediuzzaman makes other emphases in this passage that also show that
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a person: 1 – Hazrat Mahdi (as) has a duty he
will discharge. That means Hazrat Mahdi (as) is an individual. 2 –
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be occupied with his other duties and will have
no time to perform that task himself. Being busy and not having enough
time are conditions that only apply to people. There is no question of
a collectivepersonality being or not having enough time.
12) Certainly, the elevated ardor in that huge force will surge upand
the Mahdi shall come to lead it, guiding it to the way of truth and
reality.
Bediuzzaman states that another of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) duties is to
encouragepeople to the truth. Bediuzzaman says that in performing that
task "Hazrat Mahdi (as) will personally undertake it," aclear
statement that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is an individual.
13) ... To give the name OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO COME recalls his three
duties at once, it would be wrong….
Bediuzzaman also speaks of "the individual to come," confirmation that
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is not a collective personality.
Bediuzzaman refers to "Hazrat Mahdi" (as) and the "collective
personalityof his community" as two distinct concepts.
14) ... THE PEOPLE who will disperse the darkness in a century's time
may be THE STUDENTS OF HAZRAT MAHDI."
... who will disperse the darkness in a century's time...
... The students of Hazrat Mahdi (as)
1- Bediuzzaman says that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will have students. It is
clear that in order for Hazrat Mahdi (as) to have a community he will
have to be present as its head.
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