1a] The spread of atheist ideology willreach its most severe level in the end times

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One hadith narratedfrom our Prophet (saas) reveals that Hazrat Mahdi
(as) will possess various attributes of the prophets of the past:
Imam Zayn al-Abidin (as) said:
"OUR QAIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL RESEMBLE THE MESSENGERS OF ALLAH
INVARIOUS WAYS. HE WILL INDIVIDUALLY RESEMBLE THE PROPHETS NOAH (AS),
ABRAHAM (AS), MOSES (AS), JESUS (AS), JOB (AS) AND MUHAMMAD (SAAS) AND
THE OTHER PROPHETS.
He will resemble Noah (as) in being long-lived, Abraham (as) in his
birth being concealed and away from the public eye,Moses (as) in his
state of fear (in the intensity of the threats he faces; facing the
threats of beingkilled, plots, arrest, detention and exile), and in
his living apart (in constant concealment), Jesus (as) in people
constantly disputing over him (in some people saying, 'Hazrat Mahdi
[as] will come' and other saying, 'he will not.'), Job (as) in
maturing after being rescued from a great trouble (Hazrat Mahdi [as]
will suffer many difficulties, sicknesses and troubles, but, like the
Prophet Job [as], he will be freed from them by Allah's mercy) and
Muhammad (saas) in his appearing with a sword (Hazrat Mahdi [as] will
carry the sacred relics of our Prophet [saas], his holy standard,
sword and robe)." (Kamal'ud-Din p. 322, chapter 31. hadith 3)
"Imam Mahdi (Hazrat Mahdi [as]) possesses the forbearance of the
Prophet David (as) and the patience of the Prophet Job (as)."
(Kefaayah al-Asar, p. 43)
All the prophets have been tested by various difficulties, slanders
and sicknesses. All the prophets have been exposed to pressure and
traps from unbelievers. The unbelievers have tried to kill them and
called then "magicians" and even "mad." The pagans and immoral people
of the time said of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) that "He is quite mad"
(Surat al-Qalam, 51) . The Prophet Hud (as) was told, "we consider you
a fool and think youare a liar" (Surat Al-A'raf,66). The Prophet
Joseph (as) spent years in prison despite being completely innocent,
and the ProphetMoses (as) was called "a magician or a madman"(Surat
adh-Dhariyat, 39), while the Prophet Abraham (as) was cast into the
flames by the leading members of his tribe (Surat Al-Anbiya', 68).
As the Prophet (saas) says in the hadith, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be
exposedto the difficulties suffered by the prophets and all true
Muslims, will strive against the snares, corruption and slanders ofthe
unbelievers and will live a life full of hardship and suffering.
Hazrat Mahdi (as), sent by our Lord as the Qutb al-Azam, will come at
a time when atheist and Darwinist ideologies are widespread, and
protected and supported. As the information on the hadith of our
Prophet (saas) and the commentaries by great Islamic scholars reveal,
this period refers to the 1400s, according to the Islamic calendar, in
which we are living now. His preaching will be met with anger and
hatred from many quarters. The End Times will be full of difficulties
and suffering in a variety of ways.
However, there is no doubt that all the cunningtraps, plots and
slanders aimed at Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the believers with him will,
by Allah's leave, be completely ineffective. Allah promisesthat
believers will go through various tests. Thisis the law of Allah, that
Hehas ordained for believersever since the peoples of the past. The
snares set are auspicious and welcome for all those who sincerely
believe. As the unbelievers lay their cunning traps, believers know
that Allah sees all these plotters, that nobody can set a trap without
Allah's knowledge and that theseplots will never be made a reality.
As our Lord says in one verse, "Or do those who do bad actions imagine
they can outstrip Us? How bad their judgement is!" (Surat al-Ankabut,
4), it is impossible for those who wrong believers to be saved in the
Hereafter, even if they appear to enjoy a superiority in this world.
No matter how much irreligion spreads inthe End Times, no matter how
much people become swamped by Darwinism, no matter how degenerate and
terrifying the environment may seem, the ugly and disbelief-filled
system of the unbelievers will, by Allah'sleave, be defeated across
the world. Again by Allah's leave, the two holypersonages of the End
Times, the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as),will totally
eradicate this heretical mindset that currently dominates the world
and be instrumental in Islam achieving global dominion. By Allah's
leave, this lovely promise of our Lord's will come true in the century
we areliving in.
The End Times will be more terrible and difficult than any other periods:
The End Times will be an age when war is most widespread and takes
place across the world.
The End Times will be an age when degeneration and vice are most
widespread and assume
the ugliest forms.
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1] The spread of atheist ideology willreach its most severe level in the end times

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Since wars, slaughter, immorality, prostitution and perversion of all
kindsserve the interests of various atheist, Darwinist and materialist
circles, they never want to see the irrational and illogical claims of
Darwinism exposed. They feel a greatanger and enmity toward and
counter-attack those who speak of the moral values of the Qur'an and
engage in an intellectual struggle against materialism and Darwinism.
That is because the spread of belief in Allah works against their own
worldlyinterests.
For that reason, the rapid spread in the End Times ofall forms of
immorality that support the Darwinist system is exceedingly important
forthose who espouse the Darwinist mindset. The Darwinist
dictatorship, which has established a false dominion across the world,
uses the Darwinist media in its monopoly forthat purpose. That is one
of the main reasons why there is no objection to the Darwinism imposed
inschools, universities, educational institutions, state institutions,
in scientific spheres and in all other professional groups and why not
a word of criticism of Darwinist ideology is heard. The reaction in
such places to the open speaking of the name of Allah, the struggle
waged by Darwinist propagandists and the prohibitions brought in
bythem are all on an amazing scale. As a requirement of their
ideology, Darwinists are the most important supporters and defenders
of atheism. Various bodiesmade up of Darwinists boast of being
atheist, and society currently regards this as quite normal. The
Darwinist media in various parts of the world can say the most
heedless things about religion and sacred matters, even in highly
conservative and religiouscountries. The media in question, which are
very powerful, are the main reason why atheists are able to reveal
themselves and find support and followers.
At the current moment, atheists are uniting and setting up
associations to defend their supposed rights, make use of all kinds of
scientific means and are allowed to appearand speak on all kinds of TV
channels, while devoutbelievers have to keep their belief in Allah and
religious observances quiet. This is another important fact that our
Holy Prophet (saas) reveals in the hadith about the End Times:
"The Hour will not be established until the name of Allah is not
spoken on Earth." (SahihMuslim; Tirmidhi)
Our Almighty Lord says that the majority of people strive to encourage
sin and that they are hostile toward those who live by the moral
values of the Qur'an:
You see many of them rushing to wrongdoing and enmity and acquiring
ill-gotten gains. What an evil thing they do! (Surat Al-Ma'ida, 62)
In this respect, the End Times are when believers will encounter the
most severe difficulties. Degeneration and the rapid spread of
irreligion, and people's powerful acceptance of these, have reached
astonishing dimensions. A great manypeople find living by the truths
of the Qur'an very odd but encourage the commission of all kinds
ofunlawful activity within their own degenerate systems. But the
consequences of irreligionare extraordinarily destructive. Societies
that have no fear of Allah haveto live cheek by jowl with murder,
slaughter, suicide,oppression and injustice. It is impossible in such
societies for concepts suchas pity, affection, compassion,
protectiveness, loyalty, tolerance, devotion, friendship and peace to
find any place. All human values have disappeared in a very short
space of time. Darwinist societies are ones that literally regard
themselves as made up of animals and that live under the oppression
that such a perspective imposes. Therefore, it is not surprising for
such societies that they live with degeneration, murder, oppression
and injustice.
Believers in such communities may of course encounter all kindsof
difficulty and injustice. Indeed, Hazrat Mahdi (as) who will appear in
these End Times we are living in, will also be subjected to intense
pressure and slanders from unbelievers.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) Will Be Subjected to the Traps and Slanders of the Unbelievers
Our Prophet (saas) has revealed in the hadith that in this difficult
climate of the End Times, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be slandered by the
unbelievers and have to struggle against difficulties. Like the
prophets, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be slandered and tested by various
hardships, difficulties and scourges, and will have tostand up to
snares set by unbelievers. What makes this struggle in the End Times
different to the times of the other prophets is that the degeneration
and irreligion in the End Timesare more widespread than ever before,
and can be felt right across the world. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come at
a rather difficult time when there is a mass and systematic campaign
against belief inAllah.
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The Qur’an commands us to show affection and compassion to devout Jews and Christians

Muslims believe in all the Prophets sent by Allah before our Prophet
(saas), and love and respect them all equally. Similarly,they also
harbor a profound love and respectfor those people who were genuinely
devoted to these true Prophets and who defended the truth with them.
Verses from the Qur'an referring to the peoples of the Prophets read
as follows:
You who believe! Be helpers of Allah as Jesus son of Maryam said to
the Disciples, 'Who will be my helpers to Allah?' The Disciples said,
'We will be the helpers of Allah.' One faction of thetribe of Israel
believed and the other disbelieved. So We supported those who believed
against their enemy and they becamevictorious. (Surat as-Saff,14)
... There is a community among the People of the Book who are upright.
They recite Allah's signs throughoutthe night, and they prostrate.
They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin the right and
forbid the wrong, and compete in doing good. They are among the
righteous. You will not be denied the reward for any goodthing you do.
Allah knows those who have taqwa [fear of Allah]. (Surah Al 'Imran,
113-115)
Because Muslims behave according to the Qur'an and the Sunna of our
Prophet (saas), they also love the People of the Book. They feel
affection for those who remained loyal to Allah's Prophets and the
mission imparted to them. It is for these reasons that there can be no
question of a Muslim who has faith in Allah andHis Book ever adopting
ananti-Semitic line. That is because it is wrong to be anti-Semitic,
in other words to harbor enmity toward devout Jews who obeyed the
Prophet Moses (as) and his mission. It is unlawful, according to the
Qur'an, to feel anger toward the People of Israel because they live by
the Torah sent down by Allah to them through the Prophet Moses (as).
Such amoral conception is unbecoming of Muslims.
What matters for us is theattitude of our Prophet (saas), who always
treated Jews believing in Allah in his own day with great
understanding and justice. The People of the Book were treated with
great compassion in the time of our Prophet (saas)and the four Caliphs
who followed. These people were watched over and protected, and their
rightspreserved with justice. Our Prophet (saas) both called on them
to convert to Islam but also treated them well and allowed them to
live by their own faith.
If according to the Qur'an, the attitude to be adopted toward the
People of the Book were one of hostility, then the first person to do
that would obviously have been our Prophet (saas) himself. The fact
is, however, that historic documents make it clear that in the time of
our Prophet (saas) and the Caliphs who came after him, devout Jews and
other People of the Book who sought shelter with Muslims, asked for
protection and did not fight against them were always treated in a
lovingand protective manner. (You can read more details from here. )
Allah clarifies this in these verses:
Allah does not forbid you from being good to those who have not fought
you in the religion or driven you from your homes, or from being just
towardsthem. Allah loves those who are just. (Surat al-Mumtahana, 8)
Those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabaeans and the
Christians, all who believe in Allah and the Last Day and act rightly
will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 69)
It is for these reasons that, according to the verses of the Qur'an,
it is atheists, associaters that Muslims need to wage an intellectual
struggle against, both in the time of our Prophet (saas) and in the
present day, and not devout believers. Our Prophet (saas) never fought
devout Jews or Christians who believed inthe Oneness of Allah. The
Prophet (saas) and his companions only fought against atheists and
thosepagans and hypocrites who did all they could, physically and
psychologically, to harm Muslims and prevent the spread of the
religion and stop Muslims preaching.
Looking at the battles fought by our Prophet (saas), these were always
fought for defensive purposes. In other words, the Prophet (saas)
never embarked on war against those who did not declarewar on him, and
never continued fighting againstthose who wished to put a stop to it
or asked for terms. Our Prophet (saas) remained completely loyal to
the conditions regarding war revealed by Allah in the Qur'an. Allah
reveals this in the Qur'an on the subject:
Permission to fight is given to those who are fought against because
they have been wronged – truly Allah has the power to come to their
support – (Surat al-Hajj, 69)
But if they cease, Allah isEver-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat al-Baqara, 192)
... Do not fight them in the Masjid al-Haram until they fight you
there. But if they do fight you, then kill them... (Surat al-Baqara,
191)

Mullah Nasruddin

A neighbor who Nasruddin didn't like very much cameover to his
compound one day. The neighbor asked Nasruddin if he could borrow his
donkey. Nasruddin not wanting to lend his donkey to the neighbor he
didn't like told him, "I would love to loan you my donkey but only
yesterday my brother came from the next townto use it to carry his
wheat to the mill to be grounded. The donkey sadly is not here."
The neighbor was disappointed. But he thanked Nasruddin and began to walk away.
Just as he got a few steps away, Mullah Nasruddin's donkey, which was
in the back ofhis compound all the time, let out a big bray.
The neighbor turned to Nasruddin and said,"Mullah Sahib, I thought you
told me that your donkey was not here.
Mullah Nasruddin turned to the neighbor and said, "My friend, who are
you going to believe? Meor the donkey?
One day Nasruddin repaired tiles on theroof of his house. While
Nasruddin was working on the roof, a stranger knocked the door.
- What do you want? Nasruddin shouted out.
- Come down, replied stranger So I can tell it.
Nasruddin unwilling andslowly climbed down theladder.
- Well! replied Nasruddin,what was the important thing?
- Could you give little money to this poor old man? begged stranger.
Tired Nasruddin started to climb up the ladder and said,
- Follow me up to the roof.
When both Nasruddin and beggar were upside,on the roof, Nasruddin said,
- The answer is no!
Nasruddin opened abooth with a sign above it: Two Questions On Any
Subject Answered For Only 100 Silver Coins
A man who had two veryurgent questions handed over his money, saying:
- A hundred silver coins is rather expensive for two questions, isn't it?
- Yes, said Nasruddin, and the next question, please?