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The spokesman of Iran's Supreme Leader called on neighboring countries to mobilize their forces in preparation for the coming of the savior of Islam and to unite with the Islamic Republic in paving the way for his arrival, an Iranian news agency reported Sunday.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's spokesman, Ali Saeedi, said countries like Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan and Afghanistan should gather together all their forces in order to make drastic changes to prepare for the coming of al-Mahdi al-Montazar, Arabic for "the awaited guided one."
We still have a long way to go in order to achieve this. We have to train honest forces that can stop the obstacles that may hinder the coming of the Mahdi like the United States and Israel," Saeedi said in statement posted by the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA).
Saeedi also said that the supreme leader of Iran is the direct representative of the Mahdi and that obeying him is like obeying the "guided one," who is the prophesized savior of Islam.
"Since the armed forces are commanded by the Supreme Leader, they are thus obeying the orders of the awaited Mahdi," Saeedi said, adding "the Revolutionary Guards and the armed forces in Iran hold religious authority to prepare for the appearance of the Mahdi."
The Mahdi is believed by Muslims to be arriving before Judgment Day to rid the world of injustice. Although present in both major Islamic schools of thought, the Mahdi is more prominent in the Shiite doctrine than the Sunni one.
Originally posted by babloyi
There have been dozens of claimants to the title of Mahdi....in the end, they all failed.
This sort of behaviour seems troubling. Kinda like the Islamic equivalent of the Christian End-time crazies who are friends with Israel solely because they want to bring on the End-times.
Deuteronomy 7:6-8 For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8but because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
reply to post by babloyi
Christians love Jews (irrespective of whether some of them may be acting immorally or not) not because they want to usher in the end of times, but because God told them so, because God apparently thinks one group of people have some sort of higher status than the rest of us.
Kinda like the Islamic equivalent of the Christian End-time crazies who are friends with Israel solely because they want to bring on the End-times.
Be from among the family of Prophet(SAW), among the descendants of Fatima(RA);
Have a broad forehead and pointed noise;
Appear in one night;
Appear just before the day of judgment;
Have same name as hazrat Muhammad(SAW);
Escape from Madina to Makkah where people will pledge allegiance to him;
Receive pledge and help of Iraqi people;
Fight in battles;
Rule over the Arabs for seven years according to Sunnah;
Spread justice and equity on earth;
Eradicate tyranny and oppression;
Lead a prayer in Mekkah which Jesus(pbuh) will follow in;
NOT be the same individual as the Promised Messiah (Jesus).
Originally posted by Bombeni
Originally posted by babloyi
There have been dozens of claimants to the title of Mahdi....in the end, they all failed.
This sort of behaviour seems troubling. Kinda like the Islamic equivalent of the Christian End-time crazies who are friends with Israel solely because they want to bring on the End-times.
You don't know what you are talking about. Christians don't like Jews because they are going to bring on the end-times, that doesn't even make sense. We care for them because they are God's chosen people, and why that is is strictly God's business, and God instructs us to love them, He also warns those who come against them. The Jewish people showed more devotion and reverence to the God of Abraham than anyone in history. God was most moved by their shows of devotion, thus Moses was chosen to bring the 10 Commandments. But God was also most disappointed when they faltered in their devotion, and the Jewish people have suffered more persecution than any group of people in history.
Just thought you could use a little history lesson there.
[edit on 18-8-2009 by Bombeni]