Naqliyat-e-Miyan Abdur Rasheed RZ - Khalifatullah Mehdi (AHS)

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your Helper. Go and call (the people) to Mahdiat. The person who
affirms and confirms you (as Mahdi) is mumin (faithful); and he
who disavows (inkar) you will become a kafir (infidel).”
8. [Again the Imam AS quoted Allah (as telling him)], “I have given
you the knowledge of the Firsts and the Lasts (Awwalin-o- Akhirin)
and the explanation [bayan] of all the four Books (which include
the Quran also) as desired by Me (in accordance with My murad).”
9. Imam Mahdi AS has also said, “This servant would be an
oppressor and slanderer (zalim and muftari of Allah) if he studies
and thinks of the meaning of Quran in seclusion and comes out and
explains [bayan] the Quran. Whatever this servant says or does or
reads, he does it under the command or permission by Allah.
Whichever Verse (of the Quran) is shown, he reads and he explains
it as instructed by Allah. I am taught afresh by Allah every day.
This is the situation this servant is in.”
10. The Imam AS said, “Allah is commanding, ‘The Quranic Verse,
Summa ‘inna ‘alaynaa bayaanah, 25 is in your favour and I have
made you the inheritor of the special sainthood of Prophet
Muhammad SLM . I have also granted you the perfect emulation (of
the Prophet SLM ). Whoever has recognized you, has recognized Me.
Whoever did not know you, did not know Me.’”
11. The Imam AS has said, “Allah has made me know the ranks of all
the prophets, saints, the faithful (males and females) and the
condition of all that exists (maujudat) in a manner that one takes a
thing in his hands and turns it over to know it perfectly well; as a
goldsmith comes to know the good and bad about the gold and
silver.”
12. Imam Mahdi AS said, “For the last twenty years, an unknown
Voice tells me, ‘You are Mahdi al-Mauood,’ and this servant is
assimilating it. Now that this servant has come to Barhli in Gujarat,
after being expelled from the town of Nehruvala, an angry divine
25 (S. 75: 19 SAL) Its meaning is, “Thereafter the responsibility is Ours to let its
(the Quran’s) meaning be clear (to everyone).”
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voice comes, ‘Why do you not proclaim (your) Mahdiat [and why
do you fear the people (khalq)].’ Hence, this servant has announced
that ‘Allah tells me, ‘You are Mahdi al-Mauood.’”
When this piece of news became widely known, some
ulama came to and asked the Imam AS , “You claim that you are
Mahdi Mauood.” The Imam AS replied, “I do not affirm that I am
Mahdi. But Allah Most High commands, ‘You are Mahdi Mauood.
Announce your claim to Mahdiat.’”
Then the ulama asked, “Imam Mahdi would be Muhammad,
son of Abdullah. But your name is Muhammad, son of Syed Khan.”
Then the Imam AS said, “Ask Allah why He made the son of
Syed Khan Imam Mahdi. Allah Most High is All-Powerful. He does
what He pleases.”
Then the Imam AS said, “The father of Prophet
Muhammad SLM was a mushrik (polytheist). How could he be
Abdullah (slave of Allah)? The correct version (ibarat) is
Muhammad Abdullah and Mahdi too is Abdullah.”
13. After Imam Mahdi AS staked his claim to be Imam Mahdi AS , the
ulama obtained the Government order of expulsion issued. The
Imam AS said, “The faces of the ulama and the rulers would be
blackened (they would be disgraced) on the Day of Resurrection for
two reasons. One, (they would have to account) why they did not
help me if I was right (haq); secondly, if I am not in the right, why
did they not imprison me, why did the ulama and the rulers not
assemble and try to convince me (that I was in the wrong) and why
did they not kill me if I refused to be convinced. For, wherever I go
I would repeat my claim to be Mahdi according to my light (reality)
and thus, according to their point of view, I would mislead the
people. The burden of this too would be on their neck.”
14. The ulama again asked the Imam AS , “The entire population will
repose faith on Imam Mahdi AS . Nobody would decline to accept
him.” Imam Mahdi AS then said, “Will the faithful (muminin) repose
faith or the infidels (kafir)?” The ulema said, “The muminin.” The
Imam AS said, “The muminin alone have reposed faith (iman) and
accepted the obedience (of the Imam AS ).”