THE coming of the Mahdi is a living hope in Islam. Mohammed foretold the advent of one who would " fill the earth with equity and justice, even as it has been filled with tyranny and oppression." This Mahdi, " a guided or directed one," and therefore able to be the Guide of men, " will reign over the earth seven years" ("Dictionary of Islam"). All Moslems await his coming.
THE coming of the Mahdi is a living hope in Islam. Mohammed foretold the advent of one who would " fill the earth with equity and justice, even as it has been filled with tyranny and oppression." This Mahdi, " a guided or directed one," and therefore able to be the Guide of men, " will reign over the earth seven years" ("Dictionary of Islam"). All Moslems await his coming.
THE coming of the Mahdi is a living hope in Islam. Mohammed foretold the advent of one who would " fill the earth with equity and justice, even as it has been filled with tyranny and oppression." This Mahdi, " a guided or directed one," and therefore able to be the Guide of men, " will reign over the earth seven years" ("Dictionary of Islam"). All Moslems await his coming.