Unleashing the Beast

98 / U NLEASHING THE B EAST

As believers of the traditions, we believe in a savior who will come first, before Jesus Christ. We have in our traditions his name, which is Muhammad d'ul Mahdi. He is coming but his arrival will be after a great war. It will be the fight of the big powers with each other. And in that war, the savior will come like a divine hand from heaven to stop the war. We know that this world is being prepared for huge appearances. In a short while there will be a common change, physically and then spiritually. Time is now over. All nations and all mankind are being prepared for something that is approaching soon. These are huge events—unexpected, huge events. He referred to an interesting Islamic tradition related to where the future Islamic savior is believed to be hiding: There will be a great war break out between the East and the West. There will be strong fighting. Many people will be killed. Then the Lord will command al-Mahdi Alaihi as-Salam to appear. Now he is in a cave, in a big, deep cave. No one can approach it. )inns (genies) are protecting and guarding him. Many Muslims, especially from the Shiite branch, believe the Mahdi is being protected and supernaturally preserved in an empty desert area in Arabia, or in Iraq. The