The Last Luminary and Ways to Delve into the Light - written by Sayyid Ridha Husayni Mutlaq

The Last Luminary and Ways to Delve into the Light - written by Sayyid Ridha Husayni Mutlaq Translated by Saleem Bhimji Published by ‎ Islamic Publishing House A figure more legendary than that of Imam al-Mahdi, The Awaited Saviour, has not been seen in the history of mankind. The threads of the world events have woven many a fine design in human life, but the pattern of The Mahdi [The Guided One] stands high above every other pattern. He has been the vision of the visionaries in history; he has been the dream of all dreamers of the world, and for the ultimate salvation of mankind, he is the Pole Star of hope on which the gaze of humanity is firmly fixed. Indeed, it is only Islam that has given the abstract idea of an Awaited Saviour a concrete shape. The Mahdi is not to be born in the distant future. He is already living amongst us and shares our joys and sorrows. His appearance will not only mean the materialization of an Islamic aspiration, but will also be the realization of a ho