The Sun Rises in West

CONTENTS
PREFACE - 13
Foreword - 17
Chapter 1: Birth
Birth - 21
1- ‘Ali ibn Husayn Mas‘udi - 21
2- Shams al-Din ibn Khallikan - 21
3- Shaykh ‘Abd Allah Shabrawi - 22
4- Shaykh ‘Abd al-Wahhab Sha‘rani - 22
5- Shaykh Sulayman Qunduzi - 22
Natal Star - 22
Like Abraham and Moses - 23
Meeting with Mahdi (‘a) - 24
Forty Shi‘as in quest of Mahdi (‘a) - 25
The philosopher Nawbakhti in the presence of Mahdi (‘a) - 25
Transient Rise - 26
Raid of laden clouds - 27
Chapter 2: Appearance
Appearance - 31
Rank - 31
Character - 32
1- Religious character - 32
2- Dispositional character - 33
3- Practical character - 33
4- Revolutionary character - 33
5- Political character - 34
6- Educational character - 35
7- Social character - 36
8- Financial Character - 36
9- Reformative character - 36
10- Judicial character - 37
All-Encompassing Justice - 38
Why by the sword? - 39
Journey to outer space - 40
Chapter 3: Occultation
Occultation - 45
Minor Occultation - 45
Major Occultation - 46
Special deputies during the Minor Occultation - 46
Special Deputation [niyabat khas] - 46
General Deputation [niyabat ‘am] - 47
1- ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id - 47
2- Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman - 47
3- Husayn ibn Ruh Nawbakhti - 48
4- ‘Ali ibn ‘Uthman Samuri - 48
General deputies during the Major Occultation - 49
Days - 51
Chapter 4: In the Books of the Ancients
In the Books of the Ancients (Glad Tidings) - 55
In Zoroastrianism - 55
In Hinduism - 56
In Buddhism - 57
In Judaism - 57
In Christianity - 59
Chapter 5: In Muslim Sources (1)
Sunni Sources - 63
Types of Sources - 63
Selected Sources - 64
Specific Sources - 66
Some points about the sources - 68
Accounts of Sunni Scholars - 70
1- Ibn Hajar Haytami - 70
2- ÝImad al-Din Ibn Kuthayr Dimashqi - 70
3- Ibn Abi ’l-Hadid Mada’ni - 70
4- Sadr al-Din Quniyawi - 70
5- Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Rumi - 71
6- Jalal al-Din Suyuti - 71
7- Shaykh ‘Abd al-Haqq Dihlawi - 72
8- Abu al-‘Irfan Sabban - 72
9- Abu al-Fawz Baghdadi - 72
10- Shaykh Mansur ‘Ali Nasif - 72
11- Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abduh - 73
12- Ahmad Amin Misri - 73
Excerpts from Kifayat al-Muwahhidin - 79
Continuity (tawatur) in the Chains of Transmission of Traditions Regarding Mahdi (‘a)Concerning Mahdi (‘a) - 80
Belief in Mahdi is Islamic rather than sectarian - 83
The School of Protestation among the Sunnis - 84
Chapter 6: In Muslim Sources (2)
In Shi‘a Sources - 89
Types of Sources - 90
Selected Sources - 90
Continuity of the Promise and the Promised - 93
Paraclete - 94
Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Rida (‘a) and the citation from the Bible - 96
The Last Promised Saviour - 98
His Characteristics - 99
From the Book ‘Bayan al-Furqan’ - 100
The First Issue - 101
The Second Issue - 101
The Third Issue - 102
The Fourth Issue - 103
The Fifth Issue - 103
Note - 104
The Sixth Issue - 105
Reflections in the Mirror of Time - 106
Rapidity and Comprehensiveness - 107
The Sun Rising in the West - 108
Chapter 7: In the Holy Qur’an
Mahdi (‘a) in the Holy Qur’an - 111
The First Verse: - 111
The Second Verse: - 112
The Third Verse: - 113
The Fourth Verse: - 113
The Fifth Verse: - 114
The Sixth Verse: - 115
The Seventh Verse: - 116
The Eighth Verse: - 116
The Ninth Verse: - 117
The Tenth Verse: - 118
In Exegeses - 118
Chapter 8: In Surah al-Qadr
The Chapter of the Night of Decree (97). - 123
Which Night is it? - 123
It is the Night of Decree and ‘the scroll of separation is folded away’ - 124
One night each year - 127
The Lord of the Night of Decree - 128
The Holy Qur’an and the Night of Decree - 133
‘Ali (‘a) and the Night of Decree - 135
Blessed Night - 136
Argumentation - 137
Criteria of Humaness - Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 9: In the domain of intellectual (‘aqli) sciences
Perspectives of intellectual sciences - 147
1- In Qur’anic teachings - 147
2- In metaphysics - 148
3- In political philosophy - 149
4- In Illuminationist (ishraqi) Philosophy - 152
5- In the Philosophy of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa) - 153
6- In Theology and Beliefs - 154
7- In Mysticism and Spiritual Insight - 156
8- Ya‘qub Kindi’s View - 160
Meeting with Imam Mahdi (‘a) - 160
The Fortunate - 161
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