Another factor...

Another factor, which shows that Mahdi is from an Arab line, is the diffused traditions which have come with regards to determination of his family and relatives. Ragheb in his "Mufradaat" says: "Arab (???) are the children of Ismail (-Ishmaeel) and (?????) (-Aarab) its plural form. Later on, the nomads were called by that name." The author of "Saba'ek-uz-Zahak", on page 4 says: "The city-dwellers are called as "???

●Arab" and the desert - dwellers as Aarab" and what is common is that the word of is used for both groups." Jauhari in "Sihah" says: " - Arab" a tribe and they are the city-dwellers. They have been called Arabi by the title of A'raab-e-Erabi. But what is commonly used is the word of "(???)-Arab" at all levels.

The same has been written in the dictionaries." The author of "Ebar" says: 'The word of Arab " -Arab" is constructioned from " - Aarab" and its meaning of expression (speech) has been taken from those who say: - At the time when a person expresses and describes his need and since they possess the faculty of expression and eloquency in speech they have been called by this name.

So know that every non-Arab - whether Iranians, Turks, Romans or Europeans are all "- Ajam - non-Arab" and it is not what the people commonly believe that the word of is particular to the Persian - speaking nation. Rather, the people of West have hitherto used this word for the French and those who fall in the same category. However the word of (by an addition of " - A") is used for the one who does not clarify his speech even though he may be an Arab.

Mahdi is From This "Ummah" (Nation) Tirmidhi is his "Sahih", on page 270 narrates from Abu Sa'eed Khudri who said: 'I feared that after the Holy Prophet, something bad might take place, so we asked the Prophet and he replied as such: "Indeed Mahdi is from my 'Ummah' and he shall emerge from amongst them." The magazine "Hudal-Islam" in its 25th publication, line No. 3 has narrated the same tradition from Ibn-Maajah who in turn has narrated it from Abu Sa'eed.

The author of "Eqdud-Durar", in the first chapter narrates from Abu Muslim Abdur-Rahman-ibn-Auf and him from his father and him from the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.A.) who said: - "Surely God shall appoint a man from my "Ummah" (nation).

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