It is not possible to establish such a link without...

It is not possible to establish such a link without believing that the Mahdi has already been born and is a living and a contemporary personality. Thus we find that the concept of the living Mahdi has given a new impetus to the idea of an expected saviour.

It has made it a source of effective strength and consolation to every person suffering from deprivation and injustice, a person who rejects all forms of tyranny because he feels that his Leader, being a contemporary and a living personality and not a future idea, shares his sufferings and feels his misery. Yet this concept, being beyond the imagination and comprehension of a number of people, has led them to adopt a negative attitude towards the very idea of the Mahdi. Previous…