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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Overview of The Mahdi’s (‘atfs) Government The Growth of Knowledge and the Diffusion of Islamic Culture A government whose leader is a person like al-Mahdi ( ‘atfs ) for whom the doors of knowledge have been opened—doors of knowledge which have opened thirteen times compared to that of the prophets and the awliya’ (saints)—will naturally make tremendous progress in knowledge and will bring about remarkable transformations in the world of culture, science and technology.

In other words, the understanding of the science and knowledge that the Imam of the Age ( ‘atfs ) will bring about for the people cannot be compared with the progress that mankind has so far attained. The people in turn will also show much more enthusiasm in the acquisition of knowledge to the extent that even very young women will become so well-versed in the Book of God and religious principles that they could easily deduce the decrees of God from the Holy Qur’an.

In the fields of technology and industry, there will also be astounding advancements. Although the hadith s have not mentioned the details of this advancement, the number of hadith s that have indicated something in this regard give an example of the impressive transformation in this context.

For example, there are hadith s that state: A person in the east would be able to see his brother in the west; during his speech, the Imam would be seen by the people all over the world; the supporters of the Imam will talk to one another across vast distances and one could hear the voice of the other; walking sticks and shoelaces will talk to people; house utensils will give reports to man; man will ride on the clouds in traveling, flying from one direction to another.

And there are still more similar hadith s. Although some of them perhaps refer to miracles, one can realize the abovementioned transformation by paying close attention to all the pertinent hadith s. The hadith s show the world during the period of the Imam of the Age ( ‘atfs ) as a civilized world at the apex of power and scientific advancement.

In general, the state of technology at that time will be far more advanced than that of the present day just as today’s technology is astoundingly different from that of past centuries.