• Establishment of a world government (one government in the whole world).

●Establishment of a world government (one government in the whole world). • Reclamation and rehabilitation of the whole earth so that no area remains waste. • Attainment of full sagacity by mankind, adherence to ideology and emancipation from animal impulses and undue social restrictions. • Maximum utilization of the gifts of the earth. • Equal distribution of wealth and property among all human beings.

●Complete eradication of all vices like adultery, fornication, usury, use of intoxicants, treachery, theft and homicide and total disappearance of abnormal complexes, malice and ill-will. • Eradication of war and restoration of peace, friendship, co-operation and benevolence. • Complete coherence between man and nature. All these points require detailed discussion and analysis but here the idea is just to acquaint the readers with the nature of the Islamic tidings and aspirations.

Big expectations It simply means hoping and aspiring for the materialization of the order (referred to above) which the Divine Will has destined for the world. Now let us turn back to the point that the expectation is of two kinds. One kind is constructive and dynamic which is an act of virtue and the other is destructive and paralysing which is a sort of licentiousness.

We have already mentioned that these two kinds of expectations are the outcome of two divergent notions of the great appearance of the promised Mahdi. These two notions have sprung from the two approaches to the nature of historical development. Now let us explain further the two kinds of expectations. Destructive expectation The concept which some people have of the rising of the Mahdi and the revolution which he will bring about is only of an explosive nature.

These people believe that the appearance of the Mahdi depends solely upon the spread of injustice, discrimination, frustration and disasters. They are of the opinion that, immediately prior to the appearance of the Mahdi, the forces of evil will gain a complete hold and not a single good man will be left in the world. They look forward to an explosion, following which the divine forces will redeem the truth but not the supporters of truth, for they would not be existing.

On this basis they would condemn every reform and regard every sin, every excess and every injustice as valid and proper, because, according to their idea, corruption and tyranny bring the explosion nearer and pave the way for the eventual betterment of a permanent nature.

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