Asr Zahoor - Description of the events related to the Advent of the Savior of Humanity Imam Mahdi (as)

CONTENTS
EDITOR’S NOTE	I
AUTHOR’S PREFACE	V
CHAPTER 1
THE OVERALL WORLD SCENARIO AT THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	1
CHAPTER 2
WIDESPREAD SEDITIONS FROM EAST AND WEST AGAINST MUSLIMS	15
CHAPTER 3
ROMANS AND THEIR ROLE AT THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	25
CHAPTER 4
ROLE OF TURKS AT THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	33
CHAPTER 5
ROLE OF JEWS DURING THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	41
DIVINE PROMISE TO DESTROY THE JEWS	43
GOD\'S PROMISE OF ETERNAL DOMINATION OVER THE JEWS	47
GOD\'S PROMISE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE OF THE JEWISH WAR	48
A LOOK AT JEWISH HISTORY	53
THE ERA OF PROPHET MOSES AND YUSHA (AS)	54
THE PERIOD OF JUDGES AND THE RULE OF LOCAL RULERS	55
THE ERA OF PROPHETS DAWUD AND SULAYMAN (AS)	56
THE ERA OF DISINTEGRATION AND INTERNAL CONFLICTS	57
THE ERA OF ASSYRIAN CONQUEST	59
THE ERA OF BABYLONIAN CONQUEST	60
THE ERA OF IRANIAN CONQUEST	60
THE ERA OF GREEK CONQUEST	61
THE ERA OF ROMAN CONQUEST	62
CHAPTER 6
ROLE OF ARABS AT THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	65
CHAPTER 7
SYRIA AND THE MOVEMENT OF SUFYANI	71
THE EVENTS IN SYRIA BEFORE SUFYANI\'S EMERGENCE	73
THE SEDITION IN THE LAND OF SYRIA	74
AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE CITIES OF SYRIA	75
CONFLICT OVER THE POWER BETWEEN ASHAB AND AL-ABQ’	76
THE MOVEMENT OF SUFYANI	78
SUFYANI’S NAME AND HIS LINEAGE	78
SUFYANI\'S STANCE AGAINST THE AHLUL BAYT (AS) AND THE SHIITES	79
SUFYANI\'S POLITICAL POLICY AND CULTURE	81
SUFYANI\'S ATTEMPT TO MAKE HIS MOVEMENT APPEAR RELIGIOUS	83
VARIOUS STAGES OF SUFYANI’S MOVEMENT	83
THE BEGINNING OF THE SUFYANI’S MOVEMENT	86
THE BATTLE OF QARQISIYA	88
THE ARRIVAL OF SUFYANI\'S ARMY IN IRAQ	91
SUFYANI\'S ARMY ON THE WAY TO HIJAZ (THE ARMY THAT SINKS INTO THE GROUND)	97
THE BEGINNING OF SUFYANI\'S RETREAT	103
BATTLE OF AHVAZ	103
SUFYANI IN THE BATTLE OF LIBERATION OF QUDS	105
CHAPTER 8
YEMEN AND ITS ROLE AT THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	109
CHAPTER 9
EGYPT AND ITS EVENTS DURING THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	117
CHAPTER 10
ROLE OF IRAQ AT THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	125
THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGES	127
HASANI AND SHEISABANI AND AUF SALAMI	134
THE THIRD STAGE: SUFYANI\'S CAMPAIGN AND THE DESTRUCTION OF BASRA	136
THE FOURTH STAGE: THE CONQUEST OF IRAQ BY IMAM ZAMAN (AJTF)	143
CHAPTER 11
WORLD WAR AT THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	151
CHAPTER 12
IRANIANS DURING THE TIME OF APPEARANCE	157
PRAISE OF IRANIANS IN SUNNI HADITHS	160
IRANIANS AND PREPARATION OF GROUND FOR THE APPEARANCE	163
THE NARRATIVE OF START OF GOVERNMENT OF IMAM MAHDI (AS) FROM IRAN	165
NARRATIVE OF THE SUPPORT OF THE UMMAH OF MUHAMMAD (SWAS), BY A MAN FROM AHLUL BAYT (AS)	166
HADITHS RELATED TO QOM AND ITS PROMISED MAN	168
EMINENT FEATURES OF QOM IN HADITHS	168
NARRATION OF PEOPLE FROM THE EAST AND BLACK FLAGS	172
NARRATION OF BLACK FLAGS FROM KHORASAN TO QUDS	177
NARRATION OF THE TREASURES OF TALEQAN	181
THE EMERGENCE OF KHORASANI AND SHU’AYB IN IRAN	182
CHAPTER 13
THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLY MOVEMENT AND REVOLUTION AFTER THE             APPEARANCE OF IMAM MAHDI	187
CRISES OF GOVERNMENT IN HIJAZ (SAUDI ARABIA)	202
DEPARTURE OF IMAM (AS) WITH CONCERNS AND HOPE FROM MADINAH	207
THE GATHERING OF THE COMPANIONS OF IMAM (AS)	212
AN INTRODUCTORY MOVEMENT AND MARTYRDOM OF NAFSE ZAKIYYAH	217
CHAPTER 14
THE ARRIVAL OF TRUTH AND ANNIHILATION OF FALSEHOOD	221
LIBERATION OF MADINAH MUNAWWARAH AND HIJAZ	231
MOVEMENT OF IMAM MAHDI (AS) TOWARDS IRAN AND IRAQ	234
ADVANCEMENT TOWARDS QUDS	239
IMAM\'S BATTLE WITH JEWS	240
CHAPTER 15
DESCENT OF JESUS CHRIST (PROPHET ISA (AS)) FROM HEAVEN	245
PEACE TREATY BETWEEN THE IMAM (AS) AND THE WESTERNERS	250
THE INCLINATION OF WESTERN NATIONS TOWARDS ISLAM	253
CHAPTER 16
A GLIMPSE OF THE GLOBAL GOVERNMENT OF IMAM MAHDI (AS)	255
CLEARING THE EARTH FROM OPPRESSION AND OPPRESSORS	257
REVIVAL OF ISLAM AND ITS GLOBALIZATION	260
MEANS FOR GUIDING PEOPLE USED BY IMAM ZAMAN (AS)	263
TRANSFORMATION OF THE MATERIAL LIFE AND THE PROVISION OF WELFARE BY IMAM MAHDI (AS)	264
EXTRACTION OF THE TREASURES FROM EARTH AND THEIR EQUAL DISTRIBUTION AMONG THE PEOPLE	264
THE ABUNDANCE OF BLESSINGS AND PROSPERITY ON THE EARTH	265
TRANSFORMATION OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MEANS OF LIFE	266
A GOVERNMENT LARGER THAN THE KINGDOM OF SULAYMAN AND ZULQARNAYN	268
FINDING THE WAY TO SEVEN HEAVENS BY IMAM MAHDI	269
OPENING THE WAY TO THE WORLD OF HEREAFTER AND HEAVEN	270
CHAPTER 17
IMAM MAHDI (AS) FROM THE SHIA POINT OF VIEW	273
THE POSITION OF IMAM MAHDI (AS) IN FRONT OF GOD	279
THE OPINION OF THE IMAMS (AS) ABOUT IMAM MAHDI (AS)	281
IMAM MAHDI (AJTF) IN SUPPLICATIONS AND ZIYARATS	284
CHAPTER 18
IMAM MAHDI (AS) FROM THE SUNNI POINT OF VIEW	295
IBN QAYYIM JAWZI DAMISHQI	302
IBN HAJAR AL-HAYTHAMI	304
IBN KATHIR	304
JALAL AL-DIN AL-SUYUTI	305
IBN ABI AL-HADID AL-MU’TAZALI	306
AL-MUNAWI, AUTHOR OF FAYD AL-QADEER	307
KHAYR AL-DIN AL-ALUSI	308
SHEIKH MUHAMMAD AL-KHIZR HUSAYN, THE GRAND MUFTI OF AL-AZHAR	308
SHEIKH NASIR AL-DIN ALBANI	310
ADAWI AL-MISRI	312
SA’AD AL-DIN AL-TAFTAZANI	312
QARMANI DAMASHQI	313
MUHYIDDIN IBN ARABI	313
SHARIF AL-BARZANJI	314
LIST OF NAMES OF PERSONS MENTIONED IN THE HADITHS AND AUTHORS OF BOOKS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT AND FOOTNOTES	317
LIST OF PLACES MENTIONED IN HADITHS	323
BIBLIOGRAPHY	329
INDEX	335