Ever stared at your paycheck stub, watching chunks vanish into taxes that fuel wars you never signed up for? Wondered if those government jobs pretending to serve the community—teacher, clerk, cop, judge, soldier, etc.—are not actually part of the problem, feeding the evil machine, chaining people even more to a system that feels rotten at its core? And what choice really do we get when we vote, all candidates homegrown from the same “infested garden”? Ever had the feeling of being betrayed, trapped, tricked, imprisoned in a “Truman Show” where you are not even the main character, reduced to routine and comfort or threatened otherwise with joblessness, homelessness, and a hopeless life? Democracy. The ultimate just and fair system of the free. Really? A freedom that is walled by risk of stigmatization and marginalization, sanctions, and isolation. A freedom to vote boxed into the choice of the lesser of the two evils. Was it always that way? Is that the product of our modern “evolved” world crowned with secularism and individualism, or is it actually a pattern original to this world, this matrix? When most people are asked, the general opinion is that at the end of the day we can't do much; there will always be powerful evil people who will rule us, and our duty is just to be good guys in our daily life, help one another, hoping we do enough good deeds so we don't need to come back and can definitely go to a higher realm. Nothing new under the sun, basically. It’s not today we will change anything... But is that really what God wants from us, quiet sheep submitted to evil leaders, walking happily resigned to the slaughterhouse, asking for the bad guys to be forgiven because they do not know what they do? Is that what God intended for humanity when He created us? And how did we arrive at such a point where people are so confused about their purpose down here? How did this idea to surrender and obey a system that is not from God come into being? The Good Father Could you sincerely think of a God creating us and then walking away, leaving us as prey to ignorance and evil? No way. There must be an answer to all of that misery and confusion. Everything starts probably with how we imagine God to be. As the definition of faith is “expecting good,” and some narrations also state that God is the way we think about Him, let’s not consider God as some prosecutor or far-off judge, but as the best Father that anyone can ever think of: a loving, caring Father who rolls up His sleeves for the well-being of His children and sustains their every single need. In His Books, He commands every parent on earth: feed your kids right, clothe them warmly, teach them wisdom, mold them into good souls bursting with decency and strength. How would He dare demand then what He won't deliver Himself? Of course not. So how to explain the state of the world today if God is a Good Father? Is this unjust and evil world we live in really operating as He intended? Wait a minute… doesn't a father also ask for obedience and discipline? A good dad sets bedtimes, encourages a healthy lifestyle, puts restrictions, defines school time and free time, and teaches morals and manners that stick, rules that build unbreakable lives. Doesn't he? Wouldn’t God do it too? And even better? Of course He would. Then what if the reason for this mess on earth is not the Father's shortcoming but the children's arrogance, disobedience, and rebellion? God's Fierce Love: Prophets Sent as Rulers, Not as Postmen God is indeed good, God is indeed just, and He guides and takes care of His people. How does He do it? He does it by sending Messengers, guides that represent Him and do His Will. Isn't that what religious books are filled with: stories of Prophets and Messengers warning and guiding their people, people being blessed or cursed depending on their deeds, obedience, and submission, tasting the consequences of what they put forth with their hands? Indeed, the Guide, the man of God, always invites to the supremacy of God. He represents God’s Will, and according to it he sets warnings, rules, laws, dos and don'ts. Chaos and injustice only appear the moment believers rebel and disobey the guide, reject him, and, as often happened in the past, try to kill him. Most often too, usurpers take over the religion and use it to enslave and put the masses to sleep, so much so that the religion becomes part of the chaos, a major source of injustice, evil, and suffering. God has a system, and His true religion calls toward the supremacy of God: a system ruled by God through His representative. In His system, love, peace, and justice rule supreme. But the true religion of God isn't some Sunday sermon—it’s not a concept, a philosophy, or a theory. And that’s why so few follow it. No middle ground, no halfway, not a religion as a part-time job or a hobby, a jacket we put on and off. God, in His true forgotten religion that the Prophets and the Messengers came with, demands in return the whole of you, the whole of your life. The rules of the game are straightforward: listen and trust in the wisdom of God and know peace, harmony, and prosperity; but listen and trust in the passions and desires of your ego and know suffering, chaos, and injustice. God’s plan for humanity has always been paradise on earth. And this does not come into existence with laziness, selfishness, and insubordination, and even less with obedience to people who are not appointed by God. We humans, as the angels above predicted a long time ago, spilled blood and brought corruption in the land, and couldn't submit to and obey God and His Messengers for more than a generation or two at a time before falling into Satan's traps and seductions for this world time and time again. The people obey the Prophet: people are happy. God is happy and gives more blessing. People disobey the Prophet; the Prophet warns; the people don't listen; God retracts His blessings: the people suffer, often for a long time, until they remember that all their misery has only one source: rejecting God’s will, rejecting the guidance of the one sent by Him. People repent, call upon the Prophet; the Prophet guides and leads again until the next rebellion that will lead to misery, famine, war, or slavery again. Nowadays, many people would argue that we have passed the era of Prophets and that no such things will repeat. Nobody sees the state of the world and the condition of humanity as the direct consequence of our relationship with God as a species. People are in total denial. “This is not our scenario anymore,” they would say. “Injustice and wars and suffering can be fixed with more democracy, more ecological NGOs, and charities. One day maybe… Religion? No, religion has nothing to give anymore. We live in a globalized world where consciousness has to rise from inside. We live in a liberalized world where individuality must be at the front; we must experience, we must awaken individually, evolve by trial and error. We can't obey one man sent by God anymore. This was for the dark days, some ancient era like the Middle Ages! This is backwards!” As for the others who hold tight to what is left of religion, their minds are so deeply conditioned with dogmatic, deformed teachings that they follow the ideas of Paul and Omar and all their respective non-working religious scholars who walked in their footsteps: “Obey all governments: they are all from God. Read your holy book, fast, give alms, make pilgrimages, be good, pray, but do not rebel against the oppressive governments: it’s fitnah, it’s impermissible, it creates division.” Religion basically became some private affair that you practice in your room or in your club (mosques, churches, temples) but doesn't have anything to do with the society you live in. Its purpose? It helps you, in the best case, to suffer less here and claims to open for you the gates of the “hereafter,” but shows absolutely no care for your “here and now.” Giving free space for Satan’s rule in here… and nobody seems to understand… or even be worried about it. Scary and dark times indeed. Glad Tidings So no wonder that in that kind of context people are confused about the Will of God, about who to obey, who and what to work for, and how much God has a right over their life, and how much God would love to be present in their life. We, the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, come to you with glad tidings. God loves you. God didn’t abandon you. God wants you, actually. And He never stopped calling for you. He never ceased to hope for you. His rope has never been cut; He always left a thread, secret and hidden sometimes, other times more evident and apparent. But today the time has come for Him to reclaim the ones who belong to Him and establish in the open, publicly for all to see, a sustainable, Divine Just State, unapologetically, without any compromises. The power of change is in your hands. This is your invitation. Will you honor it? Will you be amongst the ones who learn their lesson from the failed mission of Jesus the Messiah? Jesus came with the glad tidings of a Kingdom to come. In his lifetime, because of the shortcomings of his followers and the lack of supporters, his mission—not because of him—had to be aborted, and the kingdom was not established. What failed then is bound to succeed today. It’s the promise of God. Because in that time things were different. Even if Jesus had some outburst of divine anger and flipped some tables over and insulted publicly the hypocrites from the temple, it was generally a time where God was teaching in secret, and His Messenger was speaking in parables. Do you remember what Jesus said when asked about taxes, God, and Caesar? “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.” (Bible, Book of Matthew, Chapter 22, Verse 21) How do we understand this word of God today? Can we really render unto Caesar anything when knowing everything belongs to God? Especially when the one sent by God is here, calling believers to build a new humanity, a new kingdom, a Divine Just State? Today what should be the position of the true believers in front of such a dilemma? How much should the people of God surrender to a system that enslaves them? How long are people going to allow schools to teach their kids their godless lessons? How long will fathers and mothers continue to accept sending their flesh and blood overseas to the murder machine, to be butchered on the front line for nothing but money and power? How long are people going to vote for people who are not appointed by God? And finally, how long should the chosen of God pay their taxes to tyrants and illegitimate governments? It sounds like this same ancient trap the Pharisees sprung on Jesus, shoving that emperor-stamped coin under his nose, is still hypnotizing the masses: “Should we pay or not?” The fact is: this question was never for Jesus. It was for you all along. And in it is your life today, your conscience, and your eternity hanging in the balance. The answer since the very beginning was extremely clear—the children of God don't come here to obey the darkness and give tribute to tyrants; Prophets don't come to be killed and crucified—they come to rule and represent God’s rule and guide sincere believers into paradise here on earth. Don't romanticize the prophets as distant dreamers or frail postmen—they were rebels. Moses staring down Pharaoh's whip-masters, Hebrew backs breaking on stones fueled by stolen taxes. “Let my people go!” he thunders, and plagues roll in—not random fury, but targeted fire on every Egyptian who paid the god-king's toll, manned his armies, whispered silence. John the Baptist seals his fate scorning Herod's twisted bed: “It is not lawful.” Apostles spit in the Sanhedrin's face: “We must obey God rather than men.” Mohammed's band of poor slaves and outcasts toppling Mecca's arrogant elite who buried daughters alive. The blueprint screams across time: Prophets didn't negotiate corners or cut deals. They declared total innocence from the darkness—and pledged every breath to the light. God always backed the righteous, the truthful. And who is more righteous than the righteous servant, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, the father of the truthful? Today through him the message of God became clearer than ever: public schools churning out godless minds? Walk away clean and homeschool them. Election day? Let them go to hell alone. Don’t share their sins by taking part in their actions. Voting has always been impermissible, and democracy is the supremacy of the people, a system antithetical to the supremacy of God. Laws against murder or theft? Follow them because God said so first, not because some bureaucrat signed the paper. Taxes? Oppose them, at least with your heart and tongue. They threaten you then with prison? Let them steal your money, and make sure you leave this place as soon as you can to support in person the one sent by God. Stuck in your country? Ethiopia's king gave Muhammad's early believers shelter—praised for mercy, never obeyed as lord. Until the rise takes place, the name of the game is resistance. Be ready, O believers. And resist. In the story of Moses, we are at the moment where Moses gathered the Israelites and is close to moving. The first plagues have started. The most lethal ones are to come. In the story of Mohammed, we are at the very end of the 13 years of persecution suffered in silence, just before the hijra to Medina. The Kingdom of God is near. Really near. The only remnant of the true religion of God lives with us. Be ready, O believers. And resist. We are the resistance, standing tall in this electric moment when God finally speaks plainly—no more parables, no more riddles—because His chosen one has gathered enough faithful fire to rise up and win back his throne. The man who leads this charge won't end nailed to a cross like Jesus. He'll plant the kingdom first, crush the tyrants, behead Satan, and establish peace and justice on the earth. Caesar's coin? Keep it. We're here for the crown.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” - The Holy Bible, Book of John, Chapter 15, Verses 1-2 These were the words spoken by Jesus Christ, the son of Mary. Throughout the Gospels he would call the people to God, the Father, yet simultaneously he would call people to himself, not out of a desire for fame, fortune, or prestige, but because it was in the best interest of the people to do so. Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.” (Bible, Book of Mark, Chapter 8, Verses 34-38) Yet we find Jesus at times speaking in parables, symbols, and metaphors. “I am the bread of life.” (Bible, Book of John, Chapter 6, Verse 35) “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” (Bible, Book of John, Chapter 6, Verse 41) “I am the light of the world.” (Bible, Book of John, Chapter 8, Verse 12) “I am the gate.” (Bible, Book of John, Chapter 10, Verse 9) “I am the good shepherd.” (Bible, Book of John, Chapter 10, Verse 11) And as we read earlier, he describes himself as “ the true vine ” . It’s clear that the knowledge Jesus was calling people to was foreign and disturbing to his people; however, his sayings and teachings were preserved by those who desired to have them destroyed, secret sayings which have survived the test of time. “These are the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas recorded. And he said, “Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death.” Jesus said, “Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. ” (Gospel of Thomas, Sayings 0-2) The Church had sought to destroy the Gospel of Thomas along with many other manuscripts and writings attributed to Jesus Christ, in the deserts of Upper Egypt in a town called Nag Hammadi, in December 1945, this ancient Gospel along with many other ancient manuscripts would once again see the light of day and challenge the mainstream narratives of Christianity. Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. [And there is nothing buried that will not be raised.]" (Gospel of Thomas, Saying 5) Jesus mentioned that if we find the interpretations of these sayings, we would not taste death. And the only time we see Jesus mentioning it again, he tells us exactly where to look and what leads humanity to salvation. The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?" Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is. Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death." Jesus said, "Congratulations to the one who came into being before coming into being. If you become my disciples and pay attention to my sayings, these stones will serve you. For there are five trees in Paradise for you; they do not change, summer or winter, and their leaves do not fall. Whoever knows them will not taste death." (Gospel of Thomas, Sayings 18-19) According to Jesus, we are not saved by his death on the cross, nor through grace by belief in him alone, rather, there are five trees that we need to know about. In Christian scriptures, there is no way for us to identify those trees, and there exists no unanimous agreement regarding the interpretation of the five trees. To this day, the Christians and Gnostics have been perplexed regarding these words. However, we do find a major hint within Islam. There is a book called Umm Al-Kitab, it is an ancient manuscript which showcases a very secretive and esoteric conversation which takes place between the successor and grandson of Prophet Mohammed, the Fifth Imam, Mohammed Al-Baqir and his Companion Jabir Al-Jofi. Imam Al-Baqir reveals those five trees with five beings upon those trees in the highest heaven, the original pure world: “In branches of the trees the royal phoenix sat, and in its shade were young men and boys. The white falcon, Duldul, Boraq, and the lion adorned this white sphere.” (Gnosticism in Islam, Heinz Halm, p. 112) We now see there is a link between the secret sayings of Imam Al-Baqir, the successor of Prophet Mohammed, and Jesus Christ taking place in front of us. We have these five creatures upon these trees. It doesn’t stop there, as we went over before, Jesus referred to himself as a vine, the true vine; just as he is using a plant to symbolize himself, could it be possible that the trees and creatures which Imam Al-Baqir and Jesus spoke be symbols or reflections of people? In Islam we have many narrations that point to that fact. Jesus clearly asked his disciples “Have you found the beginning?” Therefore, let's go back to the beginning, let's go where all Abrahamic faiths agree with, the story of Adam and Eve. In the Garden we see God forbids Adam and Eve from eating from a particular tree, mainstream thought would have it that this tree is a literal tree. However, knowing what we know now, it’s safe to say that such an assumption needs to be verified. Imam Al-Hassan Al-Askari, the Eleventh Imam said regarding the verse of the Qur’an: “ ‘And do not approach this tree.’ It is the tree of knowledge of Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed.” (Exegesis of Al-Imam Al-Askari, Attributed to Al-Imam Al-Askari, p. 221) Imam Al-Ridha, the Eighth Imam also confirms that this tree is not what people think, he said: “It is not like the trees of the world.” (Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 11, p. 165) In one of the prayers narrated from the Ahlul-Bayt we read: “We are the tree of Prophethood and the location of the message and we are the place that the angels return to...”  (Nahjul-Balagha, Sermons of Imam Ali, Vol. 1, p. 215) Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq revealed in his book “The Goal of the Wise” the interpretation of the word “tree”: We also see that in reference to the tree in the Qur’an, God states: “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?” (Qur’an, Chapter 14 (Ibrahim), Verse 24) “It is clear that the word “tree” is a metaphor for words, and the complete words of God are Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed. Furthermore, the Holy Household of the Prophet interpreted the good tree to be Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed, and they interpreted the cursed tree in the Qur’an to also not be like the trees of the Earth, but rather, they interpreted it to be the Umayyad dynasty. Therefore, we may conclude from all this that the tree which Adam approached and which he was forbidden from was not a literal tree at all, but rather it pointed to a person.” (The Goal of the Wise, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, Door 1, p. 3) So who was this person who cost Adam and Eve their residency in Paradise? Could it have been someone from the Family of Mohammed? It was narrated from Ibn Abdus who narrated from Ibn Qutaiba who narrated from Hamdan ibn Sulaiman who narrated from Al-Harwi who said:  I said to Al-Ridha: “O son of the Messenger of God, tell me about the tree that Adam and Eve ate from, what was it? People have differed regarding this; some have said that it was wheat, others have said it was a grape tree, and others state that it was the tree of envy.” So he replied: “All of that is true.” So I said: “What does it mean that all the plants and trees that I mentioned are similar even though they are different?” So he said, “O Aba Al-Salt, the trees of the garden carried different types of fruit, so it was a wheat tree and it had in it grapes and it was not like the trees of the Earth, and verily when God honored Adam by commanding the angels to prostrate to him and by making him enter the garden, Adam said to himself: ‘Did God ever create a human being better than me?’ And God knew what fell into his heart, and so God called upon him and said, ‘O Adam, raise your head and look at the leg of my throne.’ And so Adam looked up and found that it was written on the leg of God’s throne: ‘There is no God but God, and Mohammed is the Messenger of God, Ali ibn Abi Talib is the Prince of the Believers and his wife Fatimah is the Mistress of all the Women of the Worlds, and Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein are the Masters of  the Youth of Paradise.’ And so Adam said: ‘O Lord, who are those?’ God responded, saying: ‘They are descendants of yours to come and they are better than you and better than all of My creation and if it were not for them, I would not have created you nor would I have created heaven or hell nor would I have created the sky or the earth. Do not ever look at them with the eye of envy or else I shall remove you from My side.’ But Adam envied them and he wished for their rank and position and so the devil went against him and lured him until he ate from the forbidden tree. And the devil lured Eve because she envied Fatimah Al-Zahra so she ate from the tree like Adam did, and so God expelled them from His Garden and made them go out to the earth.” (Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 11, pp. 164-165) We can see in this narration that the reason why Adam and Eve were cast out of Paradise was not that they ate a piece of fruit, but rather it was because they envied Fatimah Al-Zahra, who was the tree. Now, many might think to themselves that Mohammed, Ali, Fatimah, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein did not come into existence until the 7th Century. So how is it possible that they were created? However, such a concept is not foreign in the gospels: “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” (Bible, Book of John, Chapter 8, Verse 58) So if people believe that it is possible for Jesus to have existed before Abraham only to incarnate in the world much later, then is it not possible that those five trees in Paradise would also incarnate into this world in the flesh as Jesus did? Mohammed ibn Sinan narrated from Ibn Abbas who said:  We were with the Prophet of God and Ali ibn Abi Talib approached. The Prophet said to him, “Greetings to the one whom God created before the creation of his father by forty thousand years.” So we said: “O Prophet of God, was the son before the father?” So he said: “Yes, verily God created me and Ali from one light before the creation of Adam by this time period, then God divided that light into two halves, then He created everything from my light and the light of Ali, then He made us abide to the right of His throne, and we glorified Him and then the angels glorified Him, and we praised Him and so they praised Him, and we worshiped Him and so they worshiped Him, and thus all those who praised and worshiped Him learned how to do so from Ali.” (Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 25, p. 24) The Ahlul-Bayt also include Fatimah in the equation and reveal that not only did Mohammed and Ali exist before creation, but that Fatimah pre-existed them both. In one hadith God says to Mohmmed: "O Ahmed (Mohammed), were it not for you, I would not have created the celestial spheres; were it not for Ali, I would not have created you; and were it not for Fatimah, I would not have created you both." (Al-Asrar Al-Fatimiyyah, Shaykh Muhammad Fadil Al-Masudi, p. 231) Now with all that being said, let's go back to those beings that Imam Al-Baqir revealed upon the trees of Paradise, the Falcon, Duldul, Boraq, Phoenix and Lion. Who are these five that if we know them that we would have eternal life? Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq revealed in the episodes of the Hall of Mysteries titled: “The 7 Heavens Are Not What You Think” , the names of those five trees in paradise. He revealed that the Lion is a reflection of the light of Fatimah Al-Zahra, the Boraq is a reflection of the light of Mohammed, the White Falcon is a reflection of the light of Al-Hassan, the Mighty Phoenix is a reflection of the light of Al-Hussein and the Mule Duldul is a reflection of the light of Ali. The interpretations of the words of Jesus have finally come through the Mahdi, these five trees were Mohammed and his Family, the five trees whose knowledge grants life. To know them is not merely to know their names, but to recognize their right, their pre-existence, and their authority as the vessels of God. Adam fell not because he ate a fruit, but because he failed to uphold the proper recognition of those greater than himself. Humanity repeats that error whenever it denies and rejects those trees from paradise. For over 1400 years, the Muslim world has done nothing except violate the sanctity of those trees and cut them down. Today, there is only one that calls to those trees and to the path of their knowing, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, the promised savior and Mahdi as mentioned by the trees of Paradise.

"I ask You to guide them to the truth that no one has a right to appoint a leader except for You. Guide them and show them that they are guilty and share in the deeds of the leaders that they appoint and elect in the ballot. Show them that these leaders are evil. Give them a sign on earth, O Lord. Expose one of these evil scholars or world leaders and make it a public scandal or cause one of them to pass away unexpectedly so that these people may believe. Give them a sign in the heavens that will leave their neck stretched towards the sky so that they may believe. Give them a sign in their own selves and grant them dreams or give them signs in their lives that verify that I have told the truth." - Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, the Qaim The excerpt above is from the sermon with the title ‘Ask God About Me’ . With the incredible scandal currently dominating global news regarding President Trump’s association with Jeffrey Epstein , along with Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, other members of royal families in Saudi Arabia, the UK and in the Gulf region, Ehud Barak who was a former general and Prime Minister of Israel, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and other big tech, business and political figures worldwide, this is definitely no coincidence. What is the relevance of this? This particular scandal surrounding Donald Trump and other world leaders is not something that can be ignored. With over 96,000 views of the sermon in which Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq tells the people to “Ask God About Me”, enough time has passed for it to be known that he made this statement back on April 28th, 2025 and that he asked God to “expose one of these evil scholars or world leaders and make it a public scandal”, making it a proof for all to see.  In addition to the scandal surrounding Donald Trump and the Epstein files, recent news articles have emerged linking the Saudi monarchy to Jeffrey Epstein. Mohammed Bin Salman has been directly connected to Jeffrey Epstein in various news articles  where a photograph of MBS and Epstein standing together and smiling, as if they have just heard a joke or seen something very funny.  Among the materials released and subsequently published by international media is a photograph showing Epstein standing alongside Mohammed bin Salman , with visible familiarity. The image is notable not only for who appears in it, but for what is missing: No official context. In addition to that, there is a story circulating in the press about how a piece of cloth from the “Holy Kaaba” known as a “Kiswah” has ended up as part of a rug in the possession of Jeffrey Epstein ; the outrage this has generated  is also becoming more evident. In some cases the connection between MBS and Epstein receiving the piece of the Kiswah is being insinuated . One of the most disturbing revelations associated with the files is the documented transfer of sacred Islamic items , reportedly originating from Saudi Arabia, into Epstein’s possession. These items, which carry immense religious significance, were delivered to a man already convicted of sex crimes. Millions of pages were released from the Epstein files and many world leaders were exposed. This came after the supplication from Aba Al-Sadiq to God to expose the world leaders and make it a sign for the entire world, and the way it has transpired cannot be denied or understood as anything less than divine intervention. The various security and intelligence services have the means, technology and interconnectivity to cover up such scandals from coming to light as a matter of national security and we have seen it done many times before. The timing of the release being the same year as the supplication from Aba Al-Sadiq is also key, because these crimes have been taking place for over a decade and could have been exposed at any time on a world stage. These scandals brought into the open like this are just one form of enforcement from God; we have also seen the remarkable death of Pope Francis after his Easter Sermon in 2025 within a very short period of time after the Black banner of "Allegiance is to Allah" was raised in front of him during the Easter Sermon in Vatican Square. This was documented in a short documentary called Miracles of the Mahdi: A New Pope . Another shorter documentary entitled The New Pope: The Miracle of Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq  concisely showed the relevant events of that day. There was also an interview conducted  with some who were present at Vatican Square that day on the Rise Up Morning Show , a show on The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light YouTube channel . To this day nobody has been able to rationally explain how the Pope died so soon after the believers raised the banners in front of him on that day. The only logical conclusion is that this was a miracle to enforce Abdullah Hashem in front of the entire world. For those who follow Aba Al-Sadiq and know his past this is no surprise. In fact, since he emerged in 2015 with the declaration that the Mahdi has appeared, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq has been surrounded by prophecies and other kinds of enforcements. The now well-known fulfillment of the prophecy of the ruler of Hijaz being the first to come to pass with his emergence. There shall rule Hijaz a man whose name is the name of an animal, if you look at him from afar you will think that he is cross-eyed, but if you come close to him his eyes seem normal, he will be succeeded by a brother named Abdullah, woe to our Shia from him (he repeated this thrice), give me glad tidings of his death and I shall give you glad tidings of the appearance of the Hujjah (Imam Mahdi). — 250 Signs until the Appearance of Imam Mahdi, Muhammad Ali Tabatabai, Sign No. 88, p. 136 The authenticity and significance of this narration have repeatedly been reported on by The Divine Just State magazine. And in another narration it specifically mentions, "give me glad tidings of his death, and I shall give you glad tidings of the appearance of the Qaim." The Shia all over the world were anticipating this prophecy to come to pass, because everyone knew the man "whose name is the name of an animal" was King Fahd of Hijaz. "Fahd" means Leopard. And everyone know that the brother who succeeds him whose name is "Abdullah", was none other than King Abdullah of Hijaz. The prophecy was explicitly clear that this King Abdullah would be very oppressive to the Shia, and King Abdullah was extremely anti-Shia. The prophecy was fulfilled when King Abdullah died and the only man on the planet to come forward after his death raising the prophesied banner "Allegiance is to Allah", and claiming the "Apparent Will" of Prophet Mohammed and saying "I am the Abdullah mentioned in the Will of the Prophet Mohammed" and "I am the Qaim from the family of Mohammed", is none other than Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq. No man in over 1,400 years has fulfilled all these prophecies and this criterion. The Divine Just State can categorically affirm that since Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq is the only man in the public sphere today calling to the concept of the Supremacy of God; as can clearly be seen on his banner, the banner of ‘Allegiance is to Allah’; God only enforces him with these incidents, prophecies and clear answers to his supplications. For the past two decades he has gone from strength to strength with his works educating the masses on hidden truths and exposing falsehood, tyranny and the forces of darkness which only seek to keep the people in ignorance and enslaved. Many all over the world testify to his works since the mid 2000s, including The Arrivals series, TADS, The Arrived, The Returned amongst other works including his widely followed current works The School of Divine Mysteries  and The Hall of Mysteries  on The Mahdi Has Appeared YouTube  channel. As time passes, it is becoming abundantly clear that this man is who he claims to be and more. The Almighty God testifies to this and the people are waking up to this fact.

This portrait was unveiled by the Qaim Aba Al-Sadiq Abdullah Hashem at "The Museum of Mohammed & his Household" and offered as a gift and reminder to all muslims observing Ramadan this year. Some moments in history are a blot on humanity’s record. The question is, how do we change what happens today, to avoid the mistakes of yesterday? The Muslim nation has silently allowed, and even enforced, the oppression of Prophet Mohammed and his Ahlulbayt for 1400 years. Great tragedies have occurred and unspeakable crimes committed against the holiest of families - not by the enemies of Islam - but by the people of the Prophet’s own nation. There is no greater shame than the crimes committed against Imam Al-Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed and the third of the Twelve Imams mentioned in the Will of Prophet Mohammed. And a picture truly speaks a thousand words. This latest piece in the Museum of Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed captures a true moment in Islam’s shameful history - the raising of the decapitated head of Imam Al-Hussain on a spear. This is a grave reminder to the Muslim nation of the consequences that incur from rejecting and attacking the chosen Imam of the time. Today, the son of Imam Al-Hussain, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, stands in the place of his father, proudly continuing his mission and immortalising his forefather’s history. We will never forget the spilling of that innocent blood. And we will never relent in continuing the mission for which Imam Al-Hussain sacrificed so much. The name of this work of art says it all: “How Could We Let This Happen?” Watch the full unveiling here:

Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq declared his right hand man Alireza Khatib Haghighi during the 2024 Ramadan Sermon , the tongue of Imam Al-Mahdi to the Persian speaking people and to the German speaking people. This was a powerful moment due to the fact that it was the first live televised broadcast of a speech by the Riser of the Family of Mohammed whereby he addressed the world. So who is Alireza Khatib Haghighi and how did he rise to prominence in the call of the Mahdi? The Divine Just State took the time to conduct an interview with this great man to share a better understanding of his relationship with Abdullah Hashem. Alireza has been a believer and supporter since the Egypt phase of the works of Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq. We sat with him and asked him the following questions: What year was it when you first heard about the call of Abdullah Hashem and how did you come to accept it as the truth? I was following Abdullah Hashem’s work since 2009-2010, as I was searching for God. I was looking for guidance because I realised that this world is really not a good place in the state that it is in today, with all the injustice and corruption. I was trying to figure out what my purpose was, what I was supposed to do, and what the purpose of all of us being here is. On this journey, I came across Aba Al-Sadiq’s work. What stood out to me is that his work was different from anything I had seen before, in terms of the level of sincerity that was shining through his work, his humility and his determination to find the truth. You could just feel it in his work. Whenever I was watching his videos, I would always find inspiration. I would always find answers for the things that I had no answers for. Through his work, I joined him on this journey to find Imam Al-Mahdi. That was his ultimate goal, to find the Imam and to find God, to serve Imam Al-Mahdi and the Ahlul-Bayt. With everything that I came across before him, it always felt like there was something missing, but with him, everything came together. He brought together the full picture of what our purpose in life is, and that is to find the Imam of our time. That’s what clicked for me when I came across his videos, and so I followed him on this journey. It was in the year 2011 that he found the Yamani, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan. Back then, I was just following him, eagerly waiting to see where this journey was going to take us. When that day came, it was as if a prophecy had come true. I knew that he would find the Imam, I knew that he would find Imam Al-Mahdi, because I had never seen somebody more sincere. I knew that if there is one man who would find Imam Al-Mahdi, it would be him. I just knew it. I knew that if I follow him, follow his work and go on this journey with him, I too will find the Imam, and it happened just as I expected. When that day came and he announced that he had found the Yamani, the one who calls to Imam Al-Mahdi, it was the most important day of my life, because finally that goal was reached. Finally, we knew Imam Al-Mahdi was here. I pledged allegiance to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan and followed Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan with Aba Al-Sadiq. That was the first step. Then, automatically one thing led to the other, because I knew that when the Imam is here, there is an obligation. Now that I knew the door to Imam Al-Mahdi, I knew that I had to support my Imam. The next goal was then automatically, inherently to leave everything behind and to fulfill this obligation, to fulfill this duty that we all have. For every single one of us, this duty is something that is upon our necks. When I found Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan, I began looking for where to go next. I knew I had to leave everything I had behind and to go follow him, to find him. And now that I knew he was here, and just as I expected, Aba Al-Sadiq had lead me to him, I knew that I had to leave and go to Aba Al-Sadiq, to Abdullah Hashem, because he was truly our guide to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan. Although I had never met him, I just had such a close connection to him, that I knew I had to go to him. And it was not only me. When this happened, a lot of the people who pledged allegiance asked to go to Egypt, to be with Abdullah Hashem. Abdullah Hashem opened his doors to all those who wanted to join, and that was also a huge thing that he did back then. He opened his door to people he had never met, had never known, purely on the basis of faith, because they believed in the Imam of their time, they believed in God, and they believed in supporting the Imam of our time, he was willing to open his door for them. And immediately I did that too. A few months later, I made hijra to Egypt. In order for our readers to gain a better insight of your journey, can you share with us what your life was like before encountering Abdullah Hahsem? Before encountering Abdullah Hashem, Aba Al-Sadiq, I was born in Iran and grew up in Germany. My parents moved to Germany when I was eight years old. My parents were not really religious, and I grew up like a normal European, I would say. I went to school and started studying at university, but something was always missing. At one point, life d idn’t make any sense to me anymore. It didn’t make sense that the goal should be to have a career, to become wealthy or successful, to start a family, and to make that the purpose of my life. So, as I said, I was searching for the real purpose. At that time, I was training to become a professional pilot in the US, and it was around then that I heard about the call of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan through Aba Al-Sadiq. So I left it all behind. I stopped everything I was doing and I went to Egypt. How long had you been following Abdullah Hashem before migrating to him? It must have been about 1 and a half to 2 years. Left: Egypt, 2011 Right: Germany, 2018 What convinced you to leave your previous life to go and support him? What convinced me was the realisation that our purpose is to find the Imam of our time; that whoever dies without knowing the Imam of his time dies the death of ignorance. It was the realisation that God is supposed to rule this Earth through the one He has chosen, and that our goal is to find the Imam of our time, to give him victory and to establish that divine rule. The Imam of our time is supposed to rule on Earth, because in his rule is goodness for creation. All of misery, misguidance, oppression, hunger and everything that is bad is a result of us not achieving that goal. It is really a responsibility upon all our necks. Every person, every human, is responsible for the state that the world is in, because we have not given God what He deserves: to rule this Earth. It’s as the Ahlul-Bayt say, that God has given enough sustenance for all of creation. But because mankind is selfish and the rich have taken more than their share, that is the reason why poverty exists, why hunger exists, why children on a daily basis are dying. And why has that happened? Because we did not establish the divine rule of God, we did not give victory to the Imam of our time in establishing a Divine Just State in which everything would be divided equally, where nobody would be left behind, and where poverty, hunger and oppression no longer exists. So if it is our duty to find the Imam of our time and to establish his rule, then mankind as a whole is guilty for all the oppression that is happening in this world. I wanted to fulfill that duty. I did not want to be guilty of all the injustice and oppression in this world. I wanted to fulfill everything that God expects me to do. I wanted to find the Imam of my time and to do everything I could to see God’s rule established, so that justice and peace can finally spread on this Earth. You were with Abdullah Hashem before he was declared a Mahdi mentioned in the Will of Prophet Mohammed. What went through your mind when you learned of this declaration and how did you respond? That was one of the most exciting and beautiful days in my life, and in the lives of the brothers who were around Aba Al-Sadiq at that time. When he first told us and he first revealed to us how, just as Imam Al-Mahdi had contacted Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan and revealed to him his role, and that he was mentioned in the Will of Prophet Mohammed, and that he was the successor of Imam Al-Mahdi and the door to Imam Al-Mahdi, the same thing had now repeated with Aba Al-Sadiq. It was something we had already known, believed in and testified to it by our own actions, because we had gone out to Aba Al-Sadiq. We did not know Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan, we did not know where he was. But we knew that Aba Al-Sadiq was guided and we trusted him so much. We knew that he would not misguide us, to the point that we all made hijra to him. When that day came, everything just came together. The picture was complete, why this man was so special, why we had all gathered around him, and why we had put all of our trust in him. We had realised in our own selves that he is a Mahdi, that he is a Hujjah, that he is infallible, that he is a guiding Imam. And so yes, we all accepted it wholeheartedly, and everything just became so much more real.  Our readers will be wondering about the moment when you learned about the role and responsibility bestowed upon you. Can you share with us how you felt when it was declared to you that you are one of the Twelve Mahdis? It was a huge shock, nothing I had ever expected. It’s a huge responsibility, and with it comes the huge pressure of fulfilling that responsibility. I know that God blessed me immensely because of my path with Aba Al-Sadiq, as me and the brothers around him stuck to him through good times and bad times. In all the fitnas, we stayed by his side and we supported him.   What year was it? 2021. Mahdi Noah being publicly announced by Aba Al-Sadiq in December 2024 Quite a while into your journey with Abdullah Hashem. Yes. In the end, everything is from God, and like I said, I know that God blessed me because I followed the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed Aba Al-Sadiq. I supported him on this path while there were many others who left him. This is a very special time, the rising of the Qaim, the time of the Qaim, and it is the minor Day of Judgement. The doors, as the Imam said, are open for anyone to reach whatever he wants to reach. It is called the minor Day of Judgement because all of creation is being judged, as the hadiths say, and the Judge is the Qaim of the family of Mohammed. He is the Angel of the Covenant, whoever accepts him fulfils his covenant with God, and whoever rejects him breaks that covenant. In this time, the best of the best return and the worst of the worst return. The more you support the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed, the one who rises with the truth, the one who makes qiyam, the higher you rise in the eyes of God. This really is an opportunity for all of creation. Whoever believes in this time, in the minor Judgement Day, in the Qaim and supports him, the higher he can reach in the sight of God. Whoever supports him supports God. Whoever pledges allegiance to him fulfills his covenant with God and rises in rank, and God blesses him. And the same way whoever leaves him and fights him loses everything and becomes among the worst of the worst. It is a great day and a great opportunity and it is all up to us how much we are willing to support the Imam of our time, the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed, Abdullah Hashem.  I know that God blessed me with all of this because I supported the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed. This is because it is a very special time in history that will never repeat itself. In it, you can rise to the highest of levels, but you can also fall to the lowest of levels. That is also what we have seen with this dawah, that no matter how high you reach, if you were to leave the Qaim and to disbelieve in the Qaim or to fight the Qaim, you would lose everything that God has given you. What advice do you have for anyone out there who wants to explore this path, the call of the Mahdi? My advice would be that they should be fair to their own selves. They should be just to their own selves, research and learn about this dawah with an open heart. Because it is the truth, the only truth that exists in this world. Wit hin it is their own salvation and all goodness. Besides it, there is nothing that is worth anything in this world. As the Ahlul-Bayt said, this dunya is not worth anything, it is all an illusion. The only truth in it is the Imam of our time. And so everybody should ask themselves: “Have I found God?” If they haven't found God, then they should know that they carry an obligation upon their neck, to find the Imam of their time. We have to realise that if God exists, there has to be somebody on Earth who represents Him, because God has always, from the beginning, spoken to us from behind a veil. That first veil was Adam, the one into whom God blew from His spirit, and this spirit was passed down through the successors of Adam. The goal of every person is to find that spirit in their own time, to find the man who carries within him the spirit of God, to find God in creation in every time. This is the goal of creation. And we must know that we cannot know God except through him. That is the reason why we have so many religions today and they all believe themselves to be upon the truth and they’re willing to kill each other over their belief. They see themselves as right and the others as wrong, while none of them are right because they do not have the man of God with them. That is the criteria, and always has been the criteria of truth. Whoever has the Imam of his time with him, he is upon truth, and without the Imam of your time, nothing remains but ignorance. This has been the problem from the beginning, that we did not stick to that man in every age. Mankind rejected the decision of God, rejected the chosen one of God, and went ahead and chose their own. Mankind accepted their own rulership. They accepted to choose for themselves, over the choice of God. As a result, misguidance, oppression and everything bad that we find today spread across the Earth. Because of that, there is the only solution, to go back to that man of God, to find him, to establish his rule so that justice and equity can spread on Earth. We have to realise that all religions today are dead religions because they do not have a living Imam. It is that living Imam that gives life to the religion and to the Earth. It is that living Imam who turns this Earth green, who brings about prosperity, equality, justice, peace and everything that is good. Without that man, we will never be able to reach anything. That is what everyone has to realise within themselves, that without that living man, that living Imam, we are lost. They have to ask themselves “How do I find him? What is the criteria? How do I recognise him?” If without that man we are lost then God, for sure, must have given us a way by which, without a shadow of a doubt, we can find that man in every time. Because if it was not so then that God would not be just or worthy of worship. God would have left us in misguidance and ignorance. But God is good and far away from that. So everybody has to go on that journey, to scrutinise and to research until they reach the yaqeen (certainty) that they have found the Imam of their time. They must find the way by which the Imam of their time is known, as every Hujjah since Adam was known: by Divine appointment and by a will. The Divine Hujjah has to be appointed by God, chosen by God, and named by Him in a Will. That is the first proof that every proof and every Hujjah in his time came with, he came with a Will in which God had named, chosen and appointed him. The second proof is that he has to have Divine Knowledge. He has to be the most knowledgeable person on the planet. I think whoever truly researches our dawah with an open heart and with a just and fair mind will realise that there is nobody else on the planet today more knowledgeable than Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq. Nobody else has presented knowledge that even comes close to what Aba Al-Sadiq (as) is presenting today. Nobody has presented solutions like those of Aba Al-Sadiq. The system he has established in his community is one in which everybody is equal, everybody has equal share in everything, everybody has access to everything and nobody is left behind. It is a system in which we share everything we have together. The third proof is that every Messenger in his time called the people to the Supremacy of God. Aba Al-Sadiq today is the only one who does that. He is the only one who has come and is saying that supremacy belongs only to God and that the problem we have is that we have established other systems. He is the only one today who is saying that God alone can choose a ruler, while everyone else is calling to the supremacy of the people. Everyone else is calling to a different system, whether it be democracy, communism, socialism or whatever political system they’re calling to. Everybody has abandoned God and taken God out of the picture, saying we can rule ourselves. He is the only one on earth today, who is saying that only God is allowed to choose the one we have to follow. I think it is obvious again, that this is the only system that makes sense, because history has shown us that mankind is not able to choose a just ruler. Mankind is not able to differentiate between good and evil. Democracy has shown us that the majority is not able to figure out who should rule them, and that humanity, by itself, is not able to differentiate who is a good, just ruler. It is only God that knows the hearts, and therefore, only God can choose a person who takes care of humanity, because that person represents the will of God. Everyone else is selfish and is asking for their own rulership. They do not care about mankind, they only care about their own rule, and that is the reason for all the oppression and injustice and inequality today. So my advice is for everyone to realise who the Imam of this time is, to realise that we need to find the Imam of our time, and to submit ourselves and our lives completely to him. In doing so, there is goodness for us and the rest of mankind, because the Imam of our time is the will of God on Earth, and God wants nothing but goodness for us. When we submit and unite upon that, we submit to the will of God. By following the Imam of our time, we follow the will of God, and we spread through it nothing but goodness on this Earth. Everywhere we go, we will spread justice and peace and equality, because we do not follow our own will, but we follow the will of our Imam and he knows what we do not know. The ultimate goal is to completely and to fully submit ourselves to the Imam of our time. By doing so, we have fulfilled our goal, our covenant, and fill this Earth with justice and equity. The Divine Just State is the objective of the Qaim and he dedicates every moment of his day to the realisation of this goal. You are a part of this mission. Where do you see this goal being in five years time or what do you wish would happen for this to come true? In five years, I would like to see that we have established exactly that goal. That we have established the rule of God on Earth, that we have put God, finally, on His throne. It is only right. God is our Creator, and therefore we should worship Him, obey Him, and establish His rule on Earth, but mankind to this day has not fulfilled this goal. We have to dedicate all of our lives to this goal, to the establishment of a Divine Just State, to the establishment of the rule of the Imam of our time, a country in which the believers can freely live in justice and equity. Because it is the only thing that makes sense. Nothing else provides a solution to anything, nothing else is worth anything. Everything else that we do will not be fruitful. Everything else that we do will not  bring any real change for the better on this planet. The only one who can bring true change and goodness is God, and so we should dedicate ourselves fully to establishing the rule of God. In this lies goodness for us and for all of mankind, and the more people unite upon this, the faster we will establish it. We have to work tirelessly, all of us together, until we reach that goal. Aba Al-Sadiq is the only solution there is on this Earth, and supporting him and giving him victory is an obligation upon all of creation. As I said, we are all guilty and responsible for the state the world is in today. If we want to absolve ourselves of that guilt, then we have to disbelieve in the systems that have caused all this misery. We have to disbelieve in all the man-made systems and governments and accept only the system and government of God alone. We have to support and help in creating it with everything that we have. We have to leave and disbelieve in all those who represent these governments and man-made systems and go to that man who represents the government and supremacy of God, and help establish his rule alone. He is the only one on Earth who has  legitimacy from God to rule, and supporting anybody else, even with a stroke of a pen, is supporting other than God. That is the sin and the guilt that we have to absolve ourselves from. That is why the sins of the one who pledges allegiance to the Imam of his time are forgiven, and he becomes sinless. And that man today is Abdullah Hashem, Aba Al-Sadiq.

The occultation of Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari constitutes a great enigma that no one who claims to be Shia has ever been able to truly understand—ranging from the simple common folk and the scholars of the Hawza to the grand Ayatollahs. All are completely incapable of explaining to people, with boldness and confidence, the true reality of the occultation and what actually happened to the Imam during it. Ninety percent of Muslims—those who follow the Sunni school or what is known as mainstream Islam—deny the very existence of Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari. They do not await him. Rather, they mock those they call the Rafidah (followers of the Shia school) by ridiculing the Imam’s mother and by claiming that he has been hiding in fear in a “Sirdab” (a protected area where the Twelfth Imam was hidden) until today. Everyone is ignorant of the true reality of the Imam’s occultation, and of his appearance as well. None of the senior religious authorities and major sheikhs—whether Sunni, Shia, Alawite, or from any other sect that claims attachment to Imam Al-Mahdi and to be awaiting him—possesses the ability or the knowledge to clarify the truth of the Imam’s occultation, nor how he is to be recognized if and when he appears, nor how he appears. In this article you will find facts being presented to the world for the first time about Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari, about Jesus the Messiah, and indeed about Ahmed Al-Hassan, the promised Yamani—truths we learned from Aba Al-Sadiq Abdullah Hashem, the door of Imam Al-Mahdi and his Messenger. I will present them as they are, boldly and without hesitation. Hearts may be shaken, but sincere lovers, with patience and tranquility upon their pure hearts, will accept this difficult matter. No one denies that the appearance of Imam Al-Mahdi is not a passing event that can be understood superficially. Rather, it is a profound divine secret that has extended across centuries, whose features are scattered in the words of the Prophets and the Messengers, the secrets of the Ahlul-Bayt, and the speech of the infallibles in general. Divine truths were not presented to the followers of the awaited Imam, nor to people, complete and all at once; rather, they came gradually, veiled in symbol and parable, as a mercy to minds that could not bear the full light at that time. But now we have reached this era—the era of the Mahdi who rises with the truth and unveils what was concealed—testing hearts whose sincerity is measured by how much of this truth and unveiling they can bear. Jesus, son of Mary, was previously a practical example in reality of the divine tradition, or divine pattern, of occultation and appearance. Yet he spoke in intimations, parables, and symbols, not in explicit and direct, shocking speech. He knew that if the truth is unveiled, minds might be unable to bear it, or might bear it and then deny it out of fear or fanaticism. Therefore, he said that he had many things he wished to say, but that no one would be able to bear them at that time. The same applies to the image of the Twelfth Imam, especially the one that became entrenched in the consciousness of the followers: that he was born, then went into occultation, then appeared, then went into occultation again—exactly like Jesus. The commonly circulated narrative conceals a vast temporal gap: lost years, years that were not recorded and not transmitted to the general public. The crucifixion incident in the story of Christ, despite the differing outward portrayals of it, was not his end but the beginning of a phase of concealment. In that phase, his presence moved from the public sphere to secrecy, and from the masses to a select circle. The texts mention that he appeared afterward—by making himself known—only to his disciples, not to the general public, not to his opponents, and not to the religious authority that demanded signs. He walked among people, yet no one was able to perceive him except the select few. He appeared to those who had been prepared to understand the secret, to bear it, and to complete the message he had begun. The same pattern is repeated with Imam Al-Mahdi, for there is nothing new under the sun. The tradition of occultation is one, even if times and names differ. The lost years of Jesus correspond to the centuries of occultation in the matter of the Mahdi. The special instruction after the crucifixion corresponds to a hidden preparation of the companions and chosen ones of the Mahdi during the time of occultation. And the symbolic speech of Jesus corresponds to a discourse that none understands or accepts except one who has the readiness to listen. The Prophet Mohammed indicated: “I am the closest of people to Jesus son of Mary,” then he likened the matter of Imam Al-Mahdi to the matter of Jesus, saying that he has “an occultation like the occultation of Joseph, and a return like the return of Jesus son of Mary.” Just as the absence of Joseph from the scene provoked great turmoil and many questions, so too does the occultation of Imam Al-Mahdi. And just as the mission of Jesus was an earthquake within the Children of Israel, so too will be the appearance of Imam Al-Mahdi, which will not be an event upon which everyone easily agrees. Jesus came from within the Children of Israel and argued with them using their own scriptures, yet the first to deny him were those closest to him. Thus, they split into two groups: a group that clung to tradition and ritual and rejected the truth because it shattered the familiar image of religion, and a group that believed in Jesus, then over time transformed into an independent entity that emerged from the womb of Judaism and spread throughout the world under the name Christianity, until it became a global religion. This is not a unique incident, but another divine tradition that is repeated. Just as Christianity emerged from within the Jewish community and not from outside it, so too the religion of the Mahdi is not born from a vacuum, nor imposed from without; rather, it emerges from the heart of the nations of religions and sects themselves—especially the nation of Mohammed—from within tribulation and disagreement. Muslims will divide just as those before them divided, not on the basis of apparent belief and disbelief, but on a deeper basis: acceptance of the new guidance or clinging to what is familiar. One group sees in Imam Al-Mahdi a reconnection with divine guidance, while another sees him as a threat to its heritage, its authority, and its interpretations. From this division emerges a people who believe in the Mahdi with a practical and sincere faith, from whom a new doctrinal entity is formed—one not attributed to a people or a land, but to the truth alone. At that point, just as Christianity transcended the boundaries of the Children of Israel and became a global religion, the religion of the Mahdi becomes a global religion—defined neither by ethnic belonging nor by inherited religion, but by the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. How Was the Birth of Imam Al-Mahdi and His Childhood? Whenever God wills to bring forth a savior into the world, awe precedes his birth and mysteries surround him. Such was the story of Jesus son of Mary, and thus the same divine pattern was repeated with Imam Al-Mahdi. In the time of Jesus, there was a tyrannical king, Herod, who feared the promised savior and pursued him even before his birth, seeking to kill him and extinguish his light. For this reason, the birth of Jesus was secret, surrounded by danger, yet it was also immersed in signs. Heavenly glad tidings preceded it. Angels descended announcing his coming. Signs appeared in the sky, and an unfamiliar star shone forth, whose light guided three kings from distant lands, bearing gifts, seeking blessing, and witnessing the face of the blessed child. Jesus was not an ordinary child. He spoke in the cradle, and extraordinary signs appeared upon him from an early age. He would fashion from clay the form of a bird by God’s permission, and he was a cause of blessing in some places and punishment in others. Light was manifest upon him from the very first moment, as though he were born already bearing his message. Likewise was the birth of the Twelfth Imam, Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari, where the scene is repeated in a striking manner. From the time of Prophet Mohammed and the Imams, they spoke of this awaited newborn, gave glad tidings of his coming, and described him as the savior who would fill the earth with equity and justice as it had been filled with oppression and tyranny. Just as Mary was given glad tidings, so too was the mother of Imam Al-Mahdi, Lady Maleeka, or Narjis. Angels came to her and informed her of what would occur and of what she must do. At the moment of birth, she was not alone. Pure spirits and sacred figures were present, such as Lady Khadijah, Lady Mary, and Lady Asiya, who manifested around her, assisting her and bearing witness to the great event. As soon as Imam Al-Mahdi was born, light shone forth from him, and his very presence was a miracle in itself. His father, Imam Al-Hasan Al-Askari, bore witness to this birth and regarded it as a great sign among the signs of God. Despite his young age, he was found prostrating upon the earth with his forehead, in an image that expressed early perfection—just as Jesus was described in his childhood. What is the Occultation? Many details of the life of Jesus son of Mary, especially periods of his childhood and early youth, were concealed. Likewise, details of the life of the Twelfth Imam during his early years and youth were concealed. We possess no clear reports about those stages, neither concerning Jesus nor concerning Imam Al-Mahdi. What we know with certainty is that both entered a phase of occultation at an early age, when their lives became threatened. The parents of Jesus were forced to take him to Egypt, so he disappeared from Jerusalem and from his people, living for a time in concealment out of fear of the tyranny of Herod. The same matter was repeated with Imam Al-Mahdi, as the Abbasid state was watching him closely and seeking to kill him. Thus, he entered occultation at around the age of five, in the city of Surrā Man Ra’ā, today Samarra, and disappeared from sight, his affair remaining a divine secret whose true reality is known only to God and His trustees. After Jesus completed his childhood, he returned to appear publicly and began proclaiming his message, until the incident of the crucifixion occurred, which led him into a phase of concealment and an occultation deeper than that of his childhood. His presence then became directed and hidden from the general public, appearing only to the select. Here a central verse emerges in understanding the occultation of Jesus, in the noble verse: “When God said: O Jesus, I am causing you to die and raising you to Me.” - The Holy Qur'an 3:55 The Qur’anic verse here did not use the word “mawt” nor “Qatl” but rather used the word “wafāt.” In Arabic, the words “wafat,” “mawt” and “qatl” although they resemble death but they have different meanings. “Mawt” means dying. “Qatl” means being killed. “Wafat” is passing away. So the term “wafat,” in its true sense, indicates passage and transition. This understanding is almost shared between Muslims and Christians, even if the details differ. Christians see that Jesus conquered death , while Muslims see that he was not crucified at all, but was preserved and raised.  In both cases, what occurred is not understood as the end of Jesus, but as a transition from an apparent presence to a veiled existence—alive, and that he will return. Is there among Christian or Muslim readers and seekers of truth anyone who denies this?! Before entering this concealment or this occultation, he appointed his vicegerent, Simon Peter, and the task of conveying the message passed to him and to the other disciples. This is an extremely important point. The same matter applies to the case of Imam Al-Mahdi. Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan had a door named Mohammed ibn Nusayr, and then the sending of Messengers by the Imam continued until our time in which he sent his vicegerent, the Yamani Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan appeared in Iraq in 1999 and then went into occultation in 2007 after being subjected to assassination attempts—exactly like what Jesus faced in his time—through cooperation between the Shia religious authority, the Iraqi security forces, and the American forces, a cooperation that closely resembles the cooperation that occurred between the Jewish Pharisees and the Roman occupation at the time of Jesus. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan did not leave the scene without preparation, training, appointment, and dispatching of his vicegerent, the Qaim of the family of Mohammed, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq. Aba Al-Sadiq appeared on Friday, January 23rd 2015, from Cairo “Al-Qahirah”, the capital of Egypt. Thus the prophecy of Imam Al-Sadiq was fulfilled: “Whoever guarantees for me the death of Abdullah, I guarantee for him the Qaim.”  - Asr-Al-Zuhur (Age of Appearance), Al-Shaikh Ali Al-Korani, p. 261 This establishes the proof and nullifies the excuses of everyone who does not accept Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan and Aba Al-Sadiq today. Now allow me to present to you one of the most difficult matters. Just as “wafāt” or death approached Jesus, the “wafat” or death approached Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan, and it approached Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan. We mention here that the approach of death “wafāt” does not mean “mawt” “dying.” Rather, it means their entry into a phase of concealment during which what is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an as “raising” takes place—while the obligation and the practical execution of the Will of Prophet Mohammed, safeguarding from misguidance, continue through the Second Mahdi, the Qaim Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq: the living, apparent Mahdi who directly confronts the people at large, with the aid of the other disciples of Imam Al-Mahdi from among the Mahdis, and with support from his companions and followers. Occultation, in its essence, is not a departure that cuts off connection, but a transformation in which connection is guaranteed and continuous. Direct communication with people transforms into communication through intermediaries, and from physical presence to spiritual presence. Jesus expressed this meaning when he said to his disciples that his departure was a condition for the coming of the Comforter: “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you” - The Holy Bible, Book of John, 16:7 That is, occultation opens the door to a deeper presence. The same pattern applies to the case of the Mahdi: his occultation is a condition for the coming of the Yamani, and the occultation of the Yamani is a condition for the coming of the Qaim. What Happens to the Imam During the Occultation? Jesus, the Twelfth Imam Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan, and Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan all underwent a great spiritual transformative experience after offering immense sacrifices. What occurred to them was a spiritual resurrection. They disappeared from sight as ordinary human beings, yet they attained spiritual ranks crowned with immense spiritual powers that transcend the abilities of ordinary humans. Or it may be said that they entered a state of “divinity.” Before hearts tremble, let the concept be clarified. When a human being reaches this state of divinity, by his spirit and his very existence he encompasses all things. He becomes God’s vicegerent, meaning One that God delegated to administering the affairs of creation, managing matters, and acting on His behalf in sending Messengers, completing divine messages, and realizing the divine will. More precisely, he becomes the divine will itself. We see this realized in the lives of a very small number of individuals throughout history who were titled “the Spirit of God,” “the Holy Spirit,” or “the Spirit of Truth,” and they are Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed, along with Jesus. This may be attained by individuals who possess this divine distinction from birth, such as Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari and Jesus. Yet it is also possible for a person to strive and exert sincere effort so that ascent to the highest degrees and ranks becomes attainable. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan in our time is the best example. It is like an open race for all toward closeness to God. But in the end, none reaches these degrees and ranks except one who has reached the end of the spiritual journey. Aba Al-Sadiq spoke with Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan about this final station. The Imam clarified that it is the supreme stage in which a person annihilates completely and relinquishes everything. He passes through a sacred journey of sincere sacrifices to draw near to God. He goes through stages that include relinquishing wealth and possessions, relinquishing loved ones such as children, spouses, family, and all who are dear, and relinquishing all that is destined of plans, promises, privileges, and possibilities—until reaching the relinquishment of material existence and the offering of the soul itself. The Prophet Abraham did this when he prepared to offer his son as a sacrifice. Jesus the Messiah did this when he surrendered his soul willingly, saying: “No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself.” The Holy Bible, Book of John, 10:18 Prophet Mohammed did this when he relinquished all that God had destined for him of authority and divine plans. God had promised the prophet to make his religion prevail over all religion and granted him an authority greater than that of Solomon. God, Exalted is He, said: “And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you-refrain from.” - The Holy Qur'an, 59:7 He relinquished all of that for the sake of the Highest Companion. Imam Al-Hussein did this when he offered an unparalleled sacrifice in every sense, after he was truthful in his words to God: “Take until You are satisfied.” Upon the same pattern, Imam Al-Mahdi did this, offering himself and his soul for his vicegerents. And upon his footsteps, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan did the same for Aba Al-Sadiq, offering him everything after preparing, educating and empowering him. Just as Jesus was raised and ascended, so too did this occur with Imam Al-Mahdi. He began a new stage of existence as a spiritual being encompassing all things and crowned with divine powers that surpass the powers of the angels. God chose him, trusted him, granted him His own self, and gave him all divine authorities, powers, and dominion to undertake the affairs of creation. Where Does Imam Al-Mahdi Reside? Imam Al-Mahdi is now present in the Realm of Truth, or the World of Forms—the very place to which Jesus was raised. He has vanished from human sight and resides in the Presence of God. Just as Jesus was raised to become a new mode of existence as a divine being (not the Absolute God), likewise the Twelfth Imam became a divine being dwelling in a higher realm (but not the Absolute God). The Imam came to possess a cosmic form, supported by a cosmic power. He became the head of this universe, all-knowing of everything, present in every time and every place. This world—the World of Truth, Forms—is a higher realm belonging to Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed, and it includes the Prophets and Messengers. It is an ideal realm preserved from corruption, wherein Prophets and vicegerents can live without threat or killing, and from which they may enter this material world whenever they will, in order to complete specific missions at their appointed times. This matter unveils a secret in the Will of the Prophet Mohammed that he dictated to Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib when he said: “There will be after me twelve Imams, and after them twelve Mahdis.” The Imams and the first three Mahdis mentioned by name are not merely names, but real, cosmic forms—whose souls manifested to encompass the entire universe and to represent the divine will. How Does Imam Al-Mahdi Appear in the Material World? To understand the matter of appearance, we do as we did to understand the matter of occultation: we return to what happened with Jesus. Jesus appeared after the crucifixion to his close disciples in different forms. They did not recognize him at first, and this is clear and evident in many places in the Holy Bible. He appeared to Mary Magdalene in the form of the gardener, and she did not recognize him until he called her by her name, Mary. He appeared to the disciples in the form of a fisherman, and in the form of a stranger walking along the road. He would appear to them in these various forms, and his disciples needed some time to realize that it was truly him. Everyone knows that the disciples were people who had lived with Jesus—so what then of Imam Al-Mahdi if he appears to people who never knew him at all and never knew his physical appearance? The answer lies in the fact that the same pattern is repeated with the Imam, by the testimony of the Shi‘a themselves. The Shi‘a believe that the Twelfth Imam appeared repeatedly, appearing in different forms and shapes, and that they recognized through these various forms and appearances that they belonged to Imam Al-Mahdi. After the crucifixion, the role of Jesus changed. Before the crucifixion, he was the “one sent,” dependent upon the Father and the Holy Spirit. But after his appearance to the disciples following the crucifixion, he became the “sender.” He became the one in charge of the affair, the sender of Messengers, able to grant them divine powers and portions of the Holy Spirit, which the disciples received fully. It is mentioned in places in the Holy Bible that, after this granting, which took place through the secret appearances of Jesus to them in different forms and appearances, they were able to cast out demons, perform miracles, and heal the sick, to the extent that even their shadow would heal. Through them, Jesus continued his role, even though from behind veils: guiding and directing those he sent, while they carried out his will. The same matter is repeated with Imam Al-Mahdi. The Imam administers the world today from behind the Mahdis in the same manner—specifically through Aba Al-Sadiq, the Qaim, the Mahdi, who is his face in this time. When the Prophet Mohammed was asked about the disciples of Jesus, he said of them that they were the elite and that their faith was free of doubt. Yet the supreme example of the disciples of Jesus, in his view, were the twelve Imams from his household, from the progeny of Ali and Fatimah, and after them particularly the progeny of Al-Hussain. The twelve Imams whom he appointed and sent after his death, “wafat.” The Imams are, in reality, Messengers from the Prophet Mohammed, just as the disciples were Messengers of Jesus after his being raised and ascended. The Imams are proofs over the people, supported by the Holy Spirit, and they possess capacities and authorities that surpass ordinary humans. They are infallible with an intrinsic infallibility from birth, and obedience to them is obligatory. They are the intercessors, the trustees over the prayers and supplications of the believers, the guides of people to the truth, and those who take them by the hand upward on the ladder of monotheism. The same pattern that occurred between Jesus and his disciples, and between Prophet Mohammed and his disciples, is repeated with Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan and his disciples, the twelve Mahdis, who were also appointed in the Will of Prophet Mohammed. The Twelfth Imam appears secretly to these Mahdis, teaches them, reforms them, and guides them, then sends them in stages—Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan and then Aba Al-Sadiq Abdullah Hashem—and subjects the material world to his will through them. From what has preceded, we form an understanding that the nature of Imam Al-Mahdi today and his existence surpass human perception. He is akin to a divine mode of existence. He is able to appear in multiple forms according to people’s expectations. He may manifest physically in the form of a human, or in any other symbolic forms. This may be difficult, but the reader and researcher into deep matters—such as angels, for example—will find that they sometimes appear in different forms: in the forms of humans, animals, or even cosmic phenomena. If the Imam’s capacity surpasses that of creatures such as angels, as mentioned earlier, would he not have the ability to take on different forms, whether human or non-human? In the narrations concerning the great angel Gabriel, it is stated that he “descends in the form of a white bird” and gives allegiance to the Imam to be among his supporters. Who is greater in manifestation and power—Gabriel or the Imam? Imam Al-Mahdi is the commander of the angels and the proof over them, capable of manifesting in any form and in everything. His existence is too exalted to be confined to a mere human appearance; rather, he is present everywhere with his cosmic attributes, and he has manifestations as he wills. How Did Imam Al-Mahdi Appear to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan? As indicated earlier, the Mahdi appears to the Mahdis, guiding and teaching them, then sending them to the people as Messengers from him. This is what occurred with Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan. The Twelfth Imam appeared to him in a dream and informed him to meet him at a specific mosque and shrine. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan awoke from his sleep, and his test was like the test of Abraham: to believe in the vision and act upon it in reality. Indeed, he believed the vision, went to the appointed time and place, and found Imam Al-Mahdi there. Thus, the first physical meeting between him and the Imam took place. Thereafter, the meetings between them continued. In these meetings, the Imam informed him that he was one of his twelve Mahdis mentioned in the Will of the Prophet. He began to teach him, refine him, and discipline him until he became ready to be sent to undertake his duty as the Yamani in the year 1999. The first mission he was sent on was to the Hawza in Najaf Al-Ashraf, to the religious scholars. There, he was the first to argue before them that he was the Ahmed mentioned in the Will of the Prophet Mohammed. He made known to them and to the world the Law of Knowing the Hujjah/Proof, called them—and called all people—to disbelieve in tyranny, to affirm the supremacy of God and divine appointment, and to submit and obey the Imam of the time. Imam Al-Mahdi sent Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan to pave the way for the Qaim. You may refer to the speech of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan and listen to his divine voice as he narrates the Story of the Meeting with Imam Al-Mahdi. Thus, Imam Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari did not appear to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan only in a human form; rather, he also appeared to him in visions. And he is from the Ahlul-Bayt, concerning whom Satan can never take on their likeness. Therefore, their appearance in visions is true, just as their appearance in reality is true. Accordingly, the Imam manifests in multiple ways, according to what God prepares people to understand. The chosen ones are tested by actual belief in these manifestations, by what occurs within them, and by the duties required of them therein—and by possessing sufficient resolve to carry them out in reality. Such was the test of the Prophets, Messengers, and Imams in the past, and likewise the test is repeated with the Mahdis among them—the Yamani and the Qaim—and it is also repeated, at a certain time and stage, with the companions of the Qaim. How did Imam Al-Mahdi Appear to the Twelve Men? The twelve men are the people of the greatest fortune, for they met Imam Al-Mahdi on the Day of the Sacred Appearance, Friday, January 23rd 2015. They were the best of forty men who had been on a great and secret spiritual journey with their teacher, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan, for a year and a half. They were a group of believers from all over the world who loved Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan and truly believed in him. For them, he was the fortified cave to which they fled, escaping from this dark and harsh world—just as the Companions of the Cave did previously when they sought refuge in the cave, leaving everything behind them, and underwent that unique experience with their dog in the cave. The true, inner meaning of drawing near to the cave is drawing near spiritually to the Imam. When a believer approaches him to this degree of closeness, the Imam grants him a special “kunya”, composed of the word “Aba” followed by a title, such as “Al-Sadiq.” Entering the cave symbolizes the believer’s attainment of a certain degree of annihilation of the self, and the opening of a gap in the veil of the Imam—just as a gap was opened for Mohammed in the veil of God during the Night Journey and Ascension. The forty men would meet Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan every night for a year and a half. Yet no one noticed the absence of the forty from their homes. Their daily lives continued normally: in the morning they would return to their jobs, their studies, and their families. Then the process would repeat every night, as if they were entering a special world in which they met Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan and lived with him an exceptional experience. Then their memories would be erased every morning so that they could continue their daily lives without any disturbance. Thus, together with the Imam, they underwent intensive training and strict spiritual tests at night, testing their faith and strengthening their resolve and readiness to carry out their duties should the Imam send them to the people. After they learned of the matter of the death of the ruler of the Hijaz, Abdullah ibn Abd Al-Aziz, as mentioned in the glad tidings of Prophet Mohammed, where he said: “There shall rule Hijaz a man whose name is the name of an animal, if you look at him from afar you will think that he is cross-eyed but if you come close to him his eyes seem normal, he will be succeeded by a brother named Abdullah, woe to our Shia from him (he repeated this thrice), give me glad tidings of his death and I shall give you glad tidings of the appearance of the Hujjah (Imam Mahdi).” - 250 Signs until the Appearance of Imam Mahdi, Muhammad Ali Tabatabai, Sign No. 88, p. 136 After this, the Imam gathered them, and they chose from among themselves the best of them. They chose twelve men for that great historical meeting with the Imam Al-Mahdi. The twelve men set out under the leadership of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan to the place where Imam Al-Mahdi was present. Their hearts trembled with excitement and longing, and their bodies shook with awe, like a tree shaking on a stormy winter day. When they met the Imam, a long conversation took place between them that lasted more than two and a half hours, during which he informed them of unseen events that would occur in the world, with the finest details, down to the day and the hour. After this meeting, the appearance of Imam Al-Mahdi was announced, and the Black Banner upon which was written “Allegiance is to God” was raised. There is that narration which links the appearance of the Proof of God in the glad tidings of Prophet Mohammed with the appearance of the Qaim. It is the narration of Imam Al-Sadiq in which he said: “Whoever guarantees for me the death of Abdullah, I guarantee for him the Qaim.” - Asr-Al-Zuhur (Age of Appearance), Al-Shaikh Ali Al-Korani, p. 261 There is another narration from Imam Al-Sadiq in which he said: “He appears in the image of a successful youth at the age of 32.” - Kitab Al-Ghayba (Book of Occultation), Al-Numani, Vol. 1, p. 193 That young man who appeared and who was of that age was the Egyptian Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq. This young man was the face that Imam Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan chose to appear through on that sacred day. People still think, to this day, that he is an ordinary young man, completely unaware of his spiritual reality. The Imam sent this young man—the disciple of Imam Al-Mahdi—to lead the movement of the sacred rise and to establish for Imam Al-Mahdi a Divine Just State with the knowledge and wisdom of Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed, under the direct supervision as Imam Al-Mahdi and the Yamani, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan. And we, as the supporters of the Mahdi, testify with our blood that he is indeed doing so, achieving real and remarkable results with steady and rapid steps. Will Imam Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Appear Publicly in the Form People Expect? Imam Al-Mahdi, Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari, as described by Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan to Aba Al-Sadiq, is Light. Because he is Light, he manifests in various forms for people according to what their capacities can bear and comprehend. Aba Al-Sadiq asked Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan about the form or appearance in which Imam Al-Mahdi would appear to people in this era—the moment when the Imam reveals himself openly before the whole world. He clarified that Imam Al-Mahdi will descend from the world he resides in—the World of Truth—from which he has descended many times before, and he will appear to people in the form they expect of Imam Al-Mahdi. He will appear as an Arab man of handsome appearance, with green eyes, brown hair, a brown beard and mustache, wearing the garments they expect him to wear. This is because when the Light and these divine attributes manifest in the human world to influence us or communicate with us, they must take a form meaningful to us, in accordance with our perception and capacity to comprehend. The form that people expect of the Imam is not necessarily his full true essence. It is the form through which he appears to them so that people can interact with him and understand his presence. Thus, Imam Al-Mahdi becomes a bridge between the World of Truth and the human world, between divinity and material existence, between cosmic capacities and the human sphere. What is Required of Us to Properly Respond to These Weighty Realities? The reality of the occultation and appearance of Imam Al-Mahdi may seem difficult to believe and may disturb the heart, but this does not invalidate it. It follows a pattern no one can deny, one that occurred in the past and was repeated multiple times with previous Prophets and Messengers. To deny these meanings of occultation and appearance is to deny those Messengers and the signs mentioned about them in various places in the Qur’an. These were great Prophets whom we love and revere. God established these recurring patterns with the Prophets and Messengers to serve as a proof for people regarding their occurrence with Imam Al-Mahdi and his deputies. The essence of faith is to believe in what is difficult to believe, and to trust in God in what one has not seen with one’s eyes. When the Bible narrates the event of the Transfiguration and the Ascension of Christ, Christians believed even though they did not see. When the Prophet Mohammed experienced the Night Journey and Ascension (Isra and Mi‘raj)—when the roof of his house was opened, he was taken from Mecca to Jerusalem in a single night, riding the Buraq, prayed as an Imam to all Prophets and Messengers, ascended to the highest heavens to Sidrat Al-Muntaha and the Emerald Veil, then returned—Muslims believed without seeing with their own eyes. Belief in the unseen is an essential part of faith itself. Before it became a test for people, God tested the Prophets and Messengers through Gabriel, who brought them messages from God, and they had to believe that these messages were truly from God. Today, God tests believers around the world, in this era—the era of the Qaim and the Mahdis—on their ability to believe in the unseen regarding the occultation and appearance of their Imam, Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari. By divine justice, this difficult test began with the testing of the best believers on Earth by Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan. He tested their faith in the unseen through concealed communication with them. Initially, the Imam communicated with the forty men in writing—on paper or screen, or with words that appeared and disappeared—without seeing the Imam face to face. Yet they proved their faith in him and in Imam Al-Mahdi through belief alone, and thus they earned the honor of meeting him, studying under his guidance, and twelve of them had the honor of meeting Imam Al-Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Hasan personally. Those believers who succeed in the test of faith in the unseen and wholeheartedly believe without seeing with their eyes are the true believers described by the Prophet Mohammed as his brothers in the End Times. They believed in him sincerely without seeing him, and God will honor them and meet their expectations. Passing the test of faith in the unseen requires complete certainty, even in the absence of the physical Proof, as occurred with Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan, Aba Al-Sadiq, the Mahdis, and their followers. Belief in Imam Al-Mahdi, in Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan, and in the Qaim Aba Al-Sadiq today is what will establish our truthfulness before God in everything we claim to believe regarding the Prophets, Messengers, the sacred text, religion, and God.

The movie The Matrix from 1999 depicted a post-apocalyptic world in which human beings were harvested for their energy to keep a virtual simulation, in which all humans are immersed from birth, so that this world may be controlled by the entity in charge - “the Architect”. Although a work of science fiction, it managed to inspire a philosophical argument about the nature of this reality and the world in which we live.  What if we are indeed being fooled? What if this world is a sensory distraction from the real purpose of our existence? What if there is much more to us being here than we had previously thought? In the movie, the main protagonist “Thomas A. Anderson” - also known as “The One” and “Neo” - plays the role of the foretold saviour whose role is critical to ending the tyranny of machines which had established this simulation system. He is prophesied to conquer the simulation with what is portrayed as a supernatural ability, not be bound by the rules and laws employed within the simulation to keep order and control.  The interesting thing about this story is that it parallels the story of the real foretold saviour of humanity found in virtually all religious eschatology. The prophecies which describe a world overrun by darkness, ignorance, injustice and oppression. The superpower capabilities of the main protagonist “Neo” was inspired by the eschatology of the end times character who is usually described with extraordinary abilities. In fact, in some narrations and prophecies the real end times saviour has God-like abilities including the ability to command something and it obeys whether it is made of matter or otherwise. The concept of Universal Rulership dates back to Hinduism and it encompasses the idea of a supreme authority over the universe and is detailed in both Purana and Vedanta texts. Purana gives Krishna’s role as a divine ruler and Vedanta makes the case for Brahman’s governance over all facets of creation, the emphasis of the physical and spiritual aspects is intended to show transcendence in terms of divine authority. In Shia Islam the same concept exists except it is described as complete Divine authority, meaning that it is a God-like capability whereby the Imam has the ability to command everything as he likes - the term used to describe this is “al-wilayat al-takwiniyya” - this concept is widely debated amongst Muslims and the Sunnis tend to deny it arguing that it is exclusive to the Almighty God whereas some sects believe that the various Imams have been gifted this capability by God.  In no particular order, we find the major religions of the world referring to a saviour figure: Judaism Mashiach A future Jewish king from the line of David who will gather Jews and usher in an era of peace. Christianity Jesus Christ Believed to be the Messiah who brings salvation and will return for a second coming. Islam Mahdi A promised one who will appear before the Day of Judgment. Zoroastrianism Saoshyant A saviour figure who will bring about the final renovation of the world, defeating evil. Buddhism Maitreya A future Buddha who will achieve enlightenment and teach the Dharma. Hinduism Kalki The final avatar of Vishnu who is expected to appear in the future to restore righteousness. Taoism Li Hong A messianic figure prophesied to come during the end of the world cycle to bring salvation. If this specific detail of the story is taken from mainstream theology and used for inspiration then it would stand to reason that the forces gathered against him in the movie must all be present in the real world. This publication, The Divine Just State has repeatedly emphasised the method by which to identify this saviour. We also proclaim that Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq is that very same saviour referred to in all the prophecies and eschatology surrounding this character who rises to end tyranny, oppression and injustice in the end times. To show the reader proof that Abdullah Hashem is indeed that saviour; we invite you to examine his works including the revolution he is leading in the world today whereby he has declared and is regularly emphasising the fact that only God has the right to appoint a leader. His YouTube channel, The Mahdi Has Appeared , is full of overwhelming proof in the form of knowledge, sermons, guidance and reasoning which can only be coming from a divine source. He cannot be making the claims he is making and be receiving so much enforcement in the face of being continuously attacked by various factions if he was not divinely appointed. The movie The Matrix gives us the impression that only one man comes to end the evil system which has imprisoned mankind, but in the story we learn that he has had several attempts at ending the illusion and control of the machines over the human race. The true story shows us that several individuals throughout history came to “free” mankind from this illusory world in which we find ourselves immersed. They all came with a very specific message which sought to guide us out of the allegorical cave of Plato. So this brings us back to this material world in which we live, what is the true nature of our reality? Who created it and what was the goal behind creating it?  This issue has been the subject of theology for thousands of years with different understandings and explanations given in the various cultures and religions. In all mainstream religions we are bombarded with the official narrative that the Almighty God is the Creator of this world and that this belief cannot be denied, questioned or challenged otherwise it is treated as blasphemy and or heresy. In fact, history has shown us that anyone willing to offer an alternative to this notion was ostracised and in some cases even killed for it.  Prophet Mani who established Manichaeism is a great example of this. Manichaeism taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good spiritual world of light, and an evil material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of the divine. Mani's teachings were intended to integrate, succeed, and surpass the "partial truths" of various prior faiths and belief systems, including Platonism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Marcionism, Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism, Gnosticism, Ancient Greek religion, Babylonian religion, other ancient Mesopotamian religions, and the Greco-Roman mysteries. Mani’s death is considered to be uncertain with some accounts portraying it as a crucifixion after imprisonment; while the more brutal account states that he was flayed, his skin stuffed with straw and suspended over the main gate of the great city of Gundeshapur - it was this last ruthless and savage act which directly gave rise to the name mannequin being used to refer to the dummies widely used in fashion.  Socrates was formally accused of corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens, and for asebeia  (impiety), i.e. worshipping false gods and failing to worship the gods of Athens.  Socrates believed in a higher power, often referring to "the God" in his dialogues, which suggests a form of monotheism. He emphasized that true wisdom comes from understanding the divine rather than merely following traditional religious practices. He challenged the official narrative of the time with his understanding of dualism centered around the mind versus the body, where mind is seen as a rational, thinking entity, while the body is a physical, material object. He argued that true knowledge comes from the mind, not the senses, which can be deceptive.  At the trial, Socrates was found guilty by a majority vote cast by a jury of hundreds of male Athenian citizens and ordered the death penalty. The jurors favoured the death penalty by making him drink a cup of hemlock (a poisonous liquid). Ja’far Al-Sadiq, the Sixth Imam from the Twelve Imams named in the Will of Mohammed, came to the people when the political environment of his time made him a target due to his significant religious authority and the potential challenge he posed to the ruling powers; he was known for his significant contributions to Islamic jurisprudence and theology. He lived during a tumultuous period marked by political instability under the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. Ja'far al-Sadiq faced harassment from the Abbasid rulers, who viewed his teachings and influence as a threat, he was ultimately by the Abbasid caliph of the time. On the question of predestination and free will, which was under much discussion at the time, Imam Al-Sadiq followed his father Mohammed Al-Baqir, portraying human responsibility but preserving God's autocracy, asserting that God decreed some things absolutely but left others to human agency. This compromise, widely adopted afterward, is highlighted when Ja’far Al-Sadiq was asked if God forces His servants to do evil or whether He had delegated power to them: he answered negatively to both questions and instead said, "The blessings of your Lord are between these two." Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq taught that " God the Most High decreed some things for us and He has likewise decreed some things through our agency: what He has decreed for us or on our behalf He has concealed from us, but what He has decreed through our agency He has revealed to us. We are not concerned, therefore, so much with what He has decreed for us as we are with what He has decreed through our agency." Imam Al-Sadiq is also credited with the statement that God does not "order created beings to do something without providing for them a means of not doing it, though they do not do it or not do it without God's permission." Ja’far Al-Sadiq declared, "Whoever claims that God has ordered evil, has lied about God. Whoever claims that both good and evil are attributed to him, has lied about God.” In his prayers, he often said, "There is no work of merit on my own behalf or on behalf of another, and in evil there is no excuse for me or for another." The Abrahamic faiths dominate the planet today and present the idea that the Almighty God created this world without much of an explanation of the mechanism by which it was created, He just willed it and everything in it into being. All Abrahamic faiths proclaim that this world is a prison and this concept is shared with Eastern faiths like Hinduism and Buddhism, but this concept never really made much sense if this world was indeed created by the Almighty God. Why would He create a world which is a prison for His creation without any explanation for why they have been imprisoned? Surely there is no point to it if a prison is used for punishment and is supposed to lead to reformation or rehabilitation. Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, the Riser of the Family of Mohammed, revived a lost truth lost to the people. The idea that, actually, God delegated the creation of this world to another being, and permitted it to create with His consent. He presented this idea in his Gospel, ‘The Goal of The Wise’ and he has discussed this fact in various productions on his YouTube channel - The Mahdi Has Appeared. A whole episode of The School of Divine Mysteries with the title Satan Is The Creator Of This World  spells out the evidence to prove that this imperfect material world is not directly created by God.  This explanation alone changes matters and alters the course of our existence. It also leads me to bring your attention to the recent episodes from the lecture series The Hall of Mysteries . Starting with the episode titled The Creation of the Universe According To Hermes , here the story is expanded because by referring to the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus (also known as Enoch, Idrees, Thoth, Osiris and Mercury), the oldest known example of deep Divine Gnosis available to mankind; there is a very different understanding of this universe and how it came to be created. As the Hermetic Writings are broken down in this groundbreaking series we reach a point where in the episode titled The Mistake That Gave Birth to Evil , an incredible part of the story is brought to light and explained with detail that puts the entirety of the past understanding into a new perspective. Taking from a Gnostic Christian text known as The Secret Book of John or The Apocryphon of John, this episode shows a narrative on the birth of Satan completely unavailable in any of the mainstream religions, but it connects directly to the teachings of Hermes. The follow up episode, Did Jesus Command Adam to Eat the Fruit? , further explains the beginning of the story of this reality and how that story was difficult to accept across the ages and therefore rejected or toned down to what is widely accepted by the masses through mainstream religion. We learn here that the Almighty God actually incorporated the evil plans of Yaldabaoth, the creator of this world, into His own benevolent plan. This brings us to the crux of our matter today; namely the reality of this world and how it relates to The Matrix story from the movie. The movie expresses this notion that the real world is far detached from the virtual world in which Neo had been immersed and conformed to. He escapes that conformity by understanding ‘the truth’ about that world, rising as he does with that understanding, to become what he was destined to be - the saviour of the human race from the evil machine. In that context, we see a very powerful message emerging from Aba Al-Sadiq about the hidden nature of this reality in an episode of The Hall of Mysteries titled You Really are Living in the Matrix ; here we gain the first real explanation of how the Divine plan plays out; how this prison is operating and to what end. In a further explanation of how this world operates, Aba Al-Sadiq gave a wonderful explanation of the relationship between God and the inhabitants of this illusory world, the Matrix created by the fallen angel has to be permeated by God, so how does this happen? The episode, How God Manifests Inside The Matrix , follows up with another crucial explanation and that is how to escape this prison; he broke down Can You Escape the Matrix in Just One Life? . This question is answered in a manner which has never been so clearly explained and with so much detail. As The Hall of Mysteries continues it will widen the scope of understanding and clarity surrounding the nature of this reality and the true nature of this world.  So in all of time, this Matrix was always permeated by a God figure, a manifestation which carries within a direct enforcement from the Almighty God and those manifestations were the Prophets and Messengers. They were enforced with the Holy Spirit which we see mentioned in the scriptures of the Abrahamic faiths, unfortunately the understanding of this Holy Spirit and the general description given within the mainstream narratives of these faiths is erroneous; this is corrected by Aba Al-Sadiq in the episode from The School of Divine Mysteries The Ahlul-Bayt Supported The Prophets & Messengers . In addition to this, during an episode of The Hall of Mysteries we find that the final part of the episode is focused on how it is that the Almighty God speaks to mankind. At 23:40 of the episode which has the title The Holy Spirit and the Voice of God: A Q&A Session , Aba Al-Sadiq connects the human race to the Light of God in this Matrix through the Holy Spirit and explains that this Holy Spirit was always there and has always been there to guide and free mankind from this prison. In summary, this prison in which we are currently trapped, has a way out. This way out has always been alluded to in the various religions but unfortunately that very concept was abandoned when the religions were corrupted. The wonderful news that overrides the fact that this reality is indeed a prison is that it was actually commandeered by the Almighty God to keep the lowest of beings imprisoned and trapped away from the heavens and higher worlds where the righteous souls rise upon completing the test of purification incorporated in this world. The temptations and worldly desires which all the Prophets and Messengers warned us about that keep us trapped here are all intended by the designer of this world to keep us here under his realm of control. Hence the consistent advice seen in all religions to deny thyself and worldly desires. The final part of the puzzle was emphasised by Mohammed and his Family when they connected the means by which to avoid a death of ignorance to finding and obeying the Imam of the time. With Aba Al-Sadiq proving himself and providing the means by which all of mankind can be free from this material prison, it has never been more clear in all of history. Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq is the awaited saviour foretold by all the religious eschatology to free us from the darkness of this world, the darkness of ignorance, arrogance and ego. Our destiny is now entirely in our hands.

On the 3rd of February, 2026, we gathered as a believing family under the blessed invocation, “In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.”  This was a birthday celebration, but more than that, a day of gratitude, remembrance, and honoring our faith. It was proclaimed a national day of remembrance: “The Day of Faith” — honoring a woman whose life embodies steadfast devotion in its purest form: Lady Bibi Zohra, also known as “Lady Layla”. To us as a believing family, Lady Layla’s birth is much more than the arrival of a child into the world - we see it as the beginning of a spiritual legacy. Her life has been one divinely destined to nurture, support, and fortify a community that would one day stand firmly behind the vicegerent of God on earth today - Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq. In the words of our Imam, “Her birthday is the birthday of faith itself.” Who is Lady Layla? What distinguishes Lady Layla in our eyes is the practical application of her faith. Lady Layla is an incredible example for all believers - a true supporter of the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq. She is the matriarch of a great tribe of dedicated souls that followed her and joined the community of Aba Al-Sadiq. They have walked by his side in support and faith - thanks to her guiding hand and wisdom. Her journey is remarkable and filled with inspiring lessons. In the eloquent words of Aba Al-Sadiq, Lady Layla “held tight to the garment of Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed,” and this couldn’t be truer. In joining the blessed community of Aba Al-Sadiq, against all odds, she truly boarded the “Ark of Salvation,” a metaphor used within certain Shia traditions to signify steadfast allegiance to the divinely appointed Imam. When others faltered under pressure, she remained calm. When metaphorical thunder clapped and lightning struck, when doubts circulated and fear spread, she did not waver. Roots of Faith: The Early Life and Trials of Lady Layla Lady Layla’s story begins far from the halls where she would one day be honored. It began in 1954, in the quiet village of Muftian Syeda, nestled in the fertile plains of Punjab, Pakistan — the land of five rivers. She was born the eldest of five siblings — four sisters and one brother — into a devout Shia Syed family. From an early age, Lady Layla understood that her identity carried both honor and responsibility. Lady Layla’s parents divorced while she was still young, dividing the family. At just eleven years old, she found herself stepping into motherhood in all but name, caring for her infant sister and shielding her siblings from the ache of absence. When her mother remarried, and her father later passed away alone, the lessons of endurance began to etch themselves deeply into her character. She married the man she would later describe as her universe — her backbone, her companion, and her greatest earthly blessing.  Shortly after marriage, she moved to the United Kingdom.  Now was the moment she would see a great transition. The cultures differed, the social norms felt unfamiliar, even the food was strange. But she did not cross that threshold alone. Her husband’s presence turned foreign streets into shared ground, and unfamiliar seasons into a home built together. Over the years, they were blessed with seven children — three sons and four daughters. She raised her children upon love for the Ahlul Bayt, teaching them reverence for the Twelve Imams, loyalty to the Family of Mohammed, and patience in hardship. In September 1991, while visiting relatives in Pakistan with two of her daughters, tragedy struck without warning. Her husband died suddenly of a heart attack. She was thirty-four years old. Just twenty days after her husband’s death, her father also passed away. Two pillars of her life were gone within weeks. Despite these trials, and in her firm faith, she became, in her son Waqar’s words, a mountain: outwardly firm even when inwardly trembling. Returning to the United Kingdom as a widow, she devoted herself entirely to raising her children, ensuring they grew not only educated but spiritually grounded. She spoke often of the hardships endured by the family of the Prophet, reminding her children that patience is most meaningful when it is hardest. At the time, she believed this season of widowhood and loss was the greatest trial she would ever face. She could not yet know that even greater spiritual tests lay ahead. But in those years, the foundations were laid. Faith was no longer inheritance alone; it was survival. And through that crucible of loss, Lady Layla’s quiet resilience began shaping the legacy that would later be honored as a living example of steadfast devotion. Trials Upon Trials: A Mother Tested Again As if widowhood and loss had not already carved their mark upon Lady Layla’s life, another storm arrived, sudden and without warning. One ordinary evening after dinner, her eldest son, Waqar, was overtaken by something no one could explain. Within moments, his entire body became paralyzed. He could not move. Panic filled the house. Soon he was transferred to a major hospital in North Wales, where doctors struggled to determine how a healthy young man could lose all mobility so abruptly. The months that followed were defined by uncertainty. Even in the hospital corridors, Lady Layla radiated calm. The doctors could offer no satisfying explanation for Waqar’s sudden condition.  Waqar remembers vividly the final day before his mother returned home to care for his children. She leaned toward him and said, “Son, I am putting you in the care of Lady Fatima Al-Zahra.” The reference to Fatima, the revered daughter of the Prophet, became his anchor through four long months of rehabilitation. Nine months after the paralysis began, Waqar returned home. Adjustments were made to accommodate his needs. The family rallied around him, embodying the very values Lady Layla had spent decades instilling: love for the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) and devotion to his household. Not once did she see her son surrender to despair. Just as he had stepped forward as the man of the house after his father’s death, he now bore this trial with quiet resolve. The Loss of Her Son Zawar In 2007, her second son, Zawar, then only thirty-two years old, was diagnosed with blood cancer — lymphoma. The diagnosis struck like lightning. The family pursued every possible avenue of treatment. Her son Najjam accompanied Zawar to the United States in search of specialized care, sparing no expense. Hope rose and fell with each medical consultation. But the illness advanced relentlessly. Soon, Zawar passed away. This was a moment where the faith of Lady Layla was seen in practice. Her response to the tragic incident was beautiful: “God, You gave me this son of mine in the first place, and now he is Yours.” These words uttered by this great lady and mother are an example for every believer in God.  The Call of 2015: A Turning Point In 2015, what began as an ordinary day would become one of the most defining moments of Lady Layla’s life. She was in Pakistan when her eldest son, Waqar, called her from the United Kingdom. He spoke of the arrival of the Imam of the time, Imam Mahdi. And how did Lady Layla respond? There was no hesitation. No internal debate. No skepticism wrestling for dominance. She accepted it instantly. Later, she would describe the experience not as blind belief but as recognition. It was as though something within her aligned completely with what she was hearing. The news filled her with an overwhelming joy she could not explain. It was a certainty that bypassed ordinary reasoning and settled directly in her heart. Without delay, she resolved to return to the United Kingdom. Every passing hour felt elongated by anticipation. She longed to understand what her son had discovered and to see with her own eyes what had so convinced him. Upon her arrival, Waqar presented the Holy Will of Prophet Mohammed. As she read it, conviction overtook her. She later explained that her conviction was not emotional fervor alone. To her, the pattern of divine appointment described in the Will mirrored what she had learned throughout her life: that God appoints His representatives directly. From Adam to Jesus, Jesus to Mohammed, Mohammed to the Mahdi, divine authority, in her understanding, had never been left to popular vote or human selection. It was always designated by God Himself. This recognition, she believed, placed the matter beyond doubt. For Lady Layla, 2015 was not simply the year of a theological shift. It was the year her faith moved from inherited tradition to allegiance. And once again, as in every previous chapter of her life, she chose certainty over comfort. Hijra: Choosing the Community Over Comfort In the later chapter of her life, Lady Layla would say she had been blessed with many gifts. Above all, she counted her family as the greatest of them — children and grandchildren whose hearts beat with love for the Ahlul Bayt.  When the call came to migrate — to make hijra — the decision became a sacred undertaking. Together, the family packed their belongings, sold their possessions, and organized their affairs. Their intention was to travel to where the Qaim from the Family of Mohammed stood. Then, at what felt like the most hopeful moment, illness intervened. Lady Layla was diagnosed with stage five kidney disease. She became dependent on dialysis. Hospital schedules replaced travel preparations. The physical toll was immense. For many, such a diagnosis would have marked the closing of doors. But not for Lady Layla. For her, it became a test of faith. She refused to let illness become the reason she would not meet the Imam of her time. She began preparing once more. Eventually, Lady Layla found herself in Germany. Hijra, for Lady Layla, was not about escaping hardship. It was about choosing allegiance over ease — Imam over comfort — certainty over fear. And even with failing kidneys, she walked forward. She endured the death of her son. She battled diabetes. She confronted cancer. She survived heart attacks. Her body weakened; her organs struggled. She faced disbelief and opposition from relatives and acquaintances who did not share her convictions. Yet, none of these trials succeeded in pulling her away from what she believed to be the truth. Her story is living proof that faith is not theoretical — it is tested in hospital rooms, in moments of grief, in whispered prayers when strength appears to be fading. It is the fuel she provides to everyone around her to believe more, try harder, and stand stronger. A light in the darkness that tells us to believe in God. Service Despite Suffering Despite dialysis, heart complications, and cancer, she insisted on serving the dawah. When a satellite channel and studio were established, she volunteered to present an Urdu program called “ Kashti e Nijaat ” or “The Ark of Salvation”, a show dedicated to the teachings of Aba Al-Sadiq which is widely watched till today and has a following of Urdu speaking believers worldwide. She adjusted her dialysis schedule to accommodate filming. Her dedication truly leaves no excuse for anyone when it comes to serving this blessed Call. I will never forget the commitment this great lady displayed - she humbled us, and I thank God for the honor of having been able to sit on her show and discuss the blessed religion of Imam Mahdi by her side. Her perseverance embodies the teaching attributed to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan: “Work until you are breathless.” Recognition by Religious Leadership Lady Layla’s stature was further elevated through statements from Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan, the first of the Twelve Mahdis, who said: “She is pure, and her entire family is pure.” During the February 3rd ceremony, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq made an announcement that filled our hearts with joy and pride. He formally declared Lady Layla a saint — a waliya  (friend of God). He bestowed upon her the title Al-Siddiqa (The Truthful One), symbolically placing her name alongside revered women in Islamic sacred history: Maryam (Mary, mother of Jesus) Asiya Zaynab bint Ali Fatimah This is a true declaration of Lady Layla’s spiritual elevation.  The Simplicity and Power of Certainty People have asked: How did a seemingly simple woman attain such rank? The answer given is equally simple: through faith free of hesitation. She is someone who did not require complex theological proofs once she believed she had identified divine truth. When told that a man carried the Will of the Messenger of Allah, that was sufficient for her. She did not allow fear, doubt, illness, or social isolation to cloud what she believed was clarity. For Lady Layla, the truth is clearer than the midday sun, just as the narrations state. In a world where many hesitate due to inconvenience or discomfort, or delay allegiance until certainty feels socially safe, her example was presented as the opposite: conviction first, comfort second. She is the glue of her family and tribe — the unifying presence that holds others together during hardship. She is a grandmother, a mother, and a support to those who love Aba Al-Sadiq.  A Legacy of Loyalty The Day of Faith was not meant to be a one-time event.  Her birthday, February 3rd, is a national holiday for us. It is the memory not merely of a person, but of a principle: that faith under trial is necessary. Through the actions of Lady Layla, she has successfully become synonymous with loyalty, and this is the way every believer should be - someone whose name becomes a reminder of how we need to be better. Whether viewed as saint, matriarch, symbol, or source of inspiration, Lady Bibi Zohra Al-Siddiqa now occupies a permanent place within the narrative of her community. And as the gathering closed with prayers upon Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed, one message echoed above all: Faith, when rooted deeply enough, outlives sickness, survives storms, and leaves a legacy that death itself cannot erase. Peace be upon Lady Layla.

Egypt is facing renewed international scrutiny over its record on freedom of religion following the arrest of 14 members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL). The case has drawn global attention, mobilized grassroots activism, and prompted statements from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), placing Egypt on the hot seat in discussions about religious freedom. A great deal has unfolded in the story of these members in Egypt and the campaign dedicated to them. Here’s a breakdown of some of the highlights we have seen through the last year of their detention. A Case That Sparked International Attention The arrests quickly became emblematic of broader concerns about religious minority rights in Egypt. According to advocates, the scale of the operation and the alleged human rights violations triggered what was described as an international zoom-in on the country. Fourteen members of the faith were detained and subjected to pre-trial detention without formal trial proceedings. Allegations against the Egyptian government include enforced disappearance, denial of access to legal counsel, inadequate medical care, poor prison conditions, and brutal torture, including electrocution and electric shocks to the genitals. Family visits have been noted to occur under intense surveillance, while religious authorities and “sheikhs” of Sunni Islam have pressured detainees to renounce their faith. Despite these reported abuses, the detainees have remained steadfast in their beliefs. USCIRF Steps In The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom   highlighted the case in its broader assessment of religious freedom conditions in Egypt. On the 30th of December, 2025, Stephen F. Schneck, a U.S. commissioner, dedicated a podcast episode to Egypt’s religious freedom landscape, discussing the status of the three Abrahamic religions, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. However, when addressing religious minorities, he mentioned the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light specifically. Following the arrests, USCIRF reiterated its call for the U.S. administration, now under President Donald Trump, to place Egypt on its Special Watch List, an international designation that signals serious concerns regarding religious freedom violations. The case has also entered policy discussions in Washington. Coverage in Newsweek reported growing calls for the U.S. government to reassess American aid to Egypt, with some lawmakers and advocates arguing that financial assistance should be contingent upon measurable improvements in religious freedom. A Grassroots Campaign: #FreeAROPLMembers In response to the arrests, supporters launched the #FreeAROPLMembers campaign, a global effort driven by believers in The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light as well as human rights advocates. Activists have: Sent coordinated letters to Egyptian embassies worldwide Recorded testimony videos addressed to the Egyptian public prosecutor Organized letter-writing campaigns  Re-enacted the actions for which the detainees were arrested, posting photos online that were imitating the very same images that had led to the arrest of the 14 in Egypt. The sentiment: Faith cannot be imprisoned. Taken to the streets in several countries, putting up posters to ensure the detainees’ names would not be forgotten And it didn’t stop there. The campaign gained further visibility when prominent Egyptian figures amplified it online. Celebrated novelist Alaa Al Aswany reposted supporter videos, and Egyptian actor Amr Waked, known internationally for his Hollywood roles, also shared campaign materials. This public solidarity has helped maintain international attention on the case. The Detainees The individuals arrested in this case are: Fadi Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Al-Nahhas Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Sharnouby Hussein Mohammed Hassan Al-Tinawi Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Al-Tinawi (deported) Omar Mahmoud Abdelmaguid Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelmagid Abdelmagid Moaz Al-Sayed Othman Mohamad Ghali Hamdy Abd El-Azeem El-Sayed Abdallah Othman Al-Gohary Othman Othman Ali Al-Hadari (Ali Salah Ali Salah) Ali Ahmad Mahmoud Shahat (Luxor) Mohammed Eissa Rashad Abdelraheem (Luxor) Hazem Saied Mohamed Abd El-Moatamed (10th of Ramadan City) Mohammed Adel Mohammed Salah Al-Deeb Mohammed Ahmed Ali Abdel-Hameed Beyond the individual cases, the broader impact of the arrests has been to shine a spotlight on Egypt’s treatment of religious minorities. A Broader Reckoning One of the most significant outcomes of the case has been the international scrutiny it generated. With Egypt’s human rights record now under closer examination, there are renewed discussions about accountability, minority protections, and the conditions tied to foreign aid. Followers of the faith are working by principles taught by the leader of the religion, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, principles that insist on freedom of religion and the expression of this freedom for all people.  As March marks a full year since their arrest, supporters of the detainees are making one thing unmistakably clear: they are not backing down. If the detainees are not released soon, plans for escalation are already underway, alongside efforts to draw even wider global attention to their plight. Faith, they insist, cannot be imprisoned, and their campaign will not stop until every detainee is released.

A 36 year old security guard from Telok Mas, a small town in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia, was arrested at his home where materials, which included banners, posters, books and documents related to the teachings from The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light at about 8am on the 12th of February. As Malaysia is a member of the United Nations, the UN Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief, articulated in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, guarantees everyone the right to hold and change their religion or beliefs, and to practice them freely, either alone or in community with others. Malaysia became a member of the United Nations on the 17th of September 1957 and has affirmed acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which outlines fundamental rights and freedoms for all individuals. Mohammad Shahirman Akbar was charged under Section 63 of the Syariah Offences (Melaka) Enactment 1991 for insulting Islam, which provides a maximum sentence of three years in prison or a fine of RM5,000 or both if convicted. Syariah Judge Mohd Yunus Mohamad Zin sentenced Mohammad Shahirman Akbar Ali Khan to five months in prison or to pay a fine of RM5000. This was negotiated down to RM2500. He paid the fine. The prosecution was conducted by Senior Deputy Syariah Prosecutor Muhammad Rafaie Zasari, while the accused was unrepresented. The teachings of "The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light" have been declared haram under the state edict.  This story has been published in various Malaysian news outlets as the Malaysian government continues to demonise The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light in a flagrant propaganda campaign to eradicate all presence and reference to the faith. Mohammad Shahirman Akbar Ali Khan is a father of three children (including one stepchild), aged between 3 and 14 years old. He is a registered disability card holder (physical category) due to work related accidents in his previous jobs as a GrabCar private hire taxi driver for several years. His monthly earnings as a security guard was RM1700 per calendar month in accordance with the Employment Act 1955 (Amendment 2019) on minimum wage. Working hours are 12 hours per day, with 10 hours of duty and 2 hours allocated for breaks (1 hour lunch break, 30 minutes morning break, and 30 minutes afternoon break). The guard is not permitted to leave the assigned post during duty hours and he had only been in employment at this job since the 16th of October 2025. With the attention directed at The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light members imprisoned in Egypt for their belief from the USCRIF recently , it should not be long before this campaign by the Malaysian government catches their attention.

On the 7th of February, Ali Sultan the first believer of Kurdish descent who joined the community of the Mahdi from the United States made an appearance on Zanyar TV in a remarkable broadcast that quickly gained attention across social media.  When he shared the video on his TikTok account , the TV channel posted it on their Facebook page , achieving a wonderful 300,000 views together on both these platforms. During the interview with Zaynar TV, Ali Sultan introduced Aba Al-Sadiq to the Kurdish people, Iraqis, and audiences around the world speaking Kurdish, he made sure to declare that Aba Al-Sadiq is the true and only solution for humanity, standing in complete contrast to the false and corrupt leaders of our time.  This television channel Zanyar TV, an Iraqi Kurdish television station had seen that Ali Sultan had been making waves in the Kurdish religious scholar community by challenging them to debates on Tiktok. They approached him from seeing him debate with personalities like Makwan Karim, a Sunni scholar ; Mohammed Saleh, an atheist scholar ; and Dr Halmat Goran, a reformed atheist Sunni scholar . The interview with Ali Sultan lasted one hour and they covered various aspects of his belief and message to the Kurdish population including how he found The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, why he accepted it as true and what his message to the Kurdish people was. The interview was recorded for broadcast on the channel while it was broadcast live on Ali Sultan’s Tiktok channel. Ali Sultan made it clear during this interview that it is incumbent on the Muslims to find the Imam of their time and to pledge allegiance to him and to stop pledging allegiance to the evil leaders and misguiding scholars of the world. Seventy five percent of the Kurdish population are Shafi’i Sunni and this rises up to 95% with the Iraqi Kurds. Ali Sultan made sure to declare that “the curse of Allah” will be upon all who reject the Holy Will of prophet Mohammed. This interview marks the beginning of the word spreading fast in a new language to another nation of the world. The fruits of this interview will become apparent in the near future.

Yesterday, Newsweek, one of the most widely read global news outlets, published a major piece on the worsening religious freedom situation in Egypt, and it specifically mentions the persecution of members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. This comes on the heels of a recent statement by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) calling on the U.S. government to put Egypt on its Special Watch List for systematic violations of freedom of religion or belief, including the detention and coeercion of AROPL members to renounce their faith. In addition, Amnesty International has documented the arrests, enforced disappearances, and pressure placed on Egyptian members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. Newsweek covering this issue shows just how much global attention the case has garnered. What began as a localized crisis of unjust detentions and religious coercion in Egypt is rapidly becoming a matter of international concern. From human rights investigations, to U.S. government monitoring, to major international medica coverage, the momentum is clearly building. So are the calls to end all persecution of AROPL members and all religious minorities, and to uphold the fundamental right to freedom of belief for everyone.