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The Riser Ahmed-The Thirteenth of the Twenty-Four Imams
Ahmed the Promised One · Alaa Alsalem
11. The Riser Ahmed: The Thirteenth of the Twenty-Four Imams
By considering the previous texts and connecting them, we discover that “Ahmed” is the thirteenth leader and Imam. He is the first Mahdi of the twelve Mahdis; the closest one to his father; the Master whom he (i.e., Imam Al-Mahdi Muhammad Ibn Al-Hassan) has set; and the first to believe in him. We now add:
On the authority of Imam Al-BaqirPBUH, Jabir Ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari said: “I visited FatimaPBUH and she had a tablet in her hands containing the names of the successors from her descendants. I counted twelve, the last of them being the RiserPBUH. Three of them were Muhammad, and three were Ali.”97
It is unmistakable that Imam Al-Mahdi is the eleventh of the descendants of Lady FatimaPBUH. It cannot be except that the twelfth of her descendants is the very same thirteenth, since Imam AliPBUH is not included with them.98 This thirteenth is the Mahdi Ahmed, the Riser whose name is hidden until the time of his call, as previously mentioned from Imam Al-BaqirPBUH: that likewise, JesusPBUH has named “the Mahdi Ahmed”, and also specified him as being the thirteenth.
In the Gospel of Judah, Scene 3:
Judah said, “Master, could it be that my seed is under the control of the rulers?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Come, that I [-two lines missing-], but that you will grieve much when you see the kingdom and all its generation.” When he heard this, Judah said to him, “What good is it that I have received it? For you have set me apart for that generation.” Jesus answered and said, “You will become the thirteenth, and you will be cursed by the other generations-and you will come to rule over them. In the last days they will curse your ascent [47] to the holy [generation].”
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”But you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me”
Already your horn has been raised, your wrath has been kindled, your star has shown brightly, and your heart has . . .
In the above text:
First, Judah is made to look like Jesus and is crucified instead of him, sacrificing himself.
Second, Judah will come in the end times to rule.
The Judah mentioned in the above text from the Gospel of Judah cannot be Judas Iscariot who handed Jesus over, which is seen at the end of the Gospel of Judah:
They approached Judas and said to him, “What are you doing here? You are Jesus’ disciple.” Judas answered them as they wished. And he received some money and handed him over to them.
We should note that in Arabic, the word “Judah” means Al-Hamd (Praise), or Ahmed. In the Torah it states: [35] And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she called his name Judah. . . . (Genesis 29). It becomes clear that this other “Judas” [Judah] who resembles Jesus; is crucified instead of him; and whom Jesus said will come back to rule in the end times, is the Savior, Mahdi, and Riser Ahmed.
In a description of the redeemer and savior the Torah states:
[12] He will raise a signal for the nations
and will assemble the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11).
Knowing that Judah means Ahmed in Arabic, we now add that the word Israel means: Abdullah (servant of God) in Arabic. The Prophet said: “My name is Ahmed and I am the servant of God. My name is Israel. Whatever He has commanded him He also commanded me, and whatever relates to him also relates to me.”99 We now know clearly that the promised savior and redeemer is none other than the Riser and thirteenth Imam “Ahmed”, because the mentioned names of the one who "will raise a signal for the nations" are the same names mentioned in the Will of Prophet Muhammad regarding the closest person to and first believer of Imam MahdiPBUH: “He has three names: a name like mine and my father’s which is Abdullah; Ahmed; and the third name is Al-Mahdi. He is the first believer."
Hudhayfah Ibn Al-Yaman said that he heard the Messenger of GodPBUHAP mentioning the Mahdi and hePBUHAP said: "He will be sworn allegiance between the corner and the station.100 His name is: Ahmed, Abdullah and Al-Mahdi. These are his three names."101
Hudhayfah also said: “Oh people, God has ended the period of tyrants, the hypocrites, and their followers for you, and has put the best one, who is from the nation of Muhammad, in
charge of you. So hurry to him in Mecca. He is the Mahdi, and his name is Ahmed, son of Abdullah."102
As for the dispersed people whom Ahmed will bring together from all corners of the earth, they are the supporters (Ansar) of his father, Imam Al-MahdiPBUH, as will become clear in section 15.