PREFACE

In the name of God, the Abundantly Merciful, the Extremely Merciful

Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. May the peace, mercy, and blessings be upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis.

PREFACE

In clarifying what is meant by “The Return”, Sayed Ahmad Al-Hasan pbuh has said:

The name of the Return indicates its meaning, may God grant you success. It is a return, meaning a repetition. People who have died will return, a test that has ended will be repeated, and days that have passed will be repeated.

There is no doubt that the hadiths about the Return, and the explanation of the characteristics and whatever pertains to it, are of the greatest matters that exist. Only the vicegerents of God can provide answers regarding the Return, just as only they can provide answers regarding the other great matters related to the religion of God and the created worlds.

Based on this, it has been said that the one who explains these matters is the Qaim (Riser) pbuh:

Zurara said: I asked Abu Abdullah pbuh about the great matters pertaining to the Return and other, similar matters. He said, “Regarding what you are asking about, its time has not yet arrived. God Almighty said: {Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet come to them … }” Quran Chapter “Jonah” 10:39.

Sayed Ahmad Al-Hasan was asked regarding this religious account: “Is the Qaim the one who has been assigned to explain it?”

He said, “Yes.”

In light of this account, it would have been befitting for the scholars to be content with saying, “I don’t know” regarding the issue of the Return. Unfortunately, they delved into a matter that only the Qaim can explain.

Since the “World of the Return” is another world according to the sayings of the progeny of Muhammad pbut, and it has its own laws and system, then it is incorrect-as such-to interpret the concepts regarding the Return that are mentioned in certain religious accounts by using the commonly understood meanings of this physical world. Perhaps ignorance of this fact has caused many a scholar to go astray, wandering in gross confusion in their discussion of it.

Moreover, due to their ignorance, some of them have gone to extremes, and made their incorrect understanding of the Return and its location a reason for denying the twelve successors from the progeny of Muhammad (the twelve Mahdis), even though they are mentioned in the Sacred Will of the Prophet of God pbuhap that was written on the night of his death.

This short book was written in order to reveal some of the hidden facts about this great matter. It contains the answers of Imam Ahmad Al-Hasan to questions that he was asked concerning the World of the Return and matters related to it. It adds more evidence to support the truthfulness of his claim.

Some of the answers in this book were obtained from the books of Ahmed Al-Hasan and his supporters. These books include The Allegories, The Book of Monotheism, The Enlightened Answers through the Internet, and With the Virtuous Servant. Most of the other books contain answers to questions that he was asked recently. This honorable compilation is now available to everyone.

Finally, I put my complete trust in God to forgive my sins and my shortcomings toward this Unknown Imam, may God make the end of my life and that of the believers to be a good end. He is the Most Merciful of the merciful to all believers.

And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.

September, 2012

Alaa Al-Salim