Question 218 - The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 3

Ahmed al-Hasan Response:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis, and grant them abundant peace. This is the description of the mother of the Riser (a): (The Revelation of John the Theologian, chapter twelve: (1) A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. (2) She was pregnant, crying out in labor and in pain to give birth. (3) Another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven crowns. (4) His tail dragged a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth so that he might devour her child when she gave birth. (5) She gave birth to a male son who was to shepherd all nations with an iron rod, and her child was taken up to Allah and to His throne. (6) The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by Allah so that they might sustain her there for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. (7) War took place in heaven: Michael and his angels fought the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought. (8) They did not prevail, and their place was no longer found in heaven. (9) The great dragon was cast down-the ancient serpent called Iblis and Satan, who misleads the whole world. He was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast with him. (10) I heard a great voice in heaven saying, “Now have come the salvation of our God, His power, His kingdom, and the authority of His Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, he who accused them before our God day and night. (11) They overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even unto death. (12) Therefore rejoice, O heavens and those who dwell in them. Woe to those who dwell on the earth and the sea, for Iblis has descended to you with great wrath, knowing that he has little time.” (13) When the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male son. (14) The woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is sustained for a time, two times, and half a time from the face of the serpent. (15) The serpent cast from his mouth after the woman water like a river, to cause her to be carried away by the river. (16) The earth helped the woman: the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had cast from his mouth. (17) The dragon was enraged with the woman and went to make war with the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of Allah and have …………). Ahmed Alhasan