The Last Luminary

Author: Sayyid Ridha Husayni Mutlaq

Translator: Saleem Bhimji

Published by Islamic Publishing House, Canada

► It is only Islam that has given the abstract idea of an Awaited Saviour a concrete shape. The Mahdi is not to be born in the distant future. He is already living amongst us and shares our joys and sorrows. regardless of race, nationality or religion. As the late Henry Corbin so eloquently stated: “In the meantime, it is the duty of all Muslims, especially the Shi a, to strive steadfastly for the creation of the proper atmosphere and the right climate for the establishment of a world order based on justice, virtue and piety”. The book exhorts the Muslims to keep on waiting for the Mahdi and realize the final victory of the forces of righteousness, peace and justice over those of evil, oppression and tyranny, the complete and all-around establishment of high human values, the formation of the utopian society and lastly the accomplishment of this ideal at the hands of a noble and eminent personality called, according to the Islamic traditions, al-Mahdi, is a goal which we must all work for in every step of our lives

Pages: 281

ISBN: 978 0 9809487 0 7