Imam Mehdi's Advent and End of the World
When will the world end?
God makes his plans. For example, the world will end in the next 40 years. This is just an example.
Let's say God made a plan to end the world in 40 years.
Now, when we talk about God's plans, it is not an exact date it is just a rough idea.
It's a plan. It's like, 'I plan to end the world in the next 40 years.'
It simply means it is just God's plan to do this.
It is possible that due to some changes in circumstances that plan may not be executed.
And then that plan has to be extended.
Nothing is definite because changes in situations and circumstances can move the plan around.
Let's talk about the Antichrist and the Day of Judgement, for example.
Whenever there was a dust storm in the era of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), the Companions would think the world is ending.
That is what they thought because they were told [a dust storm] is an indication of the end of the world.
Therefore, they would think the world is ending if there was a dust storm.
They would persistently ask Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) when the world would end.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) would say, 'You have to prepare for it first.'
Now, about God's plans - there are no months like January, December, March, etc. where God lives.
So then how can you ask for an exact date from God?
If it is said that the world will end on the 11th of December
but how can it be so when there is no month such as December where God lives?
How can God fix this date, 11th of December?
God observes situations and circumstances.
Now, what is the twist in the situations and circumstances?
This world was supposed to end in 2026.
This is still written in the Religion of God (Divine Love).
His Divine Eminence said, 'The asteroid is expected to fall on Earth in the next 20-25 years. That will be the last day of this world.'
20-25 years have been mentioned and those years are about to pass.
There are only a few years left.
Out of all the followers of His Divine Eminence, I am the only one who is saying that [that asteroid] has been suspended.
Nobody else is saying that.
Now, why has it been suspended?
Imam Mehdi.
An era of Imam Mehdi passed in which Imam Mehdi gathered His staff.
For example, when you open a restaurant, the first thing you do is gather your staff.
You hire a grill chef, tandoor chef, curry chef, right?
You hire waiters and you hire someone to be on the cash register and a cleaner.
You gather your staff and then you will open your restaurant.
It's not like you will look for a tandoor chef after having opened your restaurant.
Similarly, in the first era of Imam Mehdi, He prepared His team, His cabinet.
When His cabinet was formed, He said to them, 'Believe me, neither am I preparing you for God nor for paradise. I am preparing you for Imam Mehdi.'
And then He said, 'Simply supporting Him will be enough for you.'
Just supporting Him is enough.
So this is the era for which Imam Mehdi prepared His team, His cabinet to go out into the world and propagate Imam Mehdi. And they are doing exactly that.
And right now, you can say that Imam Mehdi is on vacations.
He is on vacations.
Or if you want to put it in religious terms then He has adopted Occultation.
But in better words, it would be that He has adopted Seclusion.
Right?
The propagation of Imam Mehdi is ongoing.
So how can the world end before the arrival of Imam Mehdi?
You put up a closing-down sale when you are closing your shop permanently.
For example, your shop is full of items and you put a closing-down sale for three days. You will only sell a small number of things in that time.
So what will you do? Will you close up shop or will you extend the sale?
Imam Mehdi is in Seclusion right now so how can the world end?
Even if Imam Mehdi was to stay in Seclusion for 2000 years the world still wouldn't end.
Now, if somebody asks about the end of the world, tell them that the end of the world has been connected to the advent of Imam Mehdi.
Until His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi's advent takes place
until He establishes His Sultanate,
until He fills the entire universe with justice,
until He connects all the deservings hearts with God,
and until He establishes the rapturous love of God in the hearts and souls of people then even thinking about the world ending is a sin.
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