Nafaḥāt al-Rayāḥīn on Determining the Date of Mahdi’s Reappearance in 1204 AH Authored in 1179 AH by
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10.22081/jap.2024.76361
Abstract
The discussion of the Appearance has a history as long as Islam itself, as the belief in the Mahdi has been intertwined with Islam from the very beginning. The Abbasid Revolution is a chapter in the history of the Appearance, and titles such as Saffah and Mansur were part of this narrative. This trend continued, as detailed in many historical sources, which I have also explored in my work on False Mahdis. The intriguing practice of some individuals, particularly Sufis and mystics with a penchant for cryptic texts, attempting to deduce the date of the Appearance has historical precedents. The current example revolves around a text titled Nafaḥāt al-Rayāḥīn , written in 1179 AH in Ottoman lands. The author of this text endeavors to decipher the date of the Appearance by interpreting certain poems of Ibn Arabi and passages from Futūḥāt al-Makkiyah. In this article, along with a report on that treatise, the text has also been critically edited and presented as much as possible.
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