The Promised One – English

A BIOGRAPHY OF ALLAH’S CALIPH – IMAM MEHDI (AS) – written by Hz Syed Yaqoob Roshan Yadullahi

The book is divided into five chapters including the Introduction. The chapters are titled – Jaunpur, Hijra, The Message and the Reform. The Introduction deals with the advent of Islam in India, condition of Muslims, the traditions about the Promised Mehdi (AS) and the image of the Mehdi (AS) according to the said traditions. Then I have given a brief life-sketch of Miran Syed Mohammed Jaunpuri (AS) in comparison with the traditions.

In the Second chapter, I have given details about Jaunpur, the birth-place of the Promised Mehdi (AS) and also his childhood, his youth and the active participation of the Imam (AS) in the restoration of the glory of Islam in the eastern India.

The Hijra describes the holy journey undertaken by the Promised Mehdi (AS) for about twenty-three years in very adverse conditions from Jaunpur to Farah via Deccan, Makkah, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sindh, Baluchistan and Afghanistan. This journey is very important in view of the fact that it was undertaken purely in the path of Allah without any proper arrangements and without knowing as to what type of reception was awaiting at the next halt. The attitude of the scholars and nobles was hostile and places were strange, but the Promised Mehdi (AS) accomplished this task with the grace of Allah successfully. In this chapter, I have tried to report the important events taken place during the journey. This covers almost the entire teachings and the message of the Imam (AS). But since it is scattered, therefore to facilitate the readers, I have given the details of the message in a separate chapter.
The Fourth chapter thus gives details of the message, teaching and practices of the Imam (AS). In this chapter, I have taken all possible care to be accurate and give the correct sense of the message.
The concluding chapter pertains to the reforms the Imam (AS) carried out and its impact. This chapter is very important in view of the fact that most of the young generation, under the influence of the so called reform movements in the Muslim population, feel that we are not upto the mark. In this chapter, I have tried to give a brief comparison between the Masjid-e-Nabawi SAS and the Daira. This in itself requires a thorough work to establish the correct Islamic way in the life of an individual.