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The calculation of the "Jummal" revealed its falsehood, and nothing of it proved true. Every movement of the Mahdist movement, whether it succeeded or failed, was suppressed either in its infancy or after a short or long period. Those that succeeded, like the Fatimids, Qarmatians, and Assassins, did not fill the earth with justice as they filled it with injustice according to their claims. Rather, they were like others. During their rule, they themselves were in need of another Mahdi to remove their injustice. We know from experience that God has made social laws for justice and injustice, just as there are natural laws for things. These social laws do not include a hidden Imam who lives for hundreds of years, and in his enlightenment, he guides his followers to remove injustices. Instead, the natural way is the emergence of a social reformer who makes people feel the pain of injustice and the aspiration for justice, so he is controlled and tortured, and his followers continue to increase. The more he is tortured in front of people, the more his call is accepted, until he becomes strong and removes the injustices or the injustices he called for the removal of, and righteousness replaces corruption. I have read another treatise on this subject titled "The Broadcast of What Was and What Will Be Before the Hour," by Abu al-Tayyib bin Abi Ahmad.

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