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Some blame each other, saying that those who were oppressed said to those who were arrogant, "If it were not for you, we would have been believers." And those who were arrogant said to those who were oppressed, "Are we the ones who prevented you from guidance when it came to you? Rather, you were criminals." As for the fact that the people of the state were not equal from the beginning, it is an eternal wisdom, and the time of their testing is known to God. In this, there is an example for the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, as he was from the beginning. And he and his companions, may God bless him and grant him peace, suffered great hardships and many disputes with the elders and the leaders of the Jews and Christians who claimed they would be his first followers, may God bless him and grant him peace, and they were the ones who opposed him. All of this was while he, may God bless him and grant him peace, was the best of God's creation, Almighty. And I am a believer and a supporter of his revolution. He informed that the Turks will not be deterred except by the sword, except for those whom God has saved by His grace. And he informed, may God bless him and grant him peace, that the Ummah will be guided without the hardship that he and his companions suffered. And he, may God bless him and grant him peace, gave good tidings that my companions are in the sight of God Almighty like the rank of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani. For all favor is from God Almighty, He gives it to whom He wills. And God has bestowed upon the later ones what was difficult for the earlier ones. But your knowledge is not dear to you. The scholars deny many of the matters of the Mahdi because they are not in accordance with their predecessors, whom they consider to be so, because it contradicts their doctrines. So, the guidance is from God, there are signs. Whoever wills, let him believe, and whoever wills, let him disbelieve. And what informs you of the hiddenness of the Mahdi's identity is the difference in narrations and the abundance of statements from the people of unveiling. And it is known that what God knew in His eternity is not according to these many narrations. And there are hadiths about it, including the断断续续 (broken) and fabricated and weak, and even the authentic hadith is abrogated by the authentic hadith, just as verses are abrogated by verses. And belief in the Mahdi is...

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