(8) HOW WILL THE CHANGE ON
THE APPOINTED DAY OCCUR?
Now we have reached the last question, which is about
the manner through which we can form an image about what
will be accomplished at the hands of this individual in
terms of a decisive victory for justice and an end to the
existence of transgression that he is faced with?The limited answer for this question is related to the
knowledge of the time and the phase in which al- Mahdi
(peace be upon him) is supposed to emerge to the world,
as well as the possible assumption regarding what
peculiarities and close relations, might characterize
that phase so as to be able to draw, in that light, the
shape that the operation of change would take and the
path that it would follow.But as long as we do not know anything concerning that
phase, its environment nor its circumstances, we cannot
scientifically predict what would take place on the
appointed day, although we can imagine or give certain
assumptions in this respect, which are founded on
theoretical bases and not on realistic grounds.There is one basic assumption which we can adopt in
the light of the previous narratives we mentioned
earlier, as well as in the light of the great operations
of change in the course of history, namely the appearance
of al-Mahdi (peace be upon him) after a great gap which
will result in a shocking decadence and a crisis is
civilization. This gap will give the opportunity for the
message to expand and the decadence of civilization will
prepare the psychological atmosphere for its acceptance.However, this decadence in civilization is not a mere
incident that will occur suddenly in the history of human
civilization, but a natural result of a contradiction in
a history that is cut off from Allah the Exalted, that
cannot reach a decisive solution of the end of its
course, so that its fire will burn leaving nothing in its
path and the light will then appear to establish Divine
justice on earth.