The
Mahdi will not emerge unless the Sun
rises as a sign. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi,
Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir
az-Zaman, p. 33)
As well as the solar explosion
mentioned above, the sign that will appear
on the Sun may well be the great solar eclipse
that happened on August 11, 1999, the last
total solar eclipse of the twentieth century.
It was the first time that so many people
had been able to watch and study an eclipse
for so long.
It is of course no coincidence that so
many signs have occurred one after the other
in such a short space of time. These signs
are each glad tidings from God to His faithful
servants.
(left) Life, October 2000
(above) BBC News (August 17,
1999)
(below) CNN.com (August, 11,
1999)
