The Last Luminary and Ways to Delve into the Light

Author: Sayyid Ridha Husayni Mutlaq | Translated by: Saleem Bhimji | Hardback | 312 pages

A thorough look at over 80 responsibilities which the believers have towards the 12th Imam. This book provides the reader with practical steps that are needed to be performed in order to prepare ourselves, our communities and the world for the coming of Imam al-Mahdi, may Allah hasten his return.

It is only Islam that has given the abstract idea of an Awaited Saviour a concrete shape. The Mahdi is not to be born in the distant future. He is already living amongst us and shares our joys and sorrows. regardless of race, nationality or religion. As the late Henry Corbin so eloquently stated: “In the meantime, it is the duty of all Muslims, especially the Shia, to strive steadfastly for the creation of the proper atmosphere and the right climate for the establishment of a world order based on justice, virtue and piety”. The book exhorts the Muslims to keep on waiting for the Mahdi and realize the final victory of the forces of righteousness, peace and justice over those of evil, oppression and tyranny, the complete and all-around establishment of high human values, the formation of the utopian society and lastly the accomplishment of this ideal at the hands of a noble and eminent personality called, according to the Islamic traditions, al-Mahdi, is a goal which we must all work for in every step of our lives.