The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #21 August 2014 | Page 26

to religion or man, both of them resemble beasts having appetite for food. If sensible trustees of knowledge and wisdom totally disappear from human society then both knowledge and wisdom will suffer severely, may bring harm to humanity and may even die out. But this earth will never be without those persons who will prove the universality of truth as disclosed by Allah (swt), they may be well-known persons, openly and fearlessly declaring the things revealed to them or they may, under fear of harm, injury or deaths, hide themselves from the public gaze and may carry on their mission privately so that the reasons proving the reality of truth as preached by religion and as demonstrated by His Prophet (s.a.w) may not totally disappear. How many are they and where could they be found? I swear by Allah (swt) that they are very few in number but their worth and their ranks before Allah (swt) are very high. Through them Allah (swt) preserves His Guidance so that they, while departing, may hand over these truths to persons like themselves. T