Al-Arba'in fi Ahwal-al-Mahdiyin ('Forty [Hadith] concerning the Mahdis') is a book by Shah Ismail Dehlawi (1779 – 1831) containing forty traditions (Ahadith) pertaining to the appearance of the Imam Mahdi. Shah Ismail Dehlawi was the son of Shah Abdul-Ghani and grandson of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi. Shah Ismail died in action at Balakot fighting against the Sikh Rule in 1831. The book was published some 20 years later from Calcutta in 1851. It appends an apocalyptic ode of Sufi saint Shah Nimatullah Wali (1330-1431) at the end of the book. This 1851 copy of the ode is probably the oldest published copy. According to Professor C. M. Naim of Chicago University, this copy, which he calls Q1, "had long existed, and was undoubtedly copied and shared by thousands of people, its debut in the politic
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