Bismillaah ir Rahmaan ir Rahiim In The Name Of Allaah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. As salaamu alaykum The Peace Be Upon You.


"This thesis analyses the idea of the spiritual guide in the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The guides are found in both human/earthly and divine/celestial forms and are treated in the following sequence: living, deceased masters, angels, a higher self and a personified active intellect."


http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4797/1/4797_2266.PDF?UkUDh:CyT THE SPIRITUAL GUIDE IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY by Sandra A. Bates ~ in pdf form

This thesis contains a wealth of knowledge. And, it may be of special interest to know that a chapter concerning Imam Mahdi, the expected, one begins on page 67.



Wassalaam. DevotedOne