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Islam portal. v. t. e. The Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: al-Mahdī, lit. 'the Guided', Persian: مهدی) is a figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the End of Times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad, who will appear shortly before Islamic Jesus.
The mahi-mahi (/ ˈmɑːhiːˈmɑːhiː /) [3] or common dolphinfish[2] (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. It is also widely called dorado (not to be confused with Salminus brasiliensis, a freshwater fish) and dolphin (not to be confused with the ...
Heinrich Meyer suggests that Peter's assertion "Yes" makes it "clear that Jesus had hitherto been in the habit of paying the tax". [6]The story ends without stating that Peter caught the fish as Jesus predicted, [7] nor does the text specify the species of the fish involved, but three West Asian varieties of tilapia are referred to as "St. Peter's fish", in particular the redbelly tilapia.
According to some narrations, there are five certain signs that will occur prior to the appearance of the Mahdi.The hadith of Ja'far al-Sadiq mentions these signs: "the appearance of Sufyani and Yamani, the loud cry in the sky, the murder of Nafs-e-Zakiyyah, and the earth swallowing (a group of people) in the land of Bayda which is a desert between Mecca and Medina.
Tombs in the Valley of Hinnom, the location of the tophet, just outside the city of ancient Jerusalem, where Moloch rituals were performed according to 2 Kings 23:10. [ 1 ] Moloch, Molech, or Molek[ a ] is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Bible strongly condemns practices that are ...
Christ and the woman taken in adultery, drawing by Rembrandt. Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the Pericope Adulterae) [a] is a most likely pseudepigraphical [1] passage (pericope) found in John 7:53 – 8:11 [2] of the New Testament. In the passage, Jesus was teaching in the Temple after coming from the Mount of Olives.
37:For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. The New International Version translates the passage as: 36:But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. 37:For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
The Stoning of Achan by Gustav Doré. Achan (/ ˈeɪkæn /; Hebrew: עָכָן, romanized: ‘Āḵān), the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, is a figure who appears in the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible in connection with the fall of Jericho and conquest of Ai. His name is given as Achar ...