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[83] While the Quran is not explicit about Jesus' return, [84] many Muslims believe that two Quranic verses suggest his second coming during the end times. [85] The verse that is the basis of Islamic belief that Jesus did not die on the cross, but ascended into heaven:
Popular Islamic pamphlets and tracts on the End Times have always been in circulation, but until around 2010 their "impact on political and theological thinking was practically nil" among Sunnis. [134] Interest in the End Times is particularly strong among jihadis and "since the mid-2000s, the apocalyptic currents in jihadism have surged."
'The Greatest Battle'), is an apocalyptic war set to occur in the end times according to Islamic eschatology. The Malhama Al-Kubra is prophesied to be the most brutal battle in human history. It generally corresponds to the battle of Armageddon in Christian eschatology, and occurs soon before the emergence of the Dajjal. [1]
After the prophecy failed, he changed the date three more times. [107] 1941 Jehovah's Witnesses: A prediction of the end from the Jehovah's Witnesses, a group that branched from the Bible Student movement. [108] 1943 Herbert W. Armstrong The first of three revised dates from Armstrong after his 1936 prediction failed to come true. [107] 1947
The end of the world or end times [2] is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that negative world events will reach a climax. Belief that the end of the world is imminent is known as apocalypticism , and over time has been held both by members of mainstream religions and by doomsday cults .
In the time between resurrection and judgement will be an agonizing wait (Q.21:103, Q.37:20) at the place of assembly [al-maḥshar], or the time of standing before God [al-mawqūf], giving sinners "ample opportunity to contemplate the imminent recompense for his past faults" (just as sinners suffer in the grave before Resurrection Day). [9]
The Hadith refers to the apocalyptic events of the end of time which underlines the involvement of the people of southern Arabia and their goal to establish Islamic rule. Recently, a militant organization named Aden-Abyan Islamic Army was founded in Yemen, to establish an Islamic government in Arabia.
The reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi is the Twelver eschatological belief in the return of their Hidden Imam in the end of time to establish peace and justice on earth. For Twelvers, this would end a period of occultation that began shortly after the death of Hasan al-Askari in 260 AH (873–874 CE), the eleventh Imam.