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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."
At the end of time, even the Muslims will die, their lives taken by a wind that will be either "horrendous", [73] [114] or a "breeze bearing a pleasant scent", [115] leaving only the wicked to face the Earth's destruction. On the last day of earth, the sun will rise in the west and Allah will stop accepting repentance.
In an event somewhat similar to the Rapture concept in Christianity [Note 4] —where at some time near the end of the world all Christian believers disappear and are carried off to heaven—in Islam one of the very last signs of the imminent arrival of the end of the world will be a "pleasant" [21] or "cold" wind, [22] that brings a peaceful ...
'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]
This timeline of Islamic history relates the Gregorian and Islamic calendars in the history of Islam. This timeline starts with the lifetime of Muhammad, which is believed by non-Muslims to be when Islam started, [1] though not by Muslims. [2] [3] [4]
In Shia Islam, the eschatological Mahdi was commonly given the epithet al-Qa'im (القائم), [16] [17] which can be translated as 'he who will rise,' [18] signifying his rise against tyranny in the end of time. [19] Distinctively Shia is the notion of temporary absence or occultation of the Mahdi, [16] whose life has been prolonged by divine ...
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.
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 .