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[5] The word Mahdi does not appear in the Quran (al-hadī, or "guide" appears twice), [15] but is found in hadiths and is said to be the sign between Minor signs and Major signs of Day of Resurrection. [77] [78] [Hadith 86] [Hadith 87] Some Shia Muslims regard him as the first sign of the third period. [79]
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 ...
Small Resurrection (al-qiyamah al-sughra) happens, when the soul is separated from the body. The soul then turns to the afterlife (akhira or malakut), where it is interrogated by two angels, Munkar and Nakir. [51] This grave period is known as the Barzakh, similar to the intermediate state in Christianity.
Qiyama in the Nizari Ismaili tradition symbolizes spiritual transformation. According to the Ismaili interpretation of sharīʿa (Islamic law) as possessing a distinct duality, the rational shari’a refers to civil legal mechanisms, including property laws, marriage laws, and laws against murder or theft; [3] the imposed shari’a, meanwhile, concerns matters of religious law and ritual ...
Al-Qiyama or Al-Qiyamah (Arabic: القيامة, al-qiyāmah), meaning "The day of standing, [1] is the seventy-fifth chapter of the Quran, with 40 verses . [ 2 ] Summary
Most Christians believe that the greatest commandment is "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment"; in addition to the second, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself", these are what Jesus Christ called the two greatest ...
The Zohar also seems to have a similar view. (Zohar 1, 99a & b) Zoroastrianism also has this idea. The Chinvat bridge, which occurs in the Gathas of Zarathushtra, has many similarities and is a close concept to As-Sirat. S. G. F. Brandon quotes the Dāstan-i Mēnōk-i Krat
Judgement in an afterlife, in which one's deeds and characteristics in life determine either punishment or reward, is a central theme of many religions. Almost all religions are greatly devoted to the afterlife, emphasizing that what you do in your current life affects what happens to you after death. [citation needed]