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Redemption is an essential concept in many religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The term implies that something has been paid for or bought back, like a slave who has been set free through the payment of a ransom .
They last until today. According to Yehuda Leib Schapiro, dean of the Yeshiva Gedola Rabbinical College of Greater Miami, what was old had to be destroyed to give room to the construction of the New Messianic Temple and to the future revelation of Ha-Shem that will surpass anything which is known until now.
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 ...
In Islam (Shia and Sunni), the Mahdi is considered as the promised one [6] but there is a difference in who the Mahdi is, the Shiites of the Twelve Imams believe that the Mahdi is Muhammad, the son of Hassan Askari, the twelfth Imam and the Imam of their time, who was born before and now He is hidden from most people by Allah/god's will for ...
Islam also stresses that in order to gain salvation, one must also avoid sinning along with performing good deeds. Islam acknowledges the inclination of humanity towards sin. [28] [29] Therefore, Muslims are constantly commanded to seek God's forgiveness and repent. Islam teaches that no one can gain salvation simply by virtue of their belief ...
[citation needed] The theological absence of original sin in Islam renders the Christian concepts of atonement and redemption as redundant. [citation needed] Jesus simply conforms to the prophetic mission of his predecessors. [26] Jesus is understood to have preached salvation through submission to God's will and worshipping God alone.
In Islam it is commonly thought that Muslim sinners will not spend eternity in Hell but spend time there to be purified of their sins before being allowed into Heaven. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The question of compatibility of free will on the one hand, and God's omnipotence and omniscience on the other, can be framed as:
[3] [4] Given the historicity of Jesus' death and the Islamic theological doctrine on the inerrancy of the Quran, most mainstream Muslims and Islamic scholars deny the crucifixion and death of Jesus, [1] [3] [4] [5] [13] deny the historical reliability of the Gospels, [3] [4] [5] claim that the canonical Gospels are corruptions of the true ...