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Messiah - In Islam: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - In Islam

Main articles: Isa, Mahdi, and Muhammad al-Mahdi In the Qur'an, the scripture of Islam, Isa (Jesus) is described as a Prophet of God as well as "the Messiah." The belief is that he was raised to heaven and will return at the end of days to live out the rest of his natural life. Some Muslims claims the Messiah was prophesized in the "testimony of Levi" in Genesis as a descendent of Levi, and that the prophecy about "the shoot of Jesse" was displaced in antiquity from the Joshua section to other Prophets scrolls, and that both Joshua prophecy and the Testimony of Judah ( the star, sh ...

Messiah: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - In Islam

Messiah - In Islam

Main articles: Isa, Mahdi, and Muhammad al-Mahdi

In the Qur'an, the scripture of Islam, Isa (Jesus) is described as a Prophet of God as well as "the Messiah." The belief is that he was raised to heaven and will return at the end of days to live out the rest of his natural life.

Some Muslims claims the Messiah was prophesized in the "testimony of Levi" in Genesis as a descendent of Levi, and that the prophecy about "the shoot of Jesse" was displaced in antiquity from the Joshua section to other Prophets scrolls, and that both Joshua prophecy and the Testimony of Judah ( the star, shoot) were already achieved in David.

The Mahdi (al-Mahdi, Imam Mehdi, etc.), is a different person from Jesus/Isa and is another messianic figure in Islam. The Mahdi will usher in a new age of peace, and restore a "perfect Islamic society". Shia and Sunni opinions on al-Mahdi differ somewhat, but both sects agree that Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the Jewish Messiah.

The Ahmadiyya sect believes that the Messiah and Mahdi have come in the form of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India (1835-1908).