Barzakh is a sequence that happens after death, in which the archangel Azrael with the help of other less significant angels will separate the soul from the body, either harshfully or painlessly depending on how righteous the person was during their lifetime (Qur'an 79.1-2). Three main events take place chronologically which constitute the Barzakh sequence: The separation of the soul and the body. Nakir and Munkar's (two Islamic Angels) interrogation of the soul in its grave. "Who is yo ...

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Qiyamah, Qiyamah - Overview, Qiyamah - The Gathering, Qiyamah - Rejection of false Gods, Qiyamah - Personification in Qiyâmah, Qiyamah - Barzakh, Qiyamah - Al-Kawthar, Qiyamah - Seeing Allah, Qiyamah - Judgment, Qiyamah - Jahannam and Jannah, Qiyamah - Redemption, Qiyamah - The Mahdi and ad-Dajjal, Qiyamah - Mark of the Beast, Qiyamah - Sources

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Qiyamah, Qiyamah - Overview, Qiyamah - The Gathering, Qiyamah - Rejection of false Gods, Qiyamah - Personification in Qiyâmah, Qiyamah - Barzakh, Qiyamah - Al-Kawthar, Qiyamah - Seeing Allah, Qiyamah - Judgment, Qiyamah - Jahannam and Jannah, Qiyamah - Redemption, Qiyamah - The Mahdi and ad-Dajjal, Qiyamah - Mark of the Beast, Qiyamah - Sources

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During judgment, a man's or a woman's own book of deeds will be opened, and they will be apprised of every action they did and every word they spoke (Qur'an 54.52-53). Actions taken during childhood are not judged. The account of deeds is so detailed that the man or woman will wonder at how comprehensive the account is, that even minor and trivial deeds are included. When the Hour is at hand, some will deny that al-Qiyâmah is taking place and will be warned that al-Qiyâmah precedes the Day of Pining (distress) (Qur'an 30.55-57, 19.39). If one denies a deed he or she committed, or refuses to acknowledge it, his or her body pa ...

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Qiyamah, Qiyamah - Overview, Qiyamah - The Gathering, Qiyamah - Rejection of false Gods, Qiyamah - Personification in Qiyâmah, Qiyamah - Barzakh, Qiyamah - Al-Kawthar, Qiyamah - Seeing Allah, Qiyamah - Judgment, Qiyamah - Jahannam and Jannah, Qiyamah - Redemption, Qiyamah - The Mahdi and ad-Dajjal, Qiyamah - Mark of the Beast, Qiyamah - Sources

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Sura al-Qiyama (Arabic: سورة القيامة ) (The Rising Of The Dead, Ressurrection) is the 75th sura of the Qur'an with 40 ayat. See also. Qiyamah ...

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Shaitan (شيطان) is the devil, or the enemy of Allah and is the equivalent of Satan in Christianity and Judaism. The Islamic view of Satan, has both commonalities and differences with Christian and Jewish views. While Shaitan (شيطان, from the root šṭn شطن) is an adjective (meaning "astray" or "distant") that can be applied to both Man ("AlIns", الإنس) and Jinn, Iblis is the personal name of the Shaitan who is mentioned in the Q ...

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• Shaitan - Uses of the name Shaitan in contemporary fiction
• Shaitan - Dune
• Shaitan - Wheel of Time
• Shaitan - Angels and Demons
• Shaitan - Necroscope

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In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Judgement Day is the ethical-judicial trial, judgment, and punishment/reward of individual humans (assignment to heaven or to hell) by a divine tribunal at the end of time, following the destruction of humans' present earthly existence. Some Christians say that God does not judge, since He finds "all to be precious". This eschatology has spawned numerous artistic depictions. Last Judgment - Sources. The doctrine and iconographic features of a "Las ...

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• Last Judgment - Sources
• Last Judgment - Catholicism
• Last Judgment - Artistic Representations

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Barzakh is the Arabic word for the term of life after death in which the soul of the deceased is transferred across the boundaries of the mortal realm into the spirit world and into a kind of "cold sleep" where the soul will rest until the Qiyamah (Judgement Day). It is a term referred to in Islamic eschatology and the Quran. Barzakh is a sequence that happens after death, in which the archangel Azrael or his helper angels will separate the soul from the body, either harshfully or painlessly depending on how righteous the perso ...

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Apocalypse (Greek: αποκαλυψις, disclosure), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the mass of humankind. The Greek root corresponds in the Septuagint to the Hebrew galah, to reveal. The last book of the New Testament bears in Greek the title Αποκαλυψις Ιωαννου, and is frequently referred to as the Apocalypse of John, but in the English Bible it appears as the Revelation of St John the Divine, or the Book of Revelation (of Jesus Christ, the Messiah). ...

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• Apocalypse - Characteristic features
• Apocalypse - Revelation of mysteries
• Apocalypse - Disclosure through a dream or vision
• Apocalypse - Angels bear revelation
• Apocalypse - Deals with the future
• Apocalypse - The mysterious or fantastic
• Apocalypse - Mystical symbolism
• Apocalypse - The end of the world

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• Antichrist - Origin and meaning
• Antichrist - Appearance of the word in the New Testament
• Antichrist - The expected role of the Antichrist
• Antichrist - Characteristics of the Antichrist
• Antichrist - In popular culture
• Antichrist - Identity of the Antichrist
• Antichrist - Past identifications
• Antichrist - Contemporary identifications
• Antichrist - Prophetic Identification

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Akhirah (Arabic: آلآخرة) is an Islamic term referring to the afterlife. It is repeatedly referrenced in chapters of the Qu'ran concerning Yaum al Qiyamah, the Islamic Day of Judgment, an important part of Islamic eschatology. Traditionally, it is considered to be one of the seven main beliefs of Muslims, the others including: Tawhid, Islamic angels, the Books, the prophets, and predestination. According to many Muslims, Allah will play the role of the qadi, weighing the deeds of each individual. He will decide whether that person's akhirah

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ad-Dajjal (Arabic: دجّال), "The deceiver", is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology, who will appear some time before Yaum al-Qiyamah (the Last Day). He is a counterpart to the Antichrist prophesied by Christianity. Dajjal - Other mentions. He is mentioned in Chapter 16 of "The Arabian Nights": "Sinbad Voyage 1" or "First Voyage" "Also to while away the time of waiting I explored a little island named Cassel, which belonged to King Mihrage, and which was supposed to be inhabited by a sp ...

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• Dajjal - Other mentions

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Surat Al-Isra (Arabic: سورة الإسراء ) or Bani Isra'il (ie The Night Journey or The Children of Israel) is the 17th sura of the Qur'an. This Surah takes its names from verse 1 or 4 respectively, but this name is merely a title, much like the names of many other surahs, and does not mean that the Isra or the "Children of Israel" are the theme of this Surah. This Makkan surah was revealed in the last year before the Hijra. The primary theme of the Surah is salah (daily prayers), whose number is said to hav ...

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The end times are, in one version of Judeo-Christian eschatology and in Islam, a time of tribulation that will precede the Second Coming of the Messiah. Specifically, what is usually referred to as the 'end times' revolves around a cluster of beliefs in Christian or Rastafarian millennialism. These beliefs typically include the ideas that the biblical apocalypse is imminent and that various signs in current events are omens of Armageddon. These beliefs have been widely held in one form, by the Adventist movement (Millerites), by Jehov ...

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• End times - Christianity
• End times - Roots of contemporary end-times belief
• End times - The dispensationalist prophecies
• End times - Views by groups
• End times - Catholics
• End times - Jehovah's Witnesses
• End times - Latter-day Saints
• End times - Preterism
• End times - Rastafarians
• End times - Fictional treatments
• End times - Literature
• End times - Motion pictures

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Surat Al-Jinn (Arabic: سورة الجن ) (The Jinn or The Sprites) is the 72nd sura of the Qur'an with 28 ayat. In the second ayat the Jinn recant their belief in false gods and venerate Muhammad for his monotheism. The Jinn apologize for their past blasphemy and criticize mankind for either neglecting them or encouraging their disbelief. Ayats 20-22 are especially important as Tawheed among the Jinn is reaffirmed, violence as a means of conversion is rejected, and the inescapable wrath of Allah is emphasized. The Judg ...

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Surat al-Kawthar (Arabic: سورة الكوثر ) ("Abundance") is the 108th sura of the Qur'an, and the shortest. There are several differing reports as to the circumstances under which it was revealed. According to Ibn Ishaq, it was revealed in Makka, some time before the Isra and Miraj, when al-As ibn Wa'il as-Sahmi said of Muhammad that he was "a man who is cut off and is of no consequence, and if he were killed, he would be forgotten"; others report that it was revealed in regard to Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (according to al-Bazz ...

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Surat al-Ma'ida (Arabic: سورة المائدة ) (The Table or The Table Spread) is the 5th sura of the Qur'an, with 120 ayat. It is a Madinan sura. The sura begins with a description of animals which are Haraam (forbidden) and which animals are Halaal (permissible). "005.001 O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for food) are all four-footed animals," "Dead meat, blood, pig, any food which has been blessed by a (false) god other than A ...

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Apocalypticism is a worldview based on the idea that important matters are hidden from view and they will soon be revealed in a major confrontation of earth-shaking magnitude that will change the course of history. It can appear as a tendency, outlook, perceptual frame, or rhetorical style; and can lead people toward passivity while awaiting the inevitable end, or active preparation in anticipation of a momentous event. Apocalypticism can be tied to religious or secular views, and the expected out ...

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• Apocalypticism - General
• Apocalypticism - Christian premillennial apocalyptic writers
• Apocalypticism - Apocalyptic fiction
• Apocalypticism - Apocalyptic films
• Apocalypticism - Apocalyptic movements
• Apocalypticism - Millenarian cults
• Apocalypticism - References chronological

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Christian messianism is based upon the necessity of a human blood sacrifice, to atone for the sins of the world. The Christian interpretation of messianic scripture is that one man must bare the sufferings of all the people. It makes the theological progression from there that a loving God could not have created the necessity for one person to take such suffering unless God intended to become man to shoulder that burden. A specific form of Christianity messianism is the romanticism Slavic messianism, arguing that Slavs (or specific na ...

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Messianism, Messianism - Christianity, Messianism - Judaism, Messianism - Zionism, Messianism - Islam, Messianism - Adventism, Messianism - Other forms

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The doctrine and iconographic features of a "Last Judgment" are drawn from many passages from the apocalyptic books of the Bible. It appears most directly in the Apocalyptic sections of the Book of Matthew: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goa ...

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Last Judgment, Last Judgment - Sources, Last Judgment - Catholicism, Last Judgment - Artistic Representations

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Belief in final judgment is held firmly by the Roman Catholic Church and its followers. The Roman Catholic Church also has a strong faith and belief that there is another place called Purgatory, where dead people with only venial sin wait for their mercy and prayers by the Church and people still living so that God can have mercy on them. It is a belief the Roman Catholic Church has that from here dead people with only venial sin can then be taken to heaven. (See also Dante's Divine Comedy.) The Roman Catholic Church believes this last judge ...

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Last Judgment, Last Judgment - Sources, Last Judgment - Catholicism, Last Judgment - Artistic Representations

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