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. 2022 Mar 9;8(3):e09080.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09080. eCollection 2022 Mar.

The concept of Messiah in abrahamic religions: A focused study of the eschatology of Sunni islam

Qais Salem Alma'itah  1 , Zia Ul Haq  1
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The concept of Messiah in abrahamic religions: A focused study of the eschatology of Sunni islam

Qais Salem Alma'itah et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to conduct a comparative analysis of the Messiah in Semitic religious discourse, focusing on Muslims' specially the Sunni school of thought. The notion of Mahdism is generally recognized in all three major sematic faiths. Muslims scholars, particularly Shiites, believe in Mahdi and see him as the cornerstone of their faith, to the point where Shiites theology is difficult to fathom without it. We argued in this article that the Shiites' concept of Mahdism is derived from both Jewish theological literature, which is based on the concept of a savior who will arrive at the end of time, and Christian theology, which considers Jesus as a Redeemer who came for the salvation of Humanity after grave sin. Sunnis, who constitute the majority of Muslims, hold a different view of Messiah. The objective of this study was to establish the actual Sunni Muslim position on the issue of Mahdism and salvation, as obtained from authentic sources of Islam.

Keywords: Christianity; Eschatology; Islam; Judaism; Mahdi; Messiah; Sunni.

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