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THE SECOND COMING TO

EARTH OF THE PROPHET

JESUS (AS) IN THE RISALAT

AN-NOOR

n his Risalat an-Noor collection the great Islamic scholar,
regarded as the mujaddid (renovator) of the Islamic 13 th cen-
I tury, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi made important statements
about the second coming to Earth of the Prophet Jesus (as). He
described, in the light of verses and hadith, how the Prophet
Jesus (as) would return to Earth in the End Times, how he will
call on Christians to adhere to the values of the true faith by free-
ing themselves from superstitious beliefs and practices, how true
Christians who follow the Prophet Jesus (as) and Muslims will
be allied together, and how, together with Hazrat Mahdi (as), the
Prophet Jesus (as) will be instrumental in the moral values of
Islam coming to rule the world.
However, these statements by Bediuzzaman are sometimes
misunderstood and misconstrued. In particular, it is erroneously
concluded from Bediuzzaman's references to the "collective per-
sonalities" of the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) that
the blessed individual of the Prophet Jesus (as) will not be com-
ing at all. But Bediuzzaman's statements do not imply such a
meaning. As is made explicit in several places in the Risalat an-