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Volume II, Letter 67); Imam Nawawi said: “… He (the Prophet
Jesus (as)) will come and apply the Prophet Muhammad’s (saas)
way.” (Al Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi 'alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar) On
this topic; Qadi Iyad said: “The Prophet Jesus (as) will rule with
the rules of Islam and will revive the practices that his people have
abandoned.” (Ibn Majah) This is stated in Barzanji’s book as fol-
lows: "He will judge by the law of the Prophet Muhammad (saas),
will adhere to a Prophet even though he is one himself, and will
belong to the people of the Prophet Muhammad (saas)…" (Al-
Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 243)
The greatest Islamic scholar of the past century,
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, has provided some interesting exposi-
tions of this matter in his Risale-i Nur Collection. According to
Bediuzzaman’s analyses, the Prophet Jesus (as) will return to earth
in bodily form in the End Times and will contend and intellectu-
ally repudiate anti-religious ideologies that represent materialist
and naturalist philosophy. Under his leadership, Christians and
Muslims will unite and the powerful anti-religious forces will be
eradicated. Christianity will be cleansed of its vain beliefs, heresy
and its myths and become subject to the Qur’an. Bediuzzaman
said that, in making this announcement, the Prophet (saas) relied
on the words of Almighty Allah and that, therefore, it would cer-
tainly come to pass. 29
Regarding this subject an important question comes to our at-
tention. How will the Prophet Jesus (as) be recognized? Surely, the
clearest indication that it is him who will be in possession of all the
features common to a prophet as mentioned in the Qur’an. In ad-
dition, he will bring an important sign to indicate that he is the
Prophet Jesus (as). When he comes, there will be no one that
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