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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

portantly, in our day all
of these signs have appeared – and
continue to appear – one after the other.
Throughout the history of Islam, some of these
signs might have happened to some extent in one
particular part of the world or another. Such a situa-
tion, however, does not indicate the nearness of the appear-
ance of Jesus (pbuh) and Mahdi. For a certain period to be
called the End Times, all of the signs that we will examine in de-
tail must occur in the same period. Some hadiths on the subject
are as follows:
Signs following one another like bits of a necklace, falling
one after the other when its string is cut. (Tirmidhi)

When the community engages in these, signs follow one an-
other. These signs chase one another, just as fish break out
of their net and escape, chasing one another. (Mukhtasar
Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 478)
These hadiths clearly state that the signs of the Last Days will
appear consecutively within the same period of time. Some of the
events discussed in the following pages may well be regarded as
ordinary events, and some people may claim that the conditions
prevailing in our day naturally entail the occurrence of these
signs. Indeed, some of these signs may happen naturally.
However, the fact that all these events are described 1400 years
ago thoroughly in a way depicting exactly today's social order,
and that they take place in the same period, one following the
other, is an extremely important matter. This is clear evidence that
our Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) drew at-
tention to this period while describing the End Time events.

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