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Line 153: {{quote|I never told them anything except what You ordered me to say: “Worship Allah—my Lord and your Lord!” And I was witness over them as long as I remained among them. But when You took me, You were the Witness over them—and You are a Witness over all things. 5:117}} In the Quran, the {{quote|And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of Judgment): therefore have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow ye Me: this is a Straight Way. 43:61<ref>{{cite web|last1=Yusuf Ali|first1=Abdullah|title=Surah Az-zukhruf|url=http://www.islam101.com/quran/yusufAli/QURAN/43.htm}}</ref>}} [[Ibn Kathir]] presents this verse as proof of Jesus' There are also [[hadith]]s that foretell Jesus' future return such as:<ref name="EoI-Isa">"Isa", Encyclopedia of Islam</ref> ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'', Volume 3, Book 43: ''Kitab-ul-`Ilm'' (Book of Knowledge), Hadith Number 656: Line 162: According to Islamic tradition, Jesus' descent will be in the midst of wars fought by the [[Mahdi]] (''lit''. "the rightly guided one"), known in [[Islamic eschatology]] as the redeemer of Islam, against the [[al-Masih ad-Dajjal]] (literally "the false messiah", synonymous with the [[Antichrist]]) and his followers.<ref name="S209">{{cite book|last=Sonn|first=Tamara|title=Islam: History, Religion, and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nPNmCgAAQBAJ|date=2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-97230-4|page=209}}</ref> Jesus will descend at the point of a white arcade, east of [[Damascus]], dressed in saffron robes — his head anointed. He will then join the Mahdi in his war against the Dajjal. Jesus, considered in Islam as a Muslim (one who submits to God) and one of God's messengers, will abide by the Islamic teachings. Eventually, Jesus will slay the Antichrist Dajjal, and then everyone from the [[People of the Book]] (''ahl al-kitāb'', referring to Jews and Christians) will believe in him. Thus, there will be one community, that of Islam. {{Hadith-usc|muslim|usc=yes|41|7023}} And for their saying, ‘Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.’ And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but another was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain After the death of the Mahdi, Jesus will assume leadership. This is a time associated in Islamic narrative with universal peace and justice. Islamic texts also allude to the appearance of [[Gog and Magog#Qur'an|Ya'juj and Ma'juj]] (Gog and Magog), ancient tribes that will disperse and cause disturbance on earth. God, in response to Jesus' prayers, will kill them by sending a type of worm in the napes of their necks.<ref name="S209"/> Jesus' rule is said to be around forty years, after which he will die, (according to Islam Jesus did not die on the cross but was taken up to heaven and continues to live until his return in the second coming). Muslims will then perform the ''[[Salat al-Janazah]]'' (funeral prayer) for him and bury him in the city of [[Medina]] in a grave left vacant beside [[Prophet Muhammad]].<ref name="EoI-Isa"/> | |||