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Muhammad's prophecies are predictions attributed to him and written hundreds of years after his [[Muhammad's Death|death]]. Many prophecies are considered "signs of the Hour" (Islamic eschatology). Some prophecies are general statements that may apply to times even before Islam, other prophecies predict early Islamic history (which happened before the predictions were written) and some prophecies make predictions about the the future to come after the hadiths were written. | Muhammad's prophecies are predictions attributed to him and written hundreds of years after his [[Muhammad's Death|death]]. Many prophecies are considered "signs of the Hour" (Islamic eschatology). Some prophecies are general statements that may apply to times even before Islam, other prophecies predict early Islamic history (which happened before the predictions were written) and some prophecies make predictions about the the future to come after the hadiths were written. | ||
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According to the sira, in Muhammad's time there were other (supposedly false) prophets like Saf ibn Sayyad and Maslamah bin Ḥabīb (called by Muslims "Musaylimah al-Kadhdhāb" (Musaylama the Liar)), Al-Aswad Al-Ansi and Tulayha. | According to the sira, in Muhammad's time there were other (supposedly false) prophets like Saf ibn Sayyad and Maslamah bin Ḥabīb (called by Muslims "Musaylimah al-Kadhdhāb" (Musaylama the Liar)), Al-Aswad Al-Ansi and Tulayha. | ||
False prophets were also | False prophets were also likewise predicted in the Bible: | ||
{{Quote|The Bible (NIV), Matthew 24:10-11| | {{Quote|The Bible (NIV), Matthew 24:10-11| | ||
At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many '''false prophets will appear and deceive many people'''. | At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many '''false prophets will appear and deceive many people'''. | ||
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[[Category:Dhul-Qarnayn|Dhul-Qarnayn]] | [[Category:Dhul-Qarnayn|Dhul-Qarnayn]] | ||
See also Dhul-Qarnayn | See also the [[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance]] story in the Quran, where this possibility is further confirmed, as the Sun is described to set in a muddy spring at the "farthest part" of the world" | ||
====Stones and trees say to Muslims: "here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him"==== | ====Stones and trees say to Muslims: "here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him"==== | ||
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This | This follows the theme of religion decreasing while sin increases before the end of times. | ||
====Islam will be widespread==== | ====Islam will be widespread==== | ||
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Muhammad | If these traditions go back to Muhammad, the seem to indicate different ideas Muhammad had about the future;otherwise they may indicate the feelings of the groups of people who fabricated these hadiths at later points in Muslim history. | ||
====The Quran will disappear overnight==== | ====The Quran will disappear overnight==== | ||