Editing Apocalypticism (section)

===Islam===
{{Main|Islamic eschatology}}
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[[Islamic eschatology]] is the aspect of [[Islamic theology]] concerning ideas of life after death, matters of the soul, and the "Day of Judgement," known as {{Lang|ar-latn|Yawm al-Qiyāmah}} ({{langx|ar|يوم القيامة}}, {{IPA|ar|jawmu‿l.qijaːma|IPA}}, "the Day of Resurrection") or ''[[Yawmuddin|Yawm ad-Dīn]]'' ({{lang|ar|يوم الدين}}, {{IPA|ar|jawmu‿d.diːn|lIPA}}, "the Day of Judgment").{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The Day of Judgement is characterized by the annihilation of all life, which will then be followed by the [[resurrection of the dead]] and judgment by [[God in Islam|God]]. It is not specified when {{Lang|ar-latn|al-Qiyamah}} will happen, but according to [[prophecy]] elaborated by [[hadith]] literature, there are major and minor signs that will foretell its coming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inter-islam.org/faith/Majorsigns.html|title=Major Signs before the Day of Judgment|publisher=Shaykh Ahmad Ali|access-date=2019-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710214058/http://www.inter-islam.org/faith/Majorsigns.html|archive-date=2016-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inter-islam.org/faith/Signs-Of-Qiyaamah.htm|title=Signs of Qiyaamah|website=Inter-Islam|date=2001|access-date=2019-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623002119/http://www.inter-islam.org/faith/Signs-Of-Qiyaamah.htm|archive-date=2016-06-23}}</ref> Multiple verses in the [[Quran|Qur'an]] mention the [[Last Judgment]].<ref name="EoQ2ISLAM">{{cite book|title=''Last Judgment''|last=Hasson|first=Isaac|publisher=[[Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān]]|doi = 10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00105}}</ref><ref name= "EoI2ISLAM"/>

The main subject of Surat [[al-Qiyama]] is the resurrection. The [[Great Tribulation]] is described in the [[hadith]] and commentaries of the [[ulama]], including [[al-Ghazali]], [[Ibn Kathir]], [[Ibn Majah]], [[Muhammad al-Bukhari]], and [[Ibn Khuzaymah]].<ref name="EoI2ISLAM">{{cite book|title=''Qiyama''|last=Gardet|first=L.|publisher=[[Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān]]}}</ref><ref name="Cite quran|74|38|s=ns2">{{Cite quran|74|38|s=ns}}</ref> The Day of Judgment is also known as the Day of Reckoning, the Last Day, and the Hour (''al-sā'ah'').<ref name="cite quran|71|18|s=ns3">{{cite quran|71|18|s=ns}}</ref><ref name="cite quran|31|34|s=ns3">{{cite quran|31|34|s=ns}}</ref><ref name="cite quran|74|47|s=ns3">{{cite quran|74|47|s=ns}}</ref><ref name="cite quran|2|8|s=ns3">{{cite quran|2|8|s=ns}}</ref>

Unlike the Quran, the hadith contains several events, happening before the Day of Judgment, which are described as several ''minor signs'' and twelve ''major signs''. During this period, terrible corruption and chaos would rule the earth, caused by the [[Masih ad-Dajjal]] (the Antichrist in Islam), then [[Jesus in Islam|Jesus]] will appear, defeating the Dajjal and establish a period of peace, liberating the world from cruelty. These events will be followed by a time of serenity when people live according to religious values.<ref name="Mahdi13ISLAM">{{cite book|title=Portents And Features Of The Mahdi's Coming|last=Yahya|first=Harun|date=2010|publisher=Global Publishing. Kindle Edition.}}</ref>

Similarly to other [[Abrahamic religions]], Islam teaches that there will be a [[resurrection of the dead]] that will be followed by a final tribulation and eternal division of the righteous and wicked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e588?_hi=1&_pos=2|title=Eschatology – Oxford Islamic Studies Online|date=2008-05-06|publisher=Oxfordislamicstudies.com|access-date=2017-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730134104/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e588?_hi=1&_pos=2|archive-date=2017-07-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> Islamic apocalyptic literature describing [[Armageddon]] is often known as ''[[Fitna (word)|fitna]]'', ''[[Al-Malhama Al-Kubra]]'' (The Great Massacre) or ''ghaybah'' in Shī'a Islam. The righteous are rewarded with the pleasures of [[Jannah]] (Paradise), while the unrighteous are punished in [[Jahannam]] (Hell).