Beast of the Earth
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Beast of the Earth is an eschatological figure in Islam mentioned in Quran 27:82. The verse states that, when the divine decree comes upon people, God will bring forth a creature from the earth that w
Depiction of the Beast of the Earth (Dābba) from a Falnama written in Ottoman Turkish for Sultan Ahmed I. Topkapi Museum, Istanbul.
1570s Depiction of Dābbat al-Arḍ, from a Persian Falnama, probably produced in Safavid Iran. Topkapi Museum, Istanbul.
Eschatology
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Eschatology concerns expectations of the end of present age, human history, or the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions, which teach that negative wo
Beast of the Earth
…Beast of the Earth (Arabic: دابّة من الأرض, romanized: dābbah min al-arḍ) is an eschatological figure in Islam mentioned in Quran 27:82. The verse states that, when the divine decree comes upon people, God will bring forth a creature from the…
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut print from the Apocalypse of Albrecht Dürer (1497–1498)
The Antichrist, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1521). Here the Antichrist is shown wearing the triple crown of the Roman papacy.
Icon of the Second Coming. Greek, c. 1700 A.D.
William Miller predicted the end of the world in 1843, known as the Great Disappointment.