False prophet
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In religion, a false prophet or pseudoprophet is a person who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine inspiration, or to speak for God, or who makes such claims for evil ends. Often, someone who
The Devil whispers to the Antichrist; detail from Sermons and Deeds of the Antichrist, Luca Signorelli, 1501, Orvieto Cathedral.
Fate of The False Prophet, Revelation 16, Beatus de Facundus, 1047
Al-Masih ad-Dajjal
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Al-Masih ad-Dajjal, otherwise referred to simply as the Dajjal, is an antagonistic figure in Islamic eschatology who will pretend to be the promised Messiah and later claim to be God, appearing before
False prophet
…Thawban ibn Kaidad narrated that Muhammad said: "There will be 30 dajjals among my Ummah. Each one will claim that he is a prophet; but I am the last of the Prophets (Seal of the Prophets), and there will be no Prophet after…
An image from a Falname made in India around 1610–1630 depicts Jesus fighting the Dajjal (right). Behind, the Mahdi with a veiled face.
Minaret of Isa on the Umayyad Mosque, in Damascus, Syria, which is thought to be one of the possible places to which ʿĪsā will descend.
Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, Iran, is a popular pilgrimage site for Shīʿa Muslims. Local belief holds that the twelfth Shīʿīte Imam, the promised Mahdi according to Twelvers, once appeared and offered prayers at Jamkaran.