Raj`a
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Raj`a الرجعة in Arabic means "Return". In Islamic terminology, according to Aljawahiri and Fayruzabadi, the term refers to the Second Coming, or the Return to Life, of a given past historical figure after that person's physical death.
brings back, in a future point in time, groups of people from the past. And that these people will have the same appearance as they had before. The purpose of this return is the establishment of justice for those who were oppressed and died oppressed: the oppressors are punished directly by the oppressed during this future reappearance. Shi'a base this belief on several verses in the Quran where it is mentioned that some people will die twice and live twice.
over 70 times while he was awake. According to him, in contrast to Shiite belief, the Second Coming of the Prophet Muhammad is not limited to a specific time in the future. Al-Sayuti did not mention if any other religious figures will return after death before the hereafter.
, Raj`a is understood as the lack of physical presence of a prophet, who marks his apparent death by absence in the physical world. Prophets, however, will reappear, from time to time, to those who are pure in heart.
scholar Ibn al-Arabi, known for his exegesis of the Sunan al-Tirmidhi
, stated that seeing and hearing the prophets while awake is possible for the pure believer.
The Raj`a and the returning figures in Shia belief
Shi'a believe that before the hereafter and the Day of Judgement, GodGod
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brings back, in a future point in time, groups of people from the past. And that these people will have the same appearance as they had before. The purpose of this return is the establishment of justice for those who were oppressed and died oppressed: the oppressors are punished directly by the oppressed during this future reappearance. Shi'a base this belief on several verses in the Quran where it is mentioned that some people will die twice and live twice.
Al Suyuti
Jalaluddin Al-Sayuti wrote about the Raj`a but in a different way from the Shiites. According to his book (تنوير الحلك في إمكان رؤية النبي والملك), or The Possibility of Seeing the Prophet and the Angels, Suyuti claims to have seen the Prophet MuhammadMuhammad
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over 70 times while he was awake. According to him, in contrast to Shiite belief, the Second Coming of the Prophet Muhammad is not limited to a specific time in the future. Al-Sayuti did not mention if any other religious figures will return after death before the hereafter.
Al Qurtubi
According to Abu 'Abdullah Al-QurtubiAl-Qurtubi
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, Raj`a is understood as the lack of physical presence of a prophet, who marks his apparent death by absence in the physical world. Prophets, however, will reappear, from time to time, to those who are pure in heart.
Ibn al-Arabi
The MalikiMaliki
The ' madhhab is one of the schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is the second-largest of the four schools, followed by approximately 25% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa, West Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and in some parts of Saudi Arabia...
scholar Ibn al-Arabi, known for his exegesis of the Sunan al-Tirmidhi
Sunan al-Tirmidhi
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, stated that seeing and hearing the prophets while awake is possible for the pure believer.