Al-Nuzul
Definition
Al-nuzul — the descent — refers to the prophesied return of Isa before the Day of Judgment, one of the major signs of the Last Hour and one of the most extensively attested events in authentic hadith literature. The Prophet ﷺ described Isa's descent in Damascus, his breaking of the cross (to end its misuse as a symbol of worship), his killing of the Dajjal (the False Messiah), his rule by Islamic law, and his eventual natural death and burial near the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah. Ibn Kathir presents al-nuzul not as a theological curiosity but as an eschatological certainty — the completion of a prophetic mission whose first phase ended with the raising and whose final phase belongs to the end of human history.
As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.
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