LEADER 08041nam 2200649 450 001 9910793450003321 005 20220928200830.0 010 $a1-4744-2412-0 010 $a1-4744-4408-3 010 $a1-4744-2411-2 010 $a1-4744-3565-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000007866767 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001979046 035 $a(DE-B1597)619488 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474424110 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6995417 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6995417 035 $a(OCoLC)1312726416 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007866767 100 $a20220928d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe book of tribulations $ethe Syrian Muslim apocalyptic tradition /$fan annotated translation by Nu'aym b. H?amma?d al-Marwazi? ; edited by David Cook 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press Ltd,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aEdinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology 300 $aTranslated from the Arabic. 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a1-4744-2410-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 447-457) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tAbbreviations and key names and terms -- $tCaliph/Emperor list -- $tTranslation of Nu`aym b. ?amm?d al-Marwaz?, Kit?b al-fitan -- $tWhat was related by the Messenger of God and his Companions after him concerning the Tribulations to come -- $tNaming of the Tribulations which are to come, and their Number from the death of the Messenger of God until the Rising of the Hour -- $tThe Loss of Intelligence and Absence of People?s Dreams during the Tribulations -- $tAllowance for People?s Desire to Die because of the Prevalence of Trials and Tribulations -- $tThe Regret of Some of the Prophet?s Companions and Others with regard to the Tribulation -- $tThe Desirability of having Few Possessions and Children during the Tribulations -- $tThe Number of the Caliphs after the Messenger of God in this Community -- $tThe Caliphs who were mentioned after the Messenger of God -- $tDistinguishing the Caliphs from the Kings -- $tNaming those reigning after the Messenger of God -- $tThe Dominion of the Umayyads and Naming them after `Umar -- $tThe End of the Umayyads? Dominion -- $tProtection from Tribulations and the Desirability of Holding Back and Withdrawing during them, and Undesirability of Looking out over them -- $tThose who believed in Withdrawal during Tribulations -- $tThe Portents of the end of the Umayyads? Dominion -- $tAppearance of the `Abb?sids -- $tThe First Portent of the end of the Period of the `Abb?sids -- $tThe First of the Portents of the end of their Dominion will be the Appearance of the Turks after a dissension between them -- $tPortents in the Heavens concerning the end of `Abb?sids? Dominion -- $tBeginnings of the Tribulation in Syria -- $tThe Triumph of the Lowliest and Weakest of Peoples -- $tRefuges from Tribulations -- $tThe Center of Islam is in Syria -- $tThe First Portent will be the Portent of the Berbers and the Westerners -- $tThe Appearance of the Berbers and the Westerners -- $tThe Corruption and Fighting of the Berbers in Syria and Egypt, and whoever fights them, and the end of their appearance, and the evil conduct that will happen at their hands -- $tThe Description of the Sufy?n?, His Name and Ancestry -- $tThe Beginning of the Appearance of the Sufy?n? -- $tThe Three Flags -- $tThe Flags that will disperse in the Lands of Egypt and Syria, and other [countries], and the Sufy?n? and his Victory over them -- $tThe Conflict between the `Abb?sids, and the Easterners, and the Sufy?n? and the Marw?nids in Syria towards Iraq -- $tThe Conflict between the People of Syria, the `Abb?sid rulers at al-Raqqa, and what the Sufy?n? will do -- $tWhat the Sufy?n? will do in the Suburbs of Baghdad and Madinat al-Zawra? when his Expedition will reach Iraq, and the Destruction that will happen -- $tThe Sufy?n? and his Army enter K?fa -- $tThe Mahdi?s Black Banners after the `Abb?sids? Banners, and what will happen between the Sufy?n??s army and the `Abb?sids -- $tThe Beginning of the End for the Sufy?n?, and the Appearance of the H?shimi from Khur?s?n leading the Black Banners, and the Fighting between them until the Horsemen of the Sufy?n? reach the East -- $tThe Sufy?n? will meet the Black Banners in Battle, and there will be an Apocalyptic Battle between them, in which the People will desire the Mahdi and seek him -- $tSending the Troops to Medina and the Killing that will happen in it -- $tSwallowing up of the Sufy?ni?s Troops that he will send to the Mahdi -- $tThe Signs of the Mahdi in his Appearance -- $tAnother Sign at the Time of the Mahdi?s Appearance -- $tThe People?s Gathering Together at Mecca to swear to the Mahdi in it, and the Confusion, Fighting, Seeking the Mahdi that will happen that year in Mecca after the Battle and their Gathering to him -- $tThe Mahdi?s Departure from Mecca to Jerusalem and Syria, after which they will swear to him, and His Traveling towards the Sufy?ni and his Supporters -- $tThe Conduct and Justice of the Mahdi and the Plenty of his Time -- $tThe Description of the Mahdi -- $tThe Name of the Mahdi -- $tThe Ancestry of the Mahdi -- $tThe Length of the Mahdi?s Reign -- $tWhat will happen after the Mahdi -- $tThe Raid on India -- $tWhat will happen in ?im? during the administration of the Qa???n?, and between Qu??`a and Yaman after the Mahdi -- $tAl-?`m?q and the Conquest of Constantinople -- $tThe Imam of the Muslims in Jerusalem and his Victory on the Plain of Acre, and the Conquest of ?im? -- $tConcerning the Appearance of the Byzantines in Alexandria, the Edges of Mi?r and its Harbors (maw?h?z) -- $tWhat will happen to People previous to the Appearance of the Antichrist -- $tSigns before the Appearance of the Antichrist -- $tWhere will the Antichrist appear? -- $tThe Appearance of the Antichrist, his Conduct, and the Corruption at his hands -- $tThe Length of the Antichrist?s Staying -- $tJesus son of Mary will kill the Antichrist at the Gate of Lydda at the distance of sixteen Cubits -- $tRefuges from the Antichrist -- $tJesus? Return and his Conduct -- $tThe Length of Jesus? Staying after his Return -- $tThe Appearance of Gog and Magog -- $tSwallowing up by the Earth, Earthquakes, Tremors, and Metempsychosis -- $tConcerning the Fire that will Gather [People] to Syria -- $tAmong the Portents of the Hour -- $tThe Portents of the Hour after the Rising of the Sun from the West -- $tThe Rising of the Sun from the West -- $tThe Appearance of the Beast (D?bba) -- $tThe Ethiopians -- $tThe Emergence of the Ethiopians -- $tThe Turks -- $tThe Times, Months, and Days that are Dated in the Tribulations -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 8 $aThis is an annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work 'The Book of Tribulations' - the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive. 410 0$aEdinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology. 517 3 $aSyrian Muslim apocalyptic tradition 606 $aHadith$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aIslamic eschatology$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aEnd of the world (Islam) 608 $aEarly works.$2fast 615 0$aHadith 615 0$aIslamic eschatology 615 0$aEnd of the world (Islam) 676 $a297.1247 686 $aEN 2830$2rvk 700 $aal-Marwazi$b Nu'aym b. 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