Second Coming

===Ahmadiyya===
[[File:Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad2.jpg|thumb|[[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]]|left|upright=0.7]]
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The [[Ahmadiyya]] movement believe that the promised [[Mahdi]] and Messiah arrived in the person of [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] (1835–1908). This is widely rejected by other Muslims, who do not regard Ahmadis as a legitimate sect of Islam.

The ''[[hadith]]'' (sayings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) and the [[Bible]] indicated that Jesus would return during the latter days. Islamic tradition commonly depicts that Jesus, upon his second coming, would be an ''Ummati'' (Muslim) and a follower of Muhammad and that he would revive the truth of Islam rather than fostering a new religion.

The Ahmadiyya movement interpret the Second Coming of Jesus prophesied as being that of a person "similar to Jesus" (''mathīl-i ʿIsā'') and not his physical return, in the same way as [[John the Baptist]] resembled the character of the biblical prophet [[Elijah]] in Christianity. Ahmadis believe that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (the founder of the movement) demonstrated that the prophecy in Muslim and Christian religious texts were traditionally misunderstood to suggest that Jesus of Nazareth himself would return, and hold that Jesus survived the [[Crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion]] and later died a natural death. Ahmadis consider Ghulam Ahmad, in both his character and teachings, to be representative of Jesus, and that he attained the same spiritual rank of Prophethood as Jesus. Thus, Ahmadis believe this prediction was fulfilled and continued by his movement.<ref>[http://www.alislam.org/library/books/promisedmessiah/index.htm?page=63 "A Prophet Like Unto Moses"], The Promised Mehdi and Messiha, by Aziz Ahmad Chaudhry, Islam International Publications Limited</ref><ref name="muslim.org">[http://www.muslim.org/bookspdf/fourques.pdf The Four Questions Answered], by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, AAIIL 1996</ref>