They ended up denying it and considering it an alien belief to Islam, and from previous religions. This position has no scientific basis, and does not take into account the foundational texts transmitted in succession regarding these beliefs.
In this research, the positions of a number of orientalists (Jews and Christians), regarding the Mahdist thesis, will be reviewed and discussed, in two independent titles. In a third title, in which their Quranic authenticity was investigated, we reviewed a number of verses interpreted in Imam Mahdi (PBUH), which were addressed by interpretive encyclopedias for both Sunnis and Shiites.
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