Quora Answer: Is There a Resemblance between Belief in the Return of the Prophet Elijah (a.s.) & the Return of the Mahdi (a.s.)?
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is my answer to a Quora question: “ Is there a resemblance between belief in return of the prophet Elijah ( a.s. ), and the return of the Mahdi ( a.s. )? ” If I understand this correctly, the question here is whether Elijah ( a.s. ) and the Mahdi ( a.s. ) are the same person since they are expected to appear in some traditions of Christian and Muslim eschatology respectively. The belief in the return of the Elijah ( a.s. ) is found here: Malachi 4:5-6 5 And before ever that day comes, great day and terrible, I will Send Elias to be your prophet; 6 he it is shall reconcile heart of father to son, heart of son to father; else the whole of earth should be forfeit to my vengeance. 5 ὃς ἀποκαταστήσει καρδίαν πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν καὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ μὴ ἔλθω καὶ πατάξω τὴν γῆν ἄρδην 6 μνήσθητε νόμου Μωυσῆ τοῦ δούλου μου καθότι ἐνετειλάμην αὐτῷ ἐν Χωρηβ πρὸς πάντα τὸν Ισραηλ ...