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Al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah
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Al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah ( Arabic : النفس الزكية , lit. ' the Pure Soul ' , Persian : نفس زکیه , romanized : Al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah ), according to Shia Islamic eschatology , is one of the apocalyptic characters that Mahdi will send as his envoy to Mecca before his reappearance which will end the Major Occultation . He will be killed in Mecca and his death is one of the signs of the Mahdi in Shia Islam.
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one of the apocalyptic characters that muhammad al-mahdi
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one of the apocalyptic characters that mahdi will send as his envoy to mecca before his reappearance which will
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