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What is the weapon the Mahdi will use, and what precisely does "having a aquiline nose" mean?

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The type of weapon that the Mahdi and Jesus, peace be upon him, will use to fight at the end of time is a matter of disagreement among contemporary scholars, and it is difficult to determine definitively without an explicit text. As for "aqnā al-anf" (hooked nose), it means a long nose with a thin tip and a raised bridge.

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