Al-Malhama Al-Kubra
Al-Malḥamat Al-Kubra () is an apocalyptic great battle to occur in the end times according to Islamic eschatology. The Malhama Al-Kubra is prophesied to be the most brutal battle in human history. It generally corresponds to the battle of Armageddon in Christian eschatology, and occurs soon before the emergence of the Dajjal (Antichrist). Meaning. "Al-Malḥamat Al-Kubrā" literally means The Greatest Battle. In Arabic "malḥama" or "malḥamat" (plural "malāḥim") can signify a fierce war with considerable atrocities and killing, a similar battle within such a war, bloody combat, or massacre. In the plural  form "Malāḥim" also came to signify a distinct genre of hadith narrations concerning prophecies of apocalyptic wars and battles. "Kubrā" is the feminine superlative degree version of the word "kabīr", which signifies immensity or greatness. The prefixed article "al-" makes both words in the phrase definite and further signifies the singular immensity of the phrase. Significance. The "Malhama Al-Kubra" is detailed in multiple hadith narrations with varying details. However the basic narrative framework of the cycle of prophecies found in Islamic eschatology is as follows. This battle is said to occur after the Muslims and Christian Romans victoriously fight  alongside each other against a common enemy. Following their victory a conflict will break out in which a Christian claims that the cross brought them victory, a Muslim in response claims that God brought them victory and proceeds to destroy the cross, which leads to further reprisals from the Christian side. This culminates in the "Malhama Al-Kubra", an apocalyptic scale battle so intense, according to some "hadith" narrations, that were a bird to pass their flanks, "it would fall down dead before reaching the end of them." The traditional account continues, in the immediate wake of this battle, Constantinople  will be conquered by the Muslims, which will be followed by the coming of the Antichrist, known in Arabic as Dajjal, which will be followed by the Second Coming - the descent of Jesus Christ('Isa). He will kill the Dajjal, the tradition continues, kill the swine, abolish the "jizya" tax and destroy the cross. He will follow the religion of the prophet Muhammad and will pray behind Mahdi. Certain places are significant in the "Malhama Al-Kubra" narrative cycle. One of the significant locations is Dabiq, Syria, where many texts say it will take place. Alexandria Egypt, Damascus, and Jerusalem are  also significant places in the prophecies. Contemporary interpretations. Some contemporary exegetes have linked the "Malhama Al-Kubra" to nuclear war. Some contemporary Muslim exegesis suggests that the Romans referred to in the prophecy variously correspond to the Gulf War coalition, or the Russians, because Russia is the most populous Orthodox Christian country and considers itself the inheritor of the Eastern Roman Empire, or contemporary Europeans. Other contemporary interpretations have claimed the Romans referred to as being the inheritors of Rome, including the Ottomans.