In the last part of each passage He mentions an event that shall mark the time of the coming--in one case the ending of the Jewish exile and the restoration of Jerusalem, and in the other the preaching of the gospel in all the world.

It is startling to find that both of these signs are being literally fulfilled in our own times.

If these parts of the prophecy are as true as the rest, it follows that we must be living now in the "time of the end" of which Christ spoke.
Muhammad also mentions certain signs which will persist until the Day of Resurrection.

In the Qur'an we read:-- When Allah said: "O Jesus! Verily I will cause thee to die, and exalt thee towards Me, and clear thee of the charges of those who disbelieve, and will place those who follow thee [that is, Christians] above those who disbelieve [Jews and others], until the Day of Resurrection; then to Me shall be your return, so I will decide between you concerning that in which you differed."-- Sura iii, 54.
"The Hand of God," say the Jews, "is chained up." Their own hands shall be chained up--and for that which they have said shall they be cursed.

Nay! outstretched are both His hands! At His own pleasure doth He bestow gifts.