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the prophets)
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TIMES
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HAZRAT
MAHDI (AS)
MARCH, 2011
About the Author
Now writing under the pen-name of HARUN YAHYA,
Adnan Oktar was born in Ankara in 1956. Having completed
his primary and secondary education in Ankara, he studied fine
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 10
CHAPTER I
Signs of the Last Day in the
Qur'an 12
CHAPTER II
The End Times and the
Emergence of Hazrat Mahdi
(as) 35
CHAPTER III
The Golden Age 57
CHAPTER IV
Signs of the End Times from
Surat al-Kahf 63
CHAPTER IV
The Prophet Solomon (as) 82
CONCLUSION 107
APPENDIX
The Deception of Evolution 109
I NTRODUCTION
T
he End Times (or the Last Days) may not
be a familiar concept to many people.
Therefore, we first give a brief explanation of it. The End
Times means 'the last era.' According to Islamic literature,
it is a period of time that is close to the Last Day.
The signs in the Qur'an and the extensive references to
the End Times provided in the Hadith literature brings us
to a very important conclusion. It is indicated in verses and
hadiths that there are two phases of the End Times. The
first phase is a period when all people will suffer material
and spiritual problems. Following this, Earth will enter
upon a period of salvation called the 'Golden Age,' which
is characterized by bounty and blessings due to the prevalence of true religious moral values. With the end of the
Golden Age, there will be a rapid social collapse and people will begin to wait for the Last Day.
In this book, we examine the End Times in the light of
verses and hadiths. It is clear that the signs in question
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have now started to appear one after another, just as described in these references. The advent of these signs heralded fourteen centuries ago are great occurrences that increase believers' faith in and loyalty to Allah. It is surely
not a coincidence that, in such a short period of time, all of
these signs appeared one after another. These signs are
good news to Allah's servants.
The account of events related in the following pages is
prepared according to the guidance of the verse, 'Say:
'Praise be to Allah. He will show you His signs, and you
will recognize them. Your Lord is not unaware of what
you do'' (Surat an-Naml: 93).
Another issue we need to stress here is that Allah
knows the best of everything. As is in every other subject,
we have no knowledge other than that about which He informs us.
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S IGNS
OF THE
LAST DAY IN THE
QUR'AN
The signs of the Last Day in the Qur'an
What are they awaiting but for the Hour to come upon
them suddenly? Its signs have already come. What good
will their Reminder be to them when it does arrive?
(Surah Muhammad: 18)
From this verse we learn that in the Qur'an Allah describes signs that announce the coming of the Last Day. In
order to understand the signs of this 'great announcement'
we must reflect upon these verses. Otherwise, as indicated
in the verse, one’s thinking will be of no use when the Last
Day is suddenly upon people.
The Hour is near
Allah reveals in the Qur'an that there can be no doubt
that the Last Day is near.
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And the Hour is coming without any doubt ... (Surat alHajj: 7)
We did not create the heavens and earth and everything
between them, except with truth. The Hour is certainly
coming. (Surat al-Hijr: 85)
There may be some who think that the message of the
Qur'an concerning the Last Day was revealed more than
1400 years ago and that this is a long time compared to the
length of a human life. But here, it is a question of the end
of the world, the Sun and the stars, in short, of everything.
When we consider that the universe is billions of years old,
fourteen centuries is a very short period of time.
The supremacy of the morality
of Islam in the world
Allah announces that those who serve Him purely,
without associating any of His creatures as so-called divinities besides Him, and do good works to win His favor,
will be endowed with power and authority.
Allah has promised those of you who believe and do
right actions that He will make them successors in the
land as He made those before them successors, and will
firmly establish for them their religion with which He is
pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security.
'They worship Me, not associating anything with Me.'
Any who are unbelievers after that, such people are deviators. (Surat an-Nur: 55)
In a number of verses, it is also said that it is a Divine
law that those servants who are faithful and live the true
religious moral values in their hearts will be made the inheritors of the world:
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We wrote down in the Psalms, after the Reminder came:
'It is My righteous servants who will inherit the earth.'
(Surat al-Anbiya': 105)
We will leave you the land to live in after them. That is
the reward of those who fear My station and fear My
threat. (Surah Ibrahim: 14)
Allah will surely keep His promises. The high morality
that will conquer perverse philosophies, distorted ideologies and false religious understanding is Islamic morality.
The unbelievers and pagans cannot prevent this from happening.
The splitting of the Moon
The 54th Surah of the Qur'an is called 'Surat al-Qamar.'
In English qamar means Moon. In several instances in this
Surah, Allah tells about the destruction that befell Ad,
Thamud, the peoples of the Prophets Noah (as) and Lot
(as), and Pharaoh, because they rejected the warnings of
the prophets. At the same time, there is a very important
message stated in the first verse, concerning the Last Day.
The Hour has drawn near and the Moon has split. (Surat
al-Qamar: 1)
The word 'split' used in this verse is the Arabic shaqqa,
which in Arabic has various meanings. In some commentaries on the Qur'an, the meaning 'split' is preferred. But
shaqqa in Arabic can also mean 'plowing' or 'digging' the
earth.
As an example of the first usage, we can refer to the
26th verse of Surat al-Abasa:
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We pour down plentiful water, then split the earth into
furrows. Then We make grain grow in it, and grapes and
herbs and olives and dates. (Surah 'Abasa: 25-29)
It can be clearly seen that the meaning of shaqqa here is
not to 'split.' It means to plough the earth in order to grow
various plants.
If we went back to the year 1969, we would see one of
the great wonders of the Qur'an. The experiments carried
out on the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969, may be
hinting at the fulfillment of news given 1,400 years ago in
Surat al-Qamar. On that date, American astronauts set foot
on the Moon. Digging at the lunar soil they carried out scientific experiments and collected samples of stones and
soil. It is surely very interesting that these developments
are in complete agreement with the statements in the verse.
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Along with this, also in October 2009, there has been a
development which points out to this event mentioned in
the verse. NASA, who has been carrying on searches on the
Moon for finding water, bombed the Moon and with the effect of this strike, a dust cloud weighing 350 tons formed.
That means, the surface of the Moon split for another time.
As Allah reveals in the Qur'an, the Moon is split when the
time of the "Hour," the coming of the Prophet Jesus (as), the
appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as), the appearance of
Dabbat al-Ardh approached. As is seen, this verse refers to
these events besides the miracle of the splitting of the
Moon, vouchsafed by Allah to our Prophet (saas).
The signs described by the Prophet
(saas) are occurring one after the other
In the hadiths that have come down to us from the
Prophet (saas), news is given concerning the End Times
and the Golden Age of Islam. When we compare these
signs with the events that are taking place in our time, we
can see many indications that we are living through the
End Times and which also herald the arrival of the Golden
Age of Islam.
The hadiths in the coming sections of this book contain
such information given by the Prophet (saas) in this regard.
One very significant evidence proving that these hadiths are authentic, trustworthy and correct, is that all
these signs referred to in the hadiths have taken place one
after the other in the last 30 years since Hijri 1400. The realization of the incidents mentioned in these hadiths confirms the authenticity of these hadiths, as also expressed by
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi.1
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Some of the signs related in the hadiths were observable in some part of the world in any period during the
1400 year history of Islam, but that would not have proven
that that period was the End Times. For a certain period to
be called the End Times, all the signs of the Last Day must
be observed to be occurrence in that same period. This is
expressed in a hadith:
Signs following one another like the pieces of a necklace falling
one after the other when its string is cut. (Tirmidhi)
In the hadiths, the beginning of the End Times is described as when discord grows, and war and conflict are on
the increase, when there is disorder, and moral degeneration rears its head and people turn away from the morality
of religion. At the time in question, natural disasters will
occur all over the world, poverty will reach unseen levels,
there will be a large increase in the crime rate, and murder
and brutality everywhere. Yet this will be only the first
stage. During the second phase, Allah will rescue mankind
from this disorder and replace it with a blessed existence
full of plenty, peace and security.
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Wars and anarchy
Allah's Messenger (saas) said: 'The Harj (will increase).' They
asked, 'What is the Harj?' He replied, '(It is) killing (murdering), (it is) murdering (killing).' (Bukhari)
The Hour will come when violence, bloodshed, and anarchy become common. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Muntakhab Kanzul
Ummaal)
The world will not come to an end until a day would come to the
people on which there will be general massacre and bloodshed.
(Muslim)
If we look at the last fourteen centuries, we see that
wars were regional before the twentieth century. However,
wars that affected everyone in the world, political systems,
entire economies and social structures, have happened
only comparatively recently, in the two world wars. In
World War I, more than 20 million died; in World War II,
the toll was more than 50 million. At the same time, World
War II is acknowledged to have been the bloodiest, the
greatest and the most destructive war in history.
The conflicts that occurred after World War II—the
Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the ArabIsraeli conflict, and the Gulf War—are among the most critical events of our time. Likewise, regional wars, conflicts
and civil wars, have caused destruction in many parts of
the world. In places such as Bosnia, Palestine, Chechnya,
Afghanistan, Kashmir and many others, problems continue to afflict humanity.
Another instance of a type of disorder that concerns
human beings as much as war is organized international
terror. As authorities on the subject also agree, acts of ter-
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ror have multiplied in the latter half of the twentieth century.2 Indeed, it is even possible to say that terror is a phenomenon
particular
to
the
twentieth
century.2
Organizations devoted to racism, communism and similar
ideologies, or with nationalistic aims, have engaged in acts
of brutality with the help of the developing technology.
Within the world's recent history, acts of terror have, time
and again, fomented disorder. Much blood has been shed
and countless innocent people have been maimed or killed.
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The destruction of great cities:
wars and disasters
Great cities will be ruined and it will be as if they had not existed the day before. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat
al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 38)
The ruin of great cities spoken of in this hadith brings
to mind the destruction that now arises from war and various natural disasters. Recently developed nuclear
weapons, aircraft, bombs, missiles, and other modern
weapons, have caused untold destruction. These weapons
with their enormous destructive power have brought
about a degree of destruction never before seen. Indeed,
the great cities targeted are most affected by this destruction. The incomparable destruction of the Second World
War is an example of this. With the use of the atom bomb
in world's greatest war, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were
Hiroshima
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completely destroyed. As a result of heavy bombing,
European capitals and other important cities suffered a
great amount of damage.
In the last few years, hurricanes, storms, typhoons and
other such disasters have had a destructive effect on the
American continent as well as in several other places in the
world. In addition, floods have caused mudslides, which
have engulfed certain centers of population. Furthermore,
earthquakes, volcanoes and tidal waves have also caused
great devastation. Therefore, all this destruction brought
upon the great cities by these calamities is an important
sign in each case.
Earthquakes
The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until ... earthquakes
will be very frequent. (Bukhari)
There are two great events before the Day of Judgment... and
then years of earthquakes. (Narrated by Umm Salama r.a.,
Ramuz al-Ahadith, 187/2)
In the last few years, major earthquakes have occurred
repeatedly and are among the foremost fears of people
around the world. If we look at the data collected by the
American National Earthquake Information Center for
1999, we find that 20,832 earthquakes happened somewhere in the world. As a result, an estimated 22,711 persons lost their lives.3
When the figures of the past are examined, we see that
the number of earthquakes was very few. According to US
Geological Survey (USGS) reports, the number of earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.0 or greater that took place
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during the four hundred years between 1955 and 1975 was
only 110. According to the data of the same institution,
within only the 23 years between 1980 and 2003, the number of earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.5 or more was
1685.4
Poverty
The poor will grow in number. (Al-Sharani, Mukhtasar
Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 455)
Gains will be shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to
the poor. (Tirmidhi)
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Obviously, that period indicated by the Prophet (saas)
describes conditions in our day. If we look at past centuries, we see that the difficulties and anxiety brought
about by drought, war and other calamities were temporary and limited to a particular region. However, today,
the poverty and difficulty of earning a living are permanent and endemic.
In the world today, poverty has reached grave proportions. The last report by UNICEF stated that one in four
people of the world's population lives in 'unimaginable
suffering and want.'5 1.3 billion of the world's people survive on less than $1 a day. Three billion people in the
world today struggle to survive on $2 a day.6
Approximately 1.3 billion people lack safe water. 2.6 billion people are without access to adequate sanitation.7
The collapse of moral values
The Hour will come when adultery becomes widespread. (AlHaythami, Kitab al-Fitan)
The Last Hour will not be established until they (wicked people)
commit adultery on the roads (public ways). (Ibn Hibban and
Bazzar)
Men will imitate women; and women will imitate men. (Allama
Jalaluddin Suyuti, Durre-Mansoor)
People will indulge in homosexuality and lesbianism. (AlMuttaqi al-Hindi, Muntakhab Kanzul Ummaal)
There will be prevalence of open illegal intercourse. (Bukhari)
The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until ... murders
will increase. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p.
109)
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In our day, there is a great danger that threatens the
world's social fabric. In the same way as a virus kills the
human body, this danger brings about subtle social collapse. This danger is the degradation of those moral values
that help to maintain a healthy society. Homosexuality,
prostitution, pre-marital and extra-marital sex, sexual misdemeanors, pornography, sexual harassment and the increase of sex-related illnesses, are a number of important
indications of the collapse of moral values.
Hadiths on the rejection of the true religion and the moral values of the Qur'an
Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during
which (religious) knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and
general ignorance will spread... (Bukhari)
There will be a little black trial which will not fail to afflict
everyone of this community and then when people think it is finished it will start all over again. During it a man may be a believer in the morning and an unbeliever in the evening. (Abu
Dawud)
There will be a time when people will recite the Qur’an, but it
will not go further than their throats [into their hearts].
(Muhammet Sevgili-Hasan Akdag, Son Zamanlarla ilgili
Hadisler [Hadiths about the End Times], p. 61)
Before the Last Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a
dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and
an infidel in the evening, or a believer in the evening and infidel
in the morning. (Abu Dawud)
A time will come when a man will not care about how he gets
things, whether lawful or unlawful. (Bukhari)
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The Last Hour will not be established until there will remain
those people who will neither be aware of the virtues and never
prevent the vices. (Ahmad)
The Last Hour will not come before Allah takes His religion
away from the people of the earth, leaving no one in it but heathens who do not recognize right or object to wrong. (Reported
by Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As)
The emergence of false prophets
The Hour will not be established until about thirty liars appear,
and each one of them will claim that he is Allah's Apostle…
(Muslim, Kitab al-Fitan p. 43; Sunan Abu Dawud)
Experts have noted that there has been a proliferation
of so-called messiahs that began to appear in the 1970s and
which has since increased substantially.
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The Prophet Jesus' (as) return to earth
Allah did not allow the unbelievers to martyr the
Prophet Jesus (as), but took him up into His Own Presence,
and announced the good news to humanity that he will return to Earth in the End Times. In the Qur'an He provides
information about the Prophet Jesus’ (as) return in several
instances:
• He says in one verse that the unbelievers who set a
trap to martyr the Prophet Jesus (as) did not succeed:
(And We cursed them) for their saying, 'We killed the
Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Messenger of Allah.' They
did not kill him and they did not crucify him but it was
made to seem so to them. Those who argue about him
are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge of it,
just conjecture. But they certainly did not kill him.
(Surat an-Nisa': 157)
• In another verse Allah says that the Prophet Jesus (as)
did not die, but was taken from the human sphere into the
Presence of Allah:
Allah raised him up to Himself. Allah is Almighty, AllWise. (Surat an-Nisa': 158)
• In the 55th verse of Surah Al 'Imran, we learn that
Allah will place the people who follow the Prophet Jesus
(as) above those who disbelieve until the Day of
Resurrection. It is an historical fact that, 2000 years ago, the
Prophet Jesus’ (as) disciples had no political power.
Christians who lived between that period and our own
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have believed a number of false doctrines, the chief of
which is the doctrine of the Trinity. Therefore, as is evident,
they will not be able to be referred to as followers of the
Prophet Jesus (as), because, as Allah says in several places
in the Qur'an, those who believe in the Trinity have slipped
into denial. In such a case, in the time before the Hour, the
true followers of the Prophet Jesus (as) will overcome the
unbelievers and become the manifestation of the Divine
promise contained in Surah Al 'Imran. Surely, this blessed
group will be made known when the Prophet Jesus (as) returns again to earth.
• Again, it is stated in the Qur'an that all the People of
the Book will believe in the Prophet Jesus (as) before he
dies:
There is not one of the People of the Book who will not
believe in him (Jesus) before he dies; and on the Day of
Resurrection he will be a witness against them. (Surat
an-Nisa': 159)
We learn clearly from this verse that there are three
Divine promises that have not yet been realized concerning
the Prophet Jesus (as). First, like every other human being,
the Prophet Jesus (as) will die. Second, all the People of the
Book will see him in bodily form and will obey him while
he is alive. There is no doubt that these two predictions will
be fulfilled when the Prophet Jesus (as) comes again before
the Last Day. The third prediction about the Prophet Jesus’
(as) bearing witness against the People of the Book will be
fulfilled on the Last Day.
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• In another verse in Surah Maryam, Allah reveals that
the Prophet Jesus (as) will return to Earth in the End Times
that we are living in:
Peace be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die
and the day I am raised up again alive. (Surah Maryam: 33)
When we examine this verse together with the 55th
verse of Surah Al 'Imran, we can recognize a very important fact. In the verse in Surah Al 'Imran Allah speaks about
the Prophet Jesus’ (as) being raised to the Presence of
Allah. In this verse, no information is given as to whether
the Prophet Jesus (as) died or not. But in the 33rd verse of
Surah Maryam, the Prophet Jesus’ (as) death is referred to.
This second death is possible only if he came to earth again
and died after living here for some time. (Allah knows the
truth.)
• Another verse that alludes to the Prophet Jesus’ (as)
return to earth reads:
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He will teach him (Jesus) the Book and Wisdom, and the
Torah and the Gospel. (Surah Al 'Imran: 48)
To understand the reference to the 'Book' mentioned in
this verse, we must look at other verses in the Qur'an that
are relevant to this subject: if the Book is stated in one verse
together with the Torah and the Gospel, then it must mean
the Qur'an.
We know that the Prophet Jesus (as) knew the Torah
and the Gospel during his lifetime, that is, approximately
2000 years ago. Clearly, it will be the Qur'an that he will
learn when he comes to earth again.
• In verse 59 of Surah Al 'Imran, Allah reveals a very
significant piece of information: 'The likeness of Jesus in
Allah's Sight is the same as Adam...' In this verse we can
see there must be a number of similarities between the two
prophets. As we know, both the Prophet Adam (as) and
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Torah
Jesus (as) had no father, but we may
draw a further similarity from the above
verse, between the
Prophet Adam's (as)
descending to earth
from Paradise and
the Prophet Jesus’
(as)
descent
from
Allah's Presence in
the End Times.
• Allah reveals in
the Qur'an the following information about the Prophet
Jesus (as):
He (Jesus) is a sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it.
But follow me. This is a straight path. (Surat az-Zukhruf:
61)
We know that the Prophet Jesus (as) lived six centuries
before the Qur'an was revealed. Therefore, this verse must
refer, not to his first life, but to his coming again during the
End Times. Both the Christian and the Islamic world are
eagerly awaiting the Prophet Jesus’ (as) second coming.
This blessed guest's honored presence on the earth will be
the important sign of the Last Day.
• Further evidence of the second coming of the Prophet
Jesus (as) can be found in the use of the word wakahlan in
Surah Maida 110 and Surah Al 'Imran 46. In these verses,
we are revealed these commands:
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Remember when Allah said, 'Jesus, son of Mary, remember My blessing to you and to your mother when I
reinforced you with the Purest Spirit so that you could
speak to people in the cradle and when you were fully
grown (wakahlan) ...' (Surat al-Ma'ida: 110)
He will speak to people in the cradle, and also when
fully grown (wakahlan), and will be one of the righteous. (Surah Al 'Imran: 46)
This word occurs only in these two verses and only in
reference to the Prophet Jesus (as). The word is used to describe the Prophet Jesus’ (as) more mature age. The word
refers to the age between 30 and 50, that is, to the end of
youth and the beginning of old age. Islamic scholars are
agreed in translating this word to refer to a period after the
age of 35.
Islamic scholars rely on a tradition related by Ibn Abbas
to the effect that the Prophet Jesus (as) was raised to the
Presence of Allah when he was young, that is, at the beginning of his 30s, and that when he comes to earth again, he
will have 40 years left to live. The Prophet Jesus (as) will
progress into his old age after he has returned to earth, so
this verse may be said to be a proof of his second coming to
earth.8
The Prophet (saas) told of
the Prophet Jesus’ (as) second coming
There are a few hadiths from the Prophet (saas) that
refer to the second coming of the Prophet Jesus (as). The
Islamic scholar Shawkani stated that there are 29 hadiths
about the Prophet Jesus’ (as) return, and that the information contained in these hadiths could not have been falsi-
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fied. (Ibn Majah) (For further details, see, Harun Yahya, The
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) Did Not Die)
By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, son of Mary, Jesus, will
shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims) as a just ruler.
(Bukhari)
The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary (i.e. the
Prophet Jesus [as]) descends amongst you as a just ruler.
(Bukhari)
The Prophet (saas) tells what the Prophet Jesus (as) will
do when he returns:
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Jesus (as), son of Mary (as), will descend, rule for 40 years with
the book of Allah and my sunnah, and die. (Al-Muttaqi alHindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman)
Jesus (as), son of Mary (as), will be a just judge and just ruler
(in my community), break and crush the cross [annul the worship of the cross] and kill the pig [inform that eating pork is forbidden]... The earth will be so filled of peace as a vessel is filled
with water. The entire world shall recite and follow one and the
same Word and none shall be worshipped except Allah. (Ibn
Majah)
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T HE END TIMES
EMERGENCE
OF HAZRAT MAHDI
(AS)
AND THE
S
ome important explanations about the End
Times are as follows: During the terrible
disorder of the final times, Allah will use a servant having
superior morality known as the Mahdi (the guide to the
truth), to invite humanity back to the right path. Hazrat
Mahdi's (as) first task will be to wage a war of ideas within
the Islamic world and to turn those Muslims who have
moved away from Islam's true essence back to true belief
and morality. At this point, he has three basic tasks:
1. Tearing down all philosophical systems that deny
Allah's Existence and support atheism.
2. Intellectually fighting superstition by freeing Islam
from the yoke of those hypocritical individuals who have
corrupted it, and then revealing and implementing true
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Islamic morality based on the Qur'an.
3. Strengthening the entire Islamic world, both politically and socially, and then bringing about peace, security
and well-being in addition to solving societal problems.
According to many hadiths, the Prophet Jesus (as) will
return to Earth at the same time, and will call upon all
Christians and Jews, in particular, to abandon their current
superstitions and to live by the Qur'an. As the Christians
hearken to him, the Islamic and Christian worlds will come
together in one faith, and the world will experience that period of great peace, security, happiness, and well-being
known as the Golden Age.
SIGNS OF HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS)
EMERGENCE
Pervasive corruption
While a corrupt environment enables believers with
strong faith to increase their faith and patience, and their
rewards in the Hereafter, it may lead those with weak and
superficial faith to lose their faith or weaken it further.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come when the existing corrupt environment is extremely intense and severe.
Hazrat Mahdi (as), one of my children, comes into being, by the
blessing of Allah, upon the approach of the Day of Judgment; the
weakening of the believers' hearts because of death, hunger, fitnah and the disappearance of the Sunnah; and the emergence of
innovations and the loss of means by which to enjoin the right
and forbid the wrong. His justice and prosperity will ease the believers' hearts, and friendship and love will settle between the
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non-Arab and the Arab nations. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, AlBurhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 66)
Disorder, strife, and fear will emerge in the Magrib (west)...
Strife will proliferate. (Ash-Sharani, Mukhtasar Tazkirah alQurtubi, p. 440)
A kind of corruption will surface from which no party will be
able to protect itself, and spread immediately in every direction.
This situation will persist until one comes and says: “O people,
from now on your leader is Hazrat Mahdi (as).” (Ibn Hajar alHaythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi alMuntadhar, p. 23)
Our Prophet (saas) speaks of a corruption that will
touch everybody and spread quickly. In other words, a certain type of corruption that is known to everybody and opposes religion and Allah will target the people's faith.
Today, materialist philosophy is the largest and most comprehensive trend designed to foolishly deny Allah's
Charles Darwin
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Existence and creation. Underlying this philosophy is the
'theory of evolution,' which provides it with a self-proclaimed 'scientific' basis. Even though it is not based on any
scientific and logical evidence, certain materialist circles
throughout the world continue to work for its acceptance
by using methods associated with strong propaganda, deceit, and even fraud.
Today, as this theory has penetrated almost every
household by means of both the press and television, almost everyone in the Muslim world and everywhere else
has heard of it. This theory is first presented as a so-called
fact when people are children by means of countless lies
and deceit. As they grow older, they continue to be misled
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by such funny nonsense that they, and humanity as a
whole, came into being merely as a result of coincidences
and that they descended from monkeys. Youths of all age
are brainwashed at all stages of their education by evolutionist lies.
There is a noteworthy point here. As our Prophet (saas)
noted in one of his hadiths, corruption's global pervasiveness and rapid spread can materialize only when suitable
technological means are available, as they are today (e.g.,
the press, publications, broadcasting, the Internet, and
satellite communication). As the relevant technology did
not exist in the past, corruption could not spread throughout the world. As a result, no other worldwide corruption
that had declared war against Allah's Existence, creation,
and religion was seen in the past. All of these are among
the important signs that Hazrat Mahdi's (as) advent coincides with the present time.
Religious prohibitions gaining acceptance
The prevailing lifestyle in some societies of our own
time, which has spread so widely in the last several
decades and makes no distinction between what religion
prohibits and allows, while tolerating all kinds of debauchery, reflects the environment depicted in the hadiths.
Several hadiths describe this dark environment, the harbinger of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) emergence, as follows:
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not emerge until disbelief invades everywhere and is openly committed in public. What rules in such
times is… the invasion by disbelief. That is its power. (Imam
Rabbani, Letters of Rabbani, 2:259)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will emerge after the appearance of such vile
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corruption, whereby all prohibitions are regarded as lawful. (AlHaythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi alMuntadhar, p. 23)
Iran-Iraq War
The following hadith reveals an important war that will
take place in the End Times:
There will be tumult in Shawwal (the tenth Islamic month),
talks of war in Dhul-Qa`dah (the eleventh Islamic month), and
the outbreak of war in Dhul-Hijjah (the twelfth month).
(Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha‘ah li-ashrat
al-sa‘ah, p. 166)
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The three months referred to in this hadith coincide
with the months during which the Iran-Iraq war developed. The first uprising against the Shah took place on 5
Shawwal 1398 (8 September 1976), as indicated in the hadith, and a full-blown war broke out between Iran and Iraq
in Dhu'l-Hijjah 1400 (October 1980).
Another hadith describes the details of this war as follows:
A nation/tribe will come from the Farsi direction, saying: 'You
Arabs! You have been too zealous! If you don't give them their
due rights, nobody will have an alliance with you... It must be
given to them one day and to you the following day, and mutual
promises must be kept...' They will be going up Mutekh;
Muslims will be coming down to the plain... Mushrikun (idolaters) will be standing over there on the bank of a black river
(Rakabeh) on the other side. There will be a war between them.
Allah will deprive both armies of a victory... (Muhammad ibn
'Abd al-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 179)
- Those coming from the Farsi direction: those coming
from the Iranian side
- Farsi: Iran, Iranian
- Coming down to the plain: Plain, Iranian Plain
- Mutekh: Name of a mountain in the region
- Rakabeh: Region where the oil wells are concentrated
This hadith may draw attention to the outbreak of a
racial dispute that would cause both sides to come down to
the plain (Iranian Plain) and wage war. Further, as noted in
the hadith, the Iran-Iraq war lasted for 8 years and, despite
the many thousands of casualties, neither side could claim
victory or a decisive superiority.
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Newsweek,
11 February 1980
The Occupation of Afghanistan
Pity poor Taliqan (a region in Afghanistan) that at that place
are treasures of Allah, but these are not of gold and silver. (AlMuttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir alzaman, p. 59)
There is an indication that Afghanistan will be occupied during the Last Days. The Russian invasion of
Afghanistan took place in 1979 (1400, according to the
Islamic calendar).
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In
addition,
this
hadith
draws
attention
to
Afghanistan's material riches. Today, large oil deposits,
iron basins, and coal mines that have not been commercially exploited yet have been detected there.
Stopping the flow of the Euphrates river
Stopping and interrupting the flow of the Euphrates
river is one sign of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) emergence.
Soon the river Euphrates will disclose the treasure (the mountain) of gold, so whoever will be present at that time should not
take anything of it. (Bukhari)
It (the Euphrates) will uncover a mountain of gold (under it).
(Abu Dawud)
Many respected books of hadith mention both of these
events. Al-Suyuti mentions this hadith as 'the stopping of
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water.' Indeed, the Keban Dam has stopped the flow of the
River Euphrates.
The surrounding land has become as valuable as gold
for various reasons, such as electricity production and
higher soil fertility through the irrigation and transport facilities that Keban dam has made possible.
The Keban dam and the others constructed over the
River Euphrates resemble a concrete mountain, and wealth
as valuable as gold comes out of it. Therefore, dam takes on
the properties of 'the golden mountain.' (Allah knows the
truth.)
Eclipse of the Moon and Sun in Ramadan
There are two signs for Hazrat Mahdi (as)... The first one is the
lunar eclipse in the first night of Ramadan, and the second is the
solar eclipse in the middle of this month. (Ibn Hajar alHaythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi alMuntazar, p. 49)
There will be two solar eclipses in Ramadan before Hazrat
Mahdi’s (as) advent. (AshSharani,
Mukhtasar
Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p.
440)
... The solar eclipse in the
middle of Ramadan, and the
lunar eclipse at the end...
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, AlBurhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir al-zaman, p. 37)
A picture of the July 31, 1981,
solar eclipse.
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A picture of the 1981 eclipse carried by Sky Telescope magazine in its
July 1999 edition.
It has reached me that before Hazrat Mahdi (as) emerges the
moon will be eclipsed twice in Ramadan. (Related by Abu
Nu'aym in al-Fitan)
We understand that there will be solar and lunar
eclipses during Ramadan, these will be spaced about 14-15
days apart, and the eclipses will be repeated twice.
In line with these calculations, there was a lunar eclipse
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in 1981 (Hijri 1401) on the 15th day of Ramadan, and a solar
eclipse on the 29th day of the month. There was a "second"
lunar eclipse in 1982 (Hijri 1402) on the 14th day of
Ramadan, and a solar eclipse on the 28th day of the month.
It is also particularly significant that in that particular
instance, there was a full lunar eclipse in the middle of
Ramadan, a most striking prophecy.
The occurrence of these incidents during the same period coinciding with the signs of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) emergence, and their miraculous recurrence at the onset of the
Islamic 1400s for two consecutive years (1401-02) makes it
possible for these events to be the signs foretold in the hadiths.
Moreover, an astoundingly similar eclipse occurred in
the years 2002 and 2003.
ACTUAL ECLIPSE
Lunar Eclipse
DATE
November 20, 2002
In Hijri 1423 (in the middle of Ramadan)
15 days later
Solar Eclipse
December 4, 2002
In Hijri 1423 (at the end of Ramadan)
Lunar Eclipse
November 9, 2003
In Hijri 1424 (in the middle of Ramadan)
15 days later
Solar Eclipse
November 23, 2003
In Hijri 1424 (at the end of Ramadan)
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The rise of a comet
A star with a luminous tail will rise from the East before Hazrat
Mahdi (as) emerges. (Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rasul Barzanji,
Al-Isha‘ah li-ashrat al-sa‘ah, p. 200)
Before he arrives, a comet will appear in the east, giving out an
illumination. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi
Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 53)
The rise of that star will occur after the eclipse of the Sun and the
Moon. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir al-zaman, p. 32)
As referred to in the hadiths;
In 1986 (Hijri 1406), Halley's
comet passed by Earth. The comet is a
bright, shining star that travels from
East to West. This happened after the
lunar and solar eclipses of 1981 and
1982 (Hijri 1401-1402).
The concurrence of this star's rise
with other signs of Hazrat Mahdi's
(as) emergence indicates that Halley's
comet is the star pointed to in the hadith.
On March 6, the Soviet Vega-1 spacecraft
flew within 5,500 miles of Halley's comet,
sending back the first pictures of the
comet's icy core.
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The appearance of a double-tailed comet
resembling a horn
"When Abbasi Malik arrives at Khorasan, one of the signs of the
coming of the promised Hazrat Mahdi (as), a double-toothed,
light-shedding horn will appear in the East." (Imam Rabbani,
Maktubat, Letter 381, p. 1184)
The expression “a double-toothed, light-shedding
horn,“ described by our Prophet (saas) in the hadith as a
sign of the coming of the awaited Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the
End Times refers to the comet Lulin, which came closest to
the Earth on February 24, 2009. The way that the terms in
the hadith completely fit the characteristics of the comet
Lulin is a great miracle and glad tidings for believers awaiting the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
... double-toothed...:
The fact that the tail of the comet Lulin is forked completely matches the term double-toothed in the hadith.
... light-shedding...:
The term “light-shedding” in the hadith refers to the
brightness of the comet Lulin, which exceeded that of six
stars as it approached the Earth.
... a horn...:
The main distinguishing feature between Lulin and
other comets is that as well as the comet having a tail in the
rear of its body, it also has a tail in the front. Examination
of photographs of Lulin and its two tails immediately put
one in mind of a horn.
The hadith further describes this comet:
“The course of the constant is from West to East... Its daily passage, on the other hand, is from East to West.” (Imam Rabbani,
Maktubat, Letter 381, p. 1184)
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This refers to the movement of heavenly bodies, which
information is in full agreement with the astronomical findings of the 20th century. Indeed, all heavenly bodies travel
from West to East.
However, the expression “Its daily passage, on the
other hand, ...” indicates that the comet Lulin, as opposed to
all other heavenly bodies, travel from East to West.
The fact that these characteristics, seen in no other
heavenly body,
applies to the
comet
Lulin
and that this
ASTRONOMY MAZGAZINE
was described
fourteen
cen-
turies ago by
our
Prophet
(saas) as a portent of the coming of Hazrat
Mahdi (as) is a
great miracle.
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Storming the Ka`ba and the subsequent bloodshed
The year in which he [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will emerge, people
will perform hajj together and gather without an imam. The
Hajjis will be looted, and there will be a battle at Mina in which
many will be slain and blood will flow until it runs over the
Jamra al-'Aqaba. [Jamra: a stone pillar representing satan that
is stoned during the pilgrimage.] (Narrated by `Amr ibn
Shu`ayb, al-Hakim and Nu`aym ibn Hammad, Al-Barzanji, AlIsha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 169)
People make pilgrimage without an imam leading them. Big
wars break out when they come down to Mina, and they are entwined just the way dogs entwine, and tribes attack on each
other. This strife is so widespread that legs are buried in lakes of
blood. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir al-zaman, p. 35)
The phrase 'the year in which he will emerge' draws attention to a massacre that will occur on the date of Hazrat
Mahdi's (as) emergence. In 1979, a massacre very like this
one occured during the Ka'ba raid, which took place during the pilgrimage month. It is very interesting that this
raid occurred at the very beginning of the period during
which the signs of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) advent appeared,
that is, the first day of the Islamic year 1400 (21 November
1979).
The hadiths also mention bloodshed and massacres.
The killing of 30 people during the clashes between Saudi
soldiers and attacking militants during the raid confirms
the rest of this hadith.
Seven years later, an even bloodier incident happened
during the pilgrimage. In this incident, 402 demonstrating
pilgrims were killed, and vast amounts of blood was shed.
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TIME, 3.12.1979
In 1979, there was a massacre in an attack on the Kaaba during the hajj pilgrimage, just as had been revealed in a hadith. This bloody attack on the Kaaba took
place on Muharram 1, 1400, (November 21, 1979), in other words on the first day
of Hijri 1400, at the beginning of the period when signs of the final times began to
follow one another.
Both the Saudi soldiers and the Iranian pilgrims committed
great sins, for they killed one another. These bloody incidents have great parallels to the environment described in
the hadith.
There come the cries of war in (the month of) Shawwal with the
outbreak of war, massacre, and carnage in (the month of) Dhu'lHijja. The pilgrims are plundered in this month, the streets cannot be crossed because of the blood shed, and religious prohibitions are violated. Big sins are committed near al-Bayt alMu`addham (the Ka`ba). (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi
Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 37)
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This hadith draws attention to the incidents that will
occur near the Ka`ba. The incidents during 1407 actually
took place near the Ka`ba, and not inside it, unlike the
event of 1400. Both incidents happened just like the hadiths
indicated that they would.
Sighting a flare in the East
... the emergence of a big flare, which is seen in the east, in the
sky for three nights; the sighting of an extraordinary redness,
not as red as the usual color of the dawn; and its spread over the
In July 1991, Iraq invaded Kuwait, and as a result of the burning of the
Kuwaiti oil wells Kuwait, and the Persian Gulf were engulfed in flames.
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horizon. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat alMahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 32)
I swear that a flame will engulf you. That flame is presently
in an extinguished state in the valley called Berehut. That
flame swallows up people with terrible pain inside it, burns
down and destroys people and property, and spreads all over
the world by flying like a cloud with the assistance of winds.
Its heat at night is much higher than its daytime temperature.
By going as deep as the center of Earth from above the heads
of people, that flame becomes a terrible noise, just like the
lightning between the ground and the sky. (Ash-Sharani,
Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 461) (Al-Barzanji, AlIsha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 289)
A brief explanation of this flame, a sign of Hazrat
Mahdi's (as) advent, is as follows:
In July 1991, after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, a huge
fire spread through Kuwait and the Persian Gulf after
the Iraqis fired Kuwait's oil wells.
In addition, in the first part of the hadith the Prophet
(saas) says that the flame 'is in an extinguished state.'
Given that the flame is the result of burning an inflammable substance, what waits in an extinguished state is
not the flame itself but the material to be burnt by the
flame.
In this context, this may mean underground oil.
Berehut is the name of a well—an oil well. When the time
comes, oil extracted from these wells will become a fire
ready to be burned.
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A sign out of the Sun
He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will not come unless a sign emerges out
of the Sun. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi
Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 49)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not emerge unless the Sun rises as a
sign. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan
fi Alamat al-Mahdi, p. 33)
The large explosions detected on the Sun during the
twentieth century may well be this sign.
This portent from the Sun may be the great explosion that took place in the twentieth century. On the left of the picture above is an image of the Sun taken in 1996. The image on the
right was taken in 2000, and shows its latest appearance, after the explosion.
Also, the August 11, 1999 solar eclipse was the last of
the century. It was the first time that so many people had
been able to watch and study an eclipse for so long. The
greatest solar eclipse of this century took place on 22 July,
2009. Lasting for 6 minutes and 30 seconds, this eclipse was
the longest solar eclipse since that lasting 6 minutes and 53
seconds on 11 July, 1991. Calculations show that there will
be no longer solar eclipse than this until 2132.
The Rebuilding of Ruined Places
The rebuilding of the ruined places in the world, and the ruination of constructed places are signs and portents of the Last Day.
(Agreed Upon)
Various hadiths reveal that the Qur'an
refers to Hazrat Mahdi (as)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will rule the world just like the Prophet
Solomon (as) and Dhu’l-Qarnayn (as). (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami,
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p.
30)
The Companions of the Cave (Ashab al-Kahf) will be Hazrat
Mahdi’s (as) followers. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi
Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 59)
Their [Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) followers’] number is as many as
those who crossed the river with Saul. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi,
Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 57)
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"… Those who believe in
him and honor him and help
him, and follow the Light
that has been sent down
with him, they are the ones
who are successful."
(Surat al-A'raf: 157)
T HE GOLDEN AGE
The Prophet (saas) describes the
End Times with its heavenly features
Many hadiths indicate the existence of a period when
the Qur'an's moral values will pervade Earth. This period,
known as the Golden Age, will last for more than half a
century and, in many ways, will resemble 'the Blessed
Period' of our Prophet (saas).
According to one hadith, people will be so content that
they will spend their days with no idea as to how time
passes and how one day turns into the next. They will pray
to Allah to prolong their lives in order to receive more benefits from these graces. Another Prophetic hadith reads as
follows:
The younger ones wish they were grown-ups, while the adults
wish they were younger... The good become even more good, and
even the wicked ones are treated well. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, AlBurhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 17)
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Unprecedented Abundance
In many hadiths the Prophet (saas) states that there will
be an unprecedented abundance of crops and goods, all of
which will be distributed without measure:
During this (period), my ummah (people) will lead a kind of
comfortable and carefree life that they have never known before.
(The land) will bring forth its yield and will not hold anything
back... (Ibn Majah)
There would be a successor in the last (period) of my community
who would freely give handfuls of wealth to the people without
counting it. (Sahih Muslim, Book 41, 6961)
The inhabitants of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth
will be pleased with him and such plants will be produced by the
earth that the living will wish the dead could come back to life.
(At-Tabarani and Abu Nu'aym)
The land will turn like the silver tray growing vegetation... (Ibn
Majah)
Technological developments will
provide abundance in the Golden Age
People will reap seven hundred measures of wheat when they sow
one measure… A man will sow a few handfuls of seed and reap
700… Although much rain falls, not a drop will be wasted. (AlBarzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 164; Al-Muttaqi alHindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 24)
This hadith refers to an increase in agricultural production that will occur in the End Times by transitioning to
modern agriculture, developing new agricultural techniques, improving seed stocks, and using rainwater more
efficiently by constructing new dams and artificial lakes.
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The high cost of living
and poverty will end
As the Golden Age will be a time of welfare and great
wealth, all people will receive more than they demand.
Nothing will be measured or counted.
Our Prophet (saas) said that his people will live in
blessings, especially during the Golden Age:
A time will come when a person, with his golden alms in his
hand, will go around, finding no one (in need) who is willing to
receive the alms. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi)
Then will my Ummah be blessed, the number of animals will increase and the land will bear its fruits. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami,
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p.
26)
Definitely possessions will be in abundance then, flowing like
water. Yet no one will (condescend) to take any. (Mukhtasar
Tazkirah Qurtubi)
Religion will be restored to
its original state
Another news revealed by the Hadith literature regarding the End Times is that the original religion will no
longer be misunderstood. In the Golden Age, all heretical
misunderstandings that entered Islam after the Prophet
(saas) will be eliminated, and the original religion will be
restored. Just as in the time of the Prophet (saas), the requirements of the religion will be fulfilled.
After the demise of our Prophet (saas) and his
Companions, unrelated heresies and forms of worship were
introduced into the original religion. Despite the best efforts
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of true Muslims to eliminate these fabrications, some practices done in the name of Islam today are not based upon
the Qur'an.
As the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet (saas) are
the only sources that can distinguish between the correct
and mistaken practices, only their guidance can expose and
remove these fabricated heresies. This way, the true religion will resurface.
In the End Times, Allah will restore the religion to its
original state and make the Qur'an's morality prevail. When
this time comes, He will remove all deviations that hinder
people from living by His religion, and will purify Islam
from all heresies, false beliefs, and forms of worship.
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S IGNS
OF THE
END TIMES FROM
SURAT AL-KAHF
The Prophet Muhammad (saas)
highlighted this sura
Many Prophetic hadiths connect Surat al-Kahf with the
End Times. Some of these are given below:
Related by An-Nawwas ibn Sam'an:
He who among you will survive to see him (the dajjal) should recite over him the opening verses of Surah al-Kahf. (Muslim)
Related by Abu Umamah al-Bahili:
Whoever enters his [the dajjal's] hell, let him seek refuge with
Allah and recite the opening verse of Surat al-Kahf, and it will
become cool and peaceful for him, as the fire became cool and
peaceful for the Prophet Abraham (as). (Ibn Kathir)
Signs and secrets about the End Times
One reason why the Prophet (saas) recommends that
believers read Surat al-Kahf is that it contains very important signs about the End Times, such as those that are required to defend and fight against the dajjal and the irreligious movements that bring so much evil to humanity, and
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which he wants to spread around the world. It also contains many lessons for Muslims. Our Prophet's (saas) recommendation to memorize and to read this surah attentively is a clear indication of this. As we will see throughout this chapter, the experiences of the Companions of the
Cave (Ashab al-Kahf), who lived in an unbelieving society,
the lessons that the Prophet Moses (as) learned from Khidr
(as), and the rule over the world that Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as)
established in order to disseminate the moral values of
Islam, are matters upon which believers need to reflect.
The extraordinary situation of
the People of the Cave
Do you consider that the Companions of the Cave and
Ar-Raqim were one of the most remarkable of Our
signs? When the young men took refuge in the cave and
said: 'Our Lord, give us mercy directly from You and
open the way for us to right guidance in our situation.'
(Surat al-Kahf: 9-10)
In these verses Allah refers to this group's extraordinary situation. As the narrative unfolds, we see that their
experiences are of an unusual and metaphysical nature.
Their entire life is full of miraculous developments. Their
situation is subject to our Prophet's (saas) hadiths, which
make the connection between them and the End Times.
This indicates that people living in the End Times may
have supernatural experiences.
In the tenth verse Allah tells us that those young people sought refuge in the cave from the existing oppressive
system, which did not allow them to express their views,
tell the truth, and call to His religion. Thus, they distanced
themselves from their society.
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However, this should not be understood as an idle period away from society, for they took refuge there while
asking for Allah's grace and help. They also sought to improve and develop themselves. Muslims of the End Times
living under oppressive regimes will conceal themselves
and hope for Allah to increase His grace upon them, and
also to make their lives and intellectual struggle against
anti-religious movements easier.
Their secrecy continued for some time
So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for a number of years. Then We woke them up again so that We
might see which of the two groups would better calculate the time they had stayed there. (Surat al-Kahf: 11-12)
The reason for this state of sleep was their surrender
to destiny and peace, because Allah, Who created the
universe out of nothing, arranges everything for the benefit of Muslims. In our own time, some Muslims have
adopted a similar spiritual detachment. This way, they
remain uncorrupted by the materialist ideologies
that seek to distance people from their
faith, and also are untouched by
the violence to which these
ideologies lead. Thus,
they
can
continue to
live according to the Qur'an without being affected by
the surrounding moral degeneration and cruelty. The
Companions of the Cave remained hidden for some time,
and Allah roused them at a time of His choosing.
They proclaimed Allah's religion to
their people
Our people have taken deities apart from Him. Why do
they not produce a clear authority concerning them?
Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents
a lie against Allah? (Surat al-Kahf: 15)
As stated in this verse, the Companions of the Cave
called their idolatrous people to faith, invited them to
Allah's religion, advised them to stop associating others
with Allah, and demanded that they bring forth the evidence upon which they based their denial. When they
could not do this, they exposed their idolatrous people as
liars and slanderers.
Today, Muslims also demand proof from those who
take so-called idols besides Allah. In the End Times, there
exists an idolatrous belief that idolizes matter and chance
(surely Allah is beyond that): Darwinism.
Darwinism claims that the universe has no purpose,
was formed by random occurrences, and that only the
fittest members of nature survive. This anti-religious system is based on conflict and violence. In reality, these
claims of random occurrences being responsible for everything are no more than acts of slander by the Darwinists
against Allah, Who is All-Powerful and has created everything that exists.
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They distanced themselves utterly from
the surrounding idolatrous worldview
When you have separated yourselves from them and
everything they worship except Allah, take refuge in the
cave, and your Lord will unfold His mercy to you and
open the way to the best for you in your situation. (Surat
al-Kahf: 16)
Due to the unbelievers' oppression, the Companions of
the Cave felt the need for total segregation. Thus, they severed all links with the unbelievers by seeking refuge in the
cave. During this period, Allah's grace descended on them,
and He made things easier for them in many respects. The
most important aspect of His help and support was sparing them from the negative impact of the unbelievers.
They hid themselves
For if they find out about you, they will stone you or
make you revert to their religion, and then you will
never have success. (Surat al-Kahf: 20)
'They will stone you' describes a form of terror. This
character trait is clearly recognizable today in people who
are under the influence of irreligious ideologies. For example, terrorists who subscribe to communism are led by
their hostility to the state to throw stones and attack its officials, as well as at the police forces. These attacks aim to
weaken and demoralize them so that the communists can
realize their anti-religious ideals and establish their rule by
dragging the country into disorder and conflict.
Given this, it is vital for the people of the End Times to
stay clear of the bloodstained ideologies that have brought
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nothing but evil to the world, not to side with those who
corrupt others, and not to be influenced by the provocations of anti-religious ideologies or their agitations.
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Only Allah and a handful of people
knew their number
They will say: 'There were three of them, their dog being
the fourth.' They will say: 'There were five of them, their
dog being the sixth,' guessing at the Unseen. And they
will say: 'There were seven of them, their dog being the
eighth.' Say: 'My Lord knows best their number. Those
who know about them are very few.' So do not enter into
any argument concerning them, except in relation to
what is clearly known. And do not seek the opinion of
any of them regarding them. (Surat al-Kahf: 22)
'Those who know about them are very few' indicates
also that a few people could have the knowledge of the
Unseen. For instance, one such person could be Hazrat
Khidr (as). It is also possible that Hazrat Khidr's (as) disci-
ples might have this knowledge, with Allah's will and revelation. Allah reveals in the Qur'an that He reveals some of
the Unseen to His messengers.
The journey of the Prophet Moses (as)
and his young servant to the 'meetingplace of the two seas'
Remember when Moses said to his young servant: 'I will
not give up until I reach the meeting-place of the two seas,
even if I must press on for many years.' (Surat al-Kahf, 60)
Here, 'young' suggests that when doing something, one
should seek the assistance of young people and work with
them.
Young people should be motivated to use their energy,
dynamism, strength, ambition, and excitement for right ac-
tion for Allah's pleasure. Some of the verses speak of
youth, and in the following verse Allah states that only
some young people of his nation believed in the Prophet
Moses (as):
No one believed in Moses, except (some) offspring (i.e.,
youths) among his people, out of fear that Pharaoh and
the elders, would persecute them. Pharaoh was high and
mighty in the land. He was one of the profligate. (Surah
Yunus, 83)
The sixtieth verse of Surat al-Kahf refers to the meeting
point toward which the Prophet Moses (as) is traveling. He
knows that he will meet with someone, and he knows that
this will take place at the 'meeting-place of the two seas.' This
place could be any place on Earth that fits this description.
The Prophet Moses (as) meets with the
blessed and merciful Hazrat Khidr (as)
They found a servant of Ours whom We had granted
mercy from Us and whom We had also given knowledge
direct from Us. (Surat al-Kahf, 65)
Allah is most compassionate, graceful, and merciful toward His servants. The Prophet Moses (as) set out to meet
Hazrat Khidr (as), someone to whom Allah has given mercy.
Therefore, Allah's attributes of grace and mercy are reflected
on him. He received a superior knowledge from Allah and
is one of His distinguished servants.
Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as)
They will ask you about Dhu'l-Qarnayn. Say: 'I will tell
you something about him that is worthy of remem-
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brance and mention.' (Surat al-Kahf, 83)
Throughout history, many scholars have interpreted
the narrative of Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) in many ways.
Allah says in the verse that it was revealed as a reminder to
Muslims and is connected with the revelations of hidden
meanings and reasons.
Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) had power
and was enlightened
We gave him power and authority on Earth, and granted
him a way to everything. So he followed a way. (Surat
al-Kahf, 84-85)
From these verses, we understand that Dhu'lQarnayn's (as) country is away from problems. In other
words, his rule is solid, rational, and strong.
'We granted him a way to everything' suggests that he
was given the ability to solve every problem, which means
that he was a very intelligent, sagacious, and perceptive believer. With these Allah-given faculties, he solved all complex issues quickly and removed the obstacles.
Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) was also
a spiritual guide
He (Dhu'l-Qarnayn) said: ‘As for those who do wrong, We
will punish them. Then they will be returned to their
Lord, and He will punish them with a dreadful punishment. But as for him who believes and acts rightly, he will
receive the best of rewards, and we will issue a command,
making things easy for him.’ (Surat al-Kahf: 87-88)
When Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) spoke, he reminded
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his people of Allah and the hereafter. He spoke in a Muslim
manner. From the expressions used in the verse, we understand that he was a Muslim leader who ruled a Muslim
nation.
Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) proceeded straight away to
call the people he met to believe in Allah, devotion, the
good deeds prescribed in the Qur'an, and to perform the
prayers and acts of worship. He drew their attention, in
order to encourage them, to the rewards that they are
promised in this world and the next, and thus called them
to faith.
Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) helped
people
They said: 'Dhu'l-Qarnayn! Yajuj and Majuj are causing
corruption in the land. Can we, therefore, pay tribute to
you in return for your constructing a barrier between us
and them?' (Surat al-Kahf: 94)
For the corruption of Yajuj and Majuj, the people in
trouble sought Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn's (as) help and offered to pay him tribute in return. From this, we understand that Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) did not represent a
single person; rather, he ruled a nation. Just like the
Prophet Solomon (as), he ruled a nation and commanded
an army.
It is indicated in this verse that he must have had teams
of construction experts and civil engineers with him. From
the people's request, we can deduce that Hazrat Dhu'lQarnayn (as) was interested in, and was knowledgeable
about, construction and civil engineering. He might even
have been renowned for his expertise in these fields.
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We can deduce from the narrative in Surat al-Kahf that Hazrat Dhu'lQarnayn (as) was a Muslim ruler controlling many lands in the world.
Accordingly, other nations requested his assistance. All of
these factors demonstrate the size and power of his nation.
That Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) was well respected
and effective in the East and the West could indicate that
he was ruling a nation whose power was extensive.
Therefore, he was a leader, aware of his responsibility to
bring peace, justice, and security not only to his own nation, but also to every part of the world.
The narrative of Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) indicates
that in the End Times, just as it was during his own time,
the moral values of Islam will rule the world.
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A different interpretation
Another possibility is that this narrative conveys events
that will happen in the future.
In Allah's Presence, all time is one. Future, past, and
present are experienced all at once. In some verses, the
events of the Day of Judgment in hell and paradise are related as if they have already taken place. The following
verses are an example of this:
The Trumpet is blown, and all who are in the heavens
and all who are on the earth swoon away, save him who
Allah wills. Then it is blown a second time, and behold
them standing waiting! And the earth shone with the
light of her Lord, and the Book is set up, and the
prophets and the witnesses are brought, and it is judged
between them with truth, and they are not wronged.
(Surat az-Zumar: 68-69)
The events related in this verse are told as if they have
already taken place, even though to us, they are future
events yet to happen. Therefore it is possible that Hazrat
Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) narrative is from the future, related to
us in the past tense.
The eighty-fourth verse reads: '... (We) granted him a
way to everything.' This might indicate that Hazrat Dhu'lQarnayn (as) will rule the world in the future.
In today's world, a leader or a nation that has dominion
over the world must have both communication technology
and conventional power. As the leader cannot inspect all of
them personally, we can assume that he will stay in a central capital city and control the other areas through satellites and other means of communication. As expressed in
the ninety-fifth verse, "He said: 'The power my Lord has
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granted me is better than that,'' it is probable that Hazrat
Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) had an established power. If we look at
the narrative from this perspective, we realize that each
verse could be conveying a different message. For example,
Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) went first to the West, then to
the East, and then back again. These verses might be implying that he communicates with different areas by
changing channels broadcasting from satellites. The verses
speak constantly of 'finding.' Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as)
'found' a people by the 'spring,' that he 'found' a people in
the East, who did not understand. These acts of 'finding'
happen by searching, and this could be a finding based on
looking up satellite channels.
It is stated in the verses that the people of the East had
no shelter from the sun. If we consider this information in
the light of communication technology, there are two possible messages here. Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) could be
By means of satellite
technology, it is possible to take detailed
pictures of the Earth
and especially intelligence satellites are
capable of "watching"
every country closely.
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watching or gathering intelligence via satellite from these
areas (Allah knows the truth). Or they could be implying infrared technology, which is used in many different areas
today. Infrared cameras are used in medicine, criminal
pathology, meteorology, criminology, intelligence, industry, and other fields. Such cameras also can observe the
human body in great detail.
If Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) was addressing a nation,
he could do so via satellite and TV broadcasts. This would
enable him to learn of the people's needs and complaints,
regardless of where they lived, and then rule the areas
under his control accordingly.
The Yajuj and Majuj corruption could be a classic act of
terror or anarchy or even be committed by means of broadcasting. For example, they could be disrupting other broadcasts in order to broadcast their corrupt ideas. Hazrat
By means of infrared technology, all
kinds of criminal tools can be detected
easily and crimes committed in the
dark can be seen in detail as the pictures show. Important advancements
have also been made in the diagnosis
of illnesses.
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Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) could have prevented this broadcast
and thus the corruption. For instance, he could have used
the copper and iron mentioned in the verse to create an
electromagnetic field and disrupt the radio and TV broadcasts. Transformers, which are made by winding copper
wire around an iron core, are one of the sources of electromagnetic fields. A powerful electromagnetic field can disrupt radio and TV broadcasts.
Another possibility is that a huge communal satellite
dish is implied. The reason for it being so big could have
been to overcome Yajuj and Majuj's global disruptive system. The surfaces of these dishes are usually made of the
cheaper and lighter aluminum, which is not the ideal material for performance. Copper is a much better conductor,
and might have been preferred for this reason. However,
covering such a huge dish with copper sheets is not rational. On the other hand, copper-plating the dish with
molten copper would give it the smoothest surface and deliver the highest possible performance.
The wall or barrier created
by the competing broadcasts
or by creating a magnetic field
could be termed an 'invisible
barrier.' Some scholars read
the word saddayn in the ninetythird verse as suddayn, and
sadd in the following verse as
sudd. In the first case, the
meaning would be a 'visible
barrier'; in the second, it means
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an 'invisible barrier' (Allah knows the truth).
'They were, therefore, unable to climb over it, nor
were they able to make a breach in it,' as stated in the
ninety-seventh verse, might be referring to this, because
Yajuj and Majuj attempt to overcome or breach the transmitter's broadcast. Significantly, the current expression
used for pirate stations that broadcast by interfering with
another broadcast is 'breaching transmission.'
Considering the expression 'scarcely able to understand speech' in this light might mean that this satellite
broadcast is sometimes not understood by some people.
When the broadcast is disrupted, the people cannot understand; but when the normal broadcast is restored, they
begin to understand (Allah knows the truth).
The expression 'a muddy spring' in the eighty-sixth verse
is also significant, because seeing the sunset on the TV screen
is just like the sun setting in a spring. The colors on the screen
change as the sun sets in the distance over the sea, and this
appears grayer on the screen. Thus,
for someone viewing this, it will appear as if setting in a muddy spring.
The aynin hami'ah expression, made
up of 'ayn (spring) and hami'ah
(muddy) could be implying this unclear view.
Also, his contact with the East
and the West could indicate that
he is in touch with the various
parts of the globe. While the sun
rises over one part, it sets on the
other.
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THE NUMERICAL VALUES (ABJAD) IN SOME OF
THE VERSES IN SURAT AL-KAHF POINT TO TIMES
VERY CLOSE TO OUR OWN DAY
We fortified their hearts... (Surat al-Kahf: 14)
1400 AH (Anno Hegirae, the Islamic calendar) or
1979 AD (Anno Domini, the Gregorian calendar)
He said: 'The power my Lord has granted me is better than that...'
(Surat al-Kahf: 95)
1409 AH, or 1988 AD (Without shaddah)
We gave him power and authority on Earth... (Surat al-Kahf: 84)
1440 AH, or 2019 AD (With shaddah)
A sign pointing at the beginning of the Islamic 1400s and the end of the
twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first Christian century is the number
1980, which is obtained by multiplying Surat al-Kahf's number of verses with
its numerical order in the Qur'an.
Sura 18: Surat al-Kahf (contains 110 verses) 18 x 110 = 1980.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi also often indicated that this time was the beginning of the End Times. He says, for example:
Thus, unfair people who do not know this truth say: 'Why did the Companions of the
Prophet (saas) with their vigilant hearts and keen sight, who had been taught all the
details of the hereafter, suppose a fact that would occur in the future of the world one
thousand four hundred years later to be close to their century, as though their ideas
had deviated a thousand years from the truth?'9
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, by saying '1400 years after' the Companions of
the Prophet (saas), indicated the years around 1980 as the end times. Here it
is important to note that he said 1400, not 1373, 1378, and not 1398. In other
words, Islamic 1400s.
Surat al-Kahf contains very good news for the Muslims. This news, as our
Prophet (saas) revealed, is the approaching blessed period of the End Times. If
Surat al-Kahf is viewed from this perspective, it is pointing at the different
phases of Islam in the End Times, beginning and development, culminating in
the rule of Islamic moral values with the arrival of the Prophet Jesus (as).
P
THE
ROPHET
SOLOMON (AS)
The Prophet Solomon (as) was given
unprecedented wealth
He (Solomon) said: 'My Lord, forgive me and give me a
kingdom the like of which will never be granted to anyone after me. Truly You are the Ever-Giving.' (Surah
Sad: 35)
Allah responded to his prayer by giving him great
blessings and knowledge, as well as bestowing upon him a
magnificent dominion and powerful authority. In the
verses that recount his life, many details are offered about
his wealth, authority, and how he used his knowledge.
The Prophet Solomon (as) communicated with birds
Allah taught the Prophet Solomon (as) the language of
birds, and he used this knowledge to form orderly ranks of
birds (Surat an-Naml: 17). He communicated with birds
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and ruled them as he saw fit. This situation occurred as a
result of Allah's favor on him.
(Solomon said:) O mankind, we have been taught the
speech of birds and have been given everything. This is
indeed clear favor. (Surat an-Naml: 16)
We can derive important conclusions from this account:
- Birds have a special way of communicating with each
other on a frequency beyond the range of human hearing.
The Prophet Solomon (as) was given a special skill that allowed him to understand this language. This might have
happened through a technological innovation.
- Using this skill, he gave orders to the birds so they
might fulfill his wishes (Allah knows the truth).
- He sometimes used birds to send news and collect intelligence. This method was very successful. His knowledge made it easier for him to communicate with other
countries, and effectively brought distant lands within his
reach (Allah knows the truth).
- This verse might be drawing our attention to technological advances that will be used in the End Times.
Perhaps it is not speaking of birds, but rather of unmanned
aircraft in use today.
- It might have been that he placed transmitters on the
birds to gather intelligence about his enemies. This way he
might have obtained both audio and visual records, which
he used to rule his nation.
- He also had great control over jinns and satans. As
stated in the Qur'an, Allah said, 'And some of the jinns
worked in front of him by his Lord's permission' (Surah
Saba, 12) and 'And some of the satans dived for him and
did other things apart from that. And We were watching
over them' (Surah al-Anbiya'). If we think about this aspect, birds might symbolize an army of jinns.
- Another possibility is that the birds are led by jinns.
The Prophet Solomon (as) might have commanded birds to
perform certain tasks through using jinns.
- Allah made the Qur'an humanity's holy book until the
Last Day. Thus, incidents similar to those related about the
Prophet Solomon (as) might occur in the End Times. These
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verses might signal to us that during this time Allah might
place satans and jinns at humanity's beck and call, or that
humanity will use and benefit greatly from advanced technology at that time. (Allah knows the truth.)
The Prophet Solomon (as)
communicates with a female ant
(Solomon) smiled, laughing at its words, and said: 'My
Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting
rightly, pleasing You, and admit me, by Your mercy,
among Your servants who are righteous.' (Surat anNaml: 19)
- The Prophet Solomon (as) could hear the speech of
ants, and this may be pointing to the existence of advanced
computer technology in the End Times.
- Today, California's Silicon Valley is known as the capital of the technological world. It is very striking that the
account of the Prophet Solomon (as) speaks of the Ant
Valley. Allah might be pointing to an advanced technology
that will appear in the End Times.
- Moreover, ants and other insects are used extensively
in high technology. Robot projects developed by studying
these creatures closely have advanced a number of fields,
including technology and the defense industry. The verse
might be pointing to this fact as well.
Blessings relevant to the End Times
The Prophet Solomon's (as) and Hazrat Dhu'lQarnayn's (as) dominion over the world is good news indeed for all Muslims, for these narratives contain significant signs for the End Times. Truly, Muslims who preserve
Allah's limits, work hard to spread Islamic morality worldwide, and refuse to shrink in the face of hardship will prevail in all eras of history. Allah’s help and support will always be with them. Both of these blessed individuals, due
to their above-mentioned abilities (and, of course, many
other blessings of Allah), exercised a strong dominion in
the world. This same dominion will certainly happen during the End Times.
The great dominion of Islamic morality, as we empha-
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sized earlier, was defined in the hadiths through similar incidents during the dominion of these two blessed servants
of Allah. Some of these are as follows:
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will rule the world just like the Prophet
Solomon (as) and Hazrat Dhu’l-Qarnayn (as). (Ibn Hajar alHaythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi alMuntadhar, p. 30)
There are four rulers on earth in total. Two are from the believers and two from the unbelievers. The believers are the Prophet
Solomon (as) and Hazrat Dhu’l-Qarnayn (as). The unbelievers
are Nimrod and Nebuchadnezzar. ONE FROM MY PEOPLE
WILL RULE THE WORLD AS THE FIFTH. In other words,
HAZRAT MAHDI (AS). (Imam Rabbani, Letters of Rabbani,
2/251)
The situation before
Hazrat Mahdi's (as) emergence
• In the End Times, my community will suffer severe strong
troubles because of their sultans, so that all places will be confining for Muslims. (Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir azZaman, p. 12)
This hadith points out that before Hazrat Mahdi (as)
comes, those who lack religious morals and have a cruel
and merciless character will come to power in some
Muslim countries. As a matter of fact, some contemporary
Muslim rulers oppress Muslims and crush people with
their oppressive and despotic regimes. In other countries,
people are subjected to trouble because their rulers are unqualified to rule. Muslims in some countries, particularly
Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Tunisia,
and Djibouti, are oppressed by their respectives, and so are
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subjected to various hardship and problems. Muslims are
prevented from practicing their religion and worshipping,
and economic difficulties make life harder.
• There will be a dusty and smoky tribulation like patches of
dark night... (Hadith from Jalaladdin as-Suyuti, Al-Burhan fi
Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 26)
The word 'tribulation (fitnah)' implies anything that
turns peoples' reason and hearts away from the true path,
or war, incitement, disorder and conflict. The tribulation in
the hadith will leave smoke and dust behind it, we learn.
Furthermore, the way that tribulation is described as
'darkness' in the hadith can be seen as an indication that its
origins are unclear, that it is unexpected. Looking at it from
that regard, it is probable that the hadith is referring to one
of the world's worst terrorist attacks, on the cities of New
York and Washington, DC in the United States on
September 11, 2001.
Therefore, this most terrible act of terror, which caused
the lives and injuries of thousands of innocent people, may
well be that 'tribulation like patches of dark night' foretold
in the hadith as the sign of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) emergence.
• Hazrat Mahdi (as) will only appear at a time when people are
experiencing great fear and are afflicted by disturbances and civil
war and other disasters. (Reported by Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn
'Ali)
Most hadiths about Hazrat Mahdi's (as) advent focus
on the prophecy that turmoil, insecurity, and disorder will
rule the world before his coming. Massacres, wars, and
confrontations are one of the major features of such a period. Besides, the hadith draws attention to the fact that
massacres will occur all over the world.
During the two world wars of the twentieth century, an
estimated 65 million people were killed. The number of the
civilians slaughtered for political reasons during the same
century is estimated to be well over 180 million. This is an
extraordinarily high figure compared with previous centuries.
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• Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not appear until innocent people are
slaughtered. He will appear when those on Earth and in the skies
can no longer bear the killing... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, AlQawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 37)
While the hadiths about his emergence mention such
massacres as commonplace, they also emphasize that such
massacres will target innocent people. As we discussed
earlier, almost all of the wars today target people. So, civilians and such innocent people as children, the elderly, and
women are slaughtered. Targeting these defenseless people in particular has resulted in more comprehensive massacres, while the number of people dying as a result continues to climb.
Since terror seeks to spread fear and horror, the very
group on which such attacks focus are often innocent civilians.
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• Such a strife will appear that nowhere will be spared. When it
ends in one place, it will immediately spread to another... (Ibn
Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi
al-Muntadhar, pp. 21-22)
The term 'corruption (fitnah)' also means 'war, disorder,
quarrel, dispute.' Thus, civil and other wars and disorder,
'which spreads to another place from where it stays,' continues unceasingly all over the world during the current
century. In particular, the twentieth century is remembered
as 'the century of wars.' And, this new century again
started off with wars and terror that continues.
• Allah will send Hazrat Mahdi (as) when people are in despair
and say, “There is no Mahdi”… (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, AlBurhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 55)
This hadith informs us that one sign of the End Times
is the people's despair of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) coming.
People who struggle with war, starvation, injustice,
epidemics, and all forms of depravity in the End Times lose
their hope that such disasters will ever end. Many Muslims
start to despair that Islamic morality will ever prevail and
believe that evil will spread even further.
Indeed in our day, we frequently see the examples of
this spirit. Despite the existence of countless hadiths about
Hazrat Mahdi's (as) coming and the Golden Age marked
with great blessings, many people believe that such a period will never come.
This assumption is also a sign of the End Times. In a
time of despair, people will enjoy the benefits of the prevalence of the morality of the Qur’an, thanks to Allah's mercy
on people.
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• People will prosper until the ninety-fifth year, that is, their
business will prosper. In the ninety-seventh and the ninetyninth year, their possessions will go to waste... (Ibn Hajar alHaythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi alMuntazar, p. 54)
It is highly probable that this refers to the year 1995, a
period when people had a relatively better life and its conditions have not become so difficult. Indeed, as described
in the hadith, in this year, people had enough income to
earn a living and have some possessions. However, 1997
and 1999 was a period during which the economy deteriorated and poverty spread. In this time, possessions lost
their value. Such an event can happen very quickly, as exemplified by Argentina's economic crisis and the recent
global financial crisis.
• The inhabitants of Egypt and Sham will kill their ruler and his
commanders... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar
fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 49)
When
we
examine
Egypt's recent history, we
see that a ruler was killed:
Anwar Sadat, who ruled
Egypt from 1970-81, was
killed by his opponents
during a military review
in 1981. Other Egyptian
leaders who have been
killed include Prime Ministers
Boutros
(1910),
and
Ghali
Mahmoud
Nukrashy Pasha (1948).
Anwar Sadat
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The word 'Sham' is not only used for Damascus, for it
also means 'left' and has long been used to refer to those
countries to the left of the Hijaz (where the cities of Makka
and Madina stand). Many leaders have been killed in the
region, among them former Syrian prime ministers Salah
al-Deen Beetar (1920), Droubi Pasha (1921), and Muhsin alBarazi (1949), King Abdullah of Jordan (1951), and
Lebanese Phalange leader Bashir Gemayel (1982).
• The people of Sham will take prisoner the tribes of Egypt...
(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi ‘Alamat alMahdi al-Muntazar, p. 49)
Today, the states in the region in question include
Israel. That is why the hadith could be pointing to the war
between the State of Israel and Egypt, and the invasion of
Egyptian territory.
On October 26, 1956, Israel attacked Egypt and began to occupy the
Sinai Peninsula. The fighting ended shortly afterwards following intervention by the United Nations.
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• People will compete with one another in constructing high
buildings. (Bukhari)
Time will pass quickly. (Bukhari)
Great distances will be traversed in short spans of time.
(Ahmad, Musnad)
The Hour will not take place before time shrinks. One year will
be like a month, one month will be like a week, a week will be like
a day, and a day will be like an hour; and an hour will be like a
burning flame. (Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad)
The century we are living in has seen the capability of
constructing supersonic aeroplanes, and the ability, by
means of trains and other improvements in means of transport, to make journeys in a few minutes that would once
have taken months, and in great comfort. What this hadith
indicates is also taking place in this manner.
Communication between continents would take weeks
hundreds of years ago, but is now a matter of seconds, by
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way of the Internet and improvements in technology. Goods
that used to take weeks to arrive, following a long journey,
can now be delivered at a moment's notice. Billions of books
can now be printed in the time it would take to write a single
letter just a few centuries ago. As well, other technological
developments have meant that we no longer waste large
amounts of time on cooking, cleaning and child minding.
One could go on citing similar examples. Yet, the important thing here, of course, is that the signs of the End
Times, as set out by the Prophet (saas) in the seventh century, are now happening one by one.
• The Last Hour will not come before the end of a man's whip
speaks to him. (Tirmidhi)
The whip is known as a tool used in earlier times
when riding or guiding pack animals such as horses or
camels. When we look closely at this hadith, we can
see that the Prophet (saas) is making a comparison.
Let us ask people living at the present time a
question, 'Is there a modern
implement that talks and resembles a whip?'
The most logical reply to
that question is the mobile
telephone, with its long antenna, or similar communications equipment. If we
bear in mind that mobile or
satellite phones are comparatively recent developments,
then the wisdom behind the
Prophet’s (saas) description
of 1,400 years ago is even
clearer. That is just one more indication that we are living
through the End Times.
• There will be no Judgment Day ... until a person's own voice
speaks to him. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 471)
The message in the hadith is quite clear: A person's
hearing the sound of his own voice is another sign of the
End Times. There is no doubt that in order to hear the
sound of one's own voice, one first needs to record it, and
then to play it back to himself. Sound recording and reproduction equipment are products of the twentieth century.
That development marked a scientific turning point, and
led to the birth of the communications and media industries. Sound reproduction is nearly perfect now, by means
of computer and laser technologies.
In short, the electronic gadgets of our time, microphones and speakers, allow us to record sound and play it
back, and are also manifestations of that related in the
above hadith.
• ... At that time [of the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as)] a
hand will be seen revealing itself from the sky... (Hadith
Collected by Jalaluddin As-Suyuti, Portents of the Mahdi of the
End Times, Ali Ibn Hasamaddin Al Muttaki, p. 51)
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Conflict and disputes will persist until a hand appears from the
sky and a voice cries "Hazrat Mahdi (as) is your amir." The
sign of that day: A hand will extend from the sky and people will
look at and see it. (Ahmad Ibn Hajar al-Makki (Haytami),
Portents of the Anticipated Mahdi, Al-Qawl Al-Mukhtasar Fi
alamat Al-Mahdi Al-Muntazar, p. 53)
These hadiths transmitted from our Prophet (saas)
speak of a "hand" being seen in the sky, and say that this is
a portent of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). It appears
that disputes will continue until that time and that Hazrat
Mahdi (as) will constantly be a matter of discussion, i.e.
through means of communication such as radio, television
and the Internet. A picture of space taken by NASA's
Chandra X-Ray Observatory shows a mass of neutron stars
shaped like a hand appearing to close round another star
mass. The reference to a hand in the hadith may be suggestive of this image in the indicated meaning, described
by NASA as the "hand of God," giving rise to a celestial
phenomenon. (Allah knows the truth.)
The shape of a hand formed by the stellar mass is in
complete agreement with the description of its extension as
given in the hadith. The photograph taken by NASA shows
a hand stretching out somewhere. In addition, the way that
people were able to see and observe this celestial phenomenon by means of telescopes by means of the advanced
space and astronomical technology in the time of Hazrat
Mahdi (as) is also in complete agreement with the expressions employed in the hadith.
• Life spans will grow longer. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl
al-Mukhtasar fi 'Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 43)
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Fourteen centuries have passed since the Prophet (saas)
brought forward that news. The average expected lifespan
is much higher now than it has been at any other time in recent history. A great difference can be seen even between
the figures for the beginning and the end of the twentieth
century. For instance, it is estimated that a baby born in
1995 will live some 35 years longer than one born around
1900.10 Another striking example on the same subject is that
in the past very few people lived to be 100, whereas now it
is a great deal more common.
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SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HAZRAT
MAHDI'S (AS) TIME AND THOSE OF
THE PROPHET SOLOMON (AS) AND
HAZRAT DHU'L-QARNAYN (AS)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is the rebirth of the noble ethics of
the Prophet Solomon (as) and Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as)
in the End Times, but on a different and larger scale. Their
noble ethics' spiritual, rational, social, and mental manifestations will reappear in the End Times.
The eras of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and these two blessed
personages are times when the noble Islamic morality is
practiced widely. All three of these eras are pleasing to
Allah. The Qur'an and the Prophet's (saas) hadiths also
refer to the periods of Nebuchadnezzar, Nimrod, and
Pharaoh, which are times of wickedness and unbelief.
Immediately after these evil periods, Allah made Islamic
morality prevail. Similarly, our Lord will offer a time ruled
by Islamic morality in the End Times: the Golden Age.
This Golden Age will be a grander reflection of the
Prophet Solomon's (as) and Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn's (as)
times. Mahdism means the prevalence of peace, happiness,
love, brotherhood, graciousness, sacrifice, humane behavior, and the spirit of cooperation.
Here are some examples of the similarities between
these two blessed personages' times and the Golden Age.
Hazrat Mahdi's (as) Worldwide Rule
As stated earlier, the Prophet Solomon (as) and Hazrat
Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) made Islamic morality rule the world.
They ruled wide territories and had very powerful armed
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forces. This shows a similarity to the Golden Age.
During the Golden Age, Islamic morality also will rule
the world. People will convert to Islam in great numbers,
while ideologies that deny Allah will wither away and
Islam will be practiced as it was in the time of our Prophet
Muhammad (saas). Some of the hadiths describe the
Golden Age as follows:
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will own the entire world. (Al-Muttaqi alHindi, Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 10)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will (spiritually) conquer the East and
West… (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi
`Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 57)
Hazrat Mahdi's (as) Rare and Noble
Knowledge Bestowed upon the Prophet
Solomon (as) and Hazrat Dhu'lQarnayn (as)
Earlier we mentioned the knowledge Allah bestowed
upon the Prophet Solomon (as), such as the ability to rule
jinns and devils, speak with birds, hear the ants' communication, and had power over the wind and used copper as
he wished. Each of these skills separates him from ordinary
people. Of Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as), Allah says in the
Qur'an: 'Our knowledge encompasses all that happened
to him' (Surat al-Kahf: 91). He was one of the people
blessed by knowledge.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) also will have certain special skills.
In his book Mevzuatu'l ulum (11/246), Taskopruluzade
Ahmet Efendi wrote that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will possess
ilm-e-jafr (the art of divination through numbers). Another
account says that:
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He is called Hazrat Mahdi (as), for he is the holder of a secret
power nobody is able to know. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat
al-sa'ah, p. 77)
Our Prophet (saas) said that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will understand the language of animals and have dominion over
people and jinns, just like the Prophet Solomon (as) did.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a person who speaks the language of birds
and other animals. Therefore, his justice will manifest itself over
all people and jinns. (Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rasul Barzanji,
Al-Isha‘ah li-ashrat al-sa‘ah, p. 188)
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Their support for peace and preference
for diplomacy
The Prophet Solomon (as) was very peaceful, loving,
compassionate, and forgiving in his relations with neighboring countries. He preferred to solve problems through
diplomacy and used democratic means. The Prophet
Solomon (as) created a superior culture and strengthened
his dominion through diplomacy, art, and culture. Despite
his irresistible and overwhelmingly powerful armies, however, he never used military force. Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn
(as) was also known as the 'person who prevents strife and
disorder,' and brought peace and calm to people.
Therefore, the times of these two personages look strikingly similar to the Golden Age.
In the Golden Age, people will become Muslims out of
their own will, Islamic morality will prevail worldwide,
and there will be no war. Accounts of this age say:
No one will be woken up from their sleep or have a bleeding
nose. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi
`Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 42)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will follow the way of the Prophet (saas). He
will not wake up a sleeping person or shed blood. (Al-Barzanji,
Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 163)
As these hadiths tell it, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will bring
Islamic morality and peace to the entire world and therefore end all war and violence. He will work to begin a cultural transformation and lead people toward Islam's moral
code. During that time, with Allah's permission, the following verse will be realized:
When Allah's help and victory have arrived and you
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have seen people entering Allah's religion in droves,
then glorify your Lord's praise and ask His forgiveness.
He is the Ever-Returning. (Surat an-Nasr: 1-3)
Urging people to religious morality,
and their quick action
The Prophet Solomon's (as) quick, rational decisions
are an important example for all believers. The letters he
wrote to the Queen of Saba, in which he urged her and her
people to believe in Allah, showed his power of communication. His bringing the Queen of Saba's throne by using a
person who possessed knowledge of the Book proved his
power for quick decision-making. Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn's
(as) decision to build a strong wall—so strong that it would
last until the Last Day—against the attacks of the Yajuj and
Majuj tribes show his power and rationality. The Golden
Age will witness very similar events.
During the Golden Age, people will embrace Islam,
and there will be wide-ranging, sweeping activities toward
this end. All nations, one after another, will adopt Islamic
morality, and opposing ideologies will be wiped away intellectually through quick and lasting action. All cruel systems will be buried in the sands of time. In the words of the
renowned Islamic theologian Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi:
Allah will give so much power to Hazrat Mahdi (as). He will remove cruelty from the world overnight, religion will be established, and Islam will be revived. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will restore
its lost value to it, and it will come to life after its apparent
demise ... Ignorant people, misers and cowards alike will be very
knowledgeable, generous, and brave. ... They will practice religion as in the time of the Prophet Muhammad (saas)....
(Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, Al-Futuhat al-Makkia, p. 66;
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Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha‘ah li-ashrat alsa‘ah, p. 186)
Importance Placed on Construction
We know that the Prophet Solomon (as) focused on
construction projects. He built high arches, statues, huge
dishes like cisterns, and great built-in cooking vats by
using the jinns and devils who did his bidding. Everybody
who saw his splendid palace, including the Queen of Saba,
greatly admired it. The technology that Hazrat Dhu'lQarnayn (as) employed to build the wall was so advanced
that it cannot be destroyed, unless Allah wills it.
In the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad (saas), we are
told that construction will be important during the Golden
Age. During this age, peace, tranquility and a very developed civilization will be brought to cities. For example,
Hazrat Mahdi (as) works in the construction of Constantinople
and other places. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl alMukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 40)
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Using Wealth and Splendor for Islam's
Benefit and Allah's Good Pleasure
The Prophet Solomon (as) used his wealth to explain
Allah's religion and spread Islamic morality throughout
the world. In the countries he invaded, he first called on
people to believe in Allah and guidance. The letter which
he sent to the Queen of Saba, in which he invited both her
and her people to Islam, is powerful testimony of that.
Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) also had strong dominion, as is
seen in his words: 'The power my Lord has granted me is
better than that.' (Surat al-Kahf: 95). He used his great
power to prevent disorder.
During the Golden Age, people will enjoy great wealth,
prosperity, and peace. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will use all of his
means to spread Allah's religion, and will follow the noble
morality and the dictates of peace in the countries he comes
victorious. His unparalleled practices will soften people's
hearts and lead them to Islamic morality. Thus, within a
very short time this morality will rule the world. Some of
the hadiths concerning this time are as follows:
There will be in my community a Mahdi, who will reign for
seven years, or eight years or nine years. My community will receive such benefits which they had never before experienced. The
skies will be opened up for them. The earth will not withhold
anything of its vegetation. (Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidaya Wa AnNihaya, 1/42; Ibn Majah, Fitan, 34, H. 4083)
... Before swearing allegiance, they will flood to him in droves,
and everyone who goes there will enjoy the Divine plenty. (Ibn
Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat alMahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 25)
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C ONCLUSION
I
n the Qur'an, Allah states that He has
brought about many miracles by means of
the prophets. When the Prophet Moses (as)
threw down his staff, for instance, it turned into a serpent,
and when he smote the sea with that staff it divided into
two, leaving a dry path down the middle. The Prophet
Jesus (as) came into the world without a father, and spoke
while he was still in the cradle. Another miracle is the way
he was able to heal the sick... All these miracles were support and help given to them, in the Sight of Allah, to allow
them to convince the people and lead them to believe in
them.
Allah supported the Prophet Muhammad (saas) by
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means of both the miracles in the Qur'an and with information given him regarding the unknown. The Prophet
(saas) supplied details about events that would happen in
the near and distant future. Seeing these actually come to
be is both a means of increasing the excitement of believers
and of warming the hearts of unbelievers towards Islam.
Events that would have seemed impossible to happen
in his own time, and that no one could even have imagined, which are now occurring one after the other, are clear
evidence of the fact that the Prophet (saas) was relating
special knowledge.
We must make it clear that those who refuse to be
guided to the true path will nevertheless still refuse to believe, despite the clear evidence and miracles of the
Prophet (saas) and the Qur'an. Allah reveals that fact in the
Qur'an:
They have sworn by Allah with their most earnest oaths
that if a sign comes to them they will believe in it. Say:
'The signs are in Allah's control alone.' What will make
you realize that even if a sign did come, they would still
not believe? (Surat al-An'am: 109)
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T HE DECEPTION
OF EVOLUTION
D
arwinism, in other words the theory of evolution, was put forward with the aim of
denying the fact of Creation, but is in truth
nothing but failed, unscientific nonsense. This theory,
which claims that life emerged by chance from inanimate
matter, was invalidated by the scientific evidence of
miraculous order in the universe and in living things, as
well as by the discovery of more than 300 million fossils
revealing that evolution never happened. In this way, science confirmed the fact that Allah created the universe
and the living things in it. The propaganda carried out
today in order to keep the theory of evolution alive is
based solely on the distortion of the scientific facts, biased
interpretation, and lies and falsehoods disguised as science.
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Yet this propaganda cannot
conceal the truth. The fact that the
theory of evolution is the greatest
deception in the history of science
has been expressed more and more
in the scientific world over the last
20-30 years. Research carried out
after the 1980s in particular has revealed that the claims of
Darwinism are totally unfounded,
something that has been stated by
Charles Darwin
a large number of scientists. In the United States in particular, many scientists from such different fields as biology,
biochemistry and paleontology recognize the invalidity of
Darwinism and employ the fact of Creation to account for
the origin of life.
We have examined the collapse of the theory of evolution and the proofs of Creation in great scientific detail in
many of our works, and are still continuing to do so. Given
the enormous importance of this subject, it will be of great
benefit to summarize it here.
The Scientific Collapse of Darwinism
As a pagan doctrine going back as far as ancient
Greece, the theory of evolution was advanced extensively in
the nineteenth century. The most important development
that made it the top topic of the world of science was
Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, published in 1859. In
this book, he opposed, in his own eyes, the fact that Allah
created different living species on Earth separately, for he
erroneously claimed that all living beings had a common ancestor and had diversified over time through small changes.
Darwin's theory was not based on any concrete scientific
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finding; as he also accepted, it was just an "assumption."
Moreover, as Darwin confessed in the long chapter of his
book titled "Difficulties on Theory," the theory failed in
the face of many critical questions.
Darwin invested all of his hopes in new scientific discoveries, which he expected to solve these difficulties.
However, contrary to his expectations, scientific findings expanded the dimensions of these difficulties. The defeat of
Darwinism in the face of science can be reviewed under
three basic topics:
1) The theory cannot explain how life originated on
Earth.
2) No scientific finding shows that the "evolutionary
mechanisms" proposed by the theory have any evolutionary
power at all.
3) The fossil record proves the exact opposite of what the
theory suggests.
In this section, we will examine these three basic points
in general outlines:
The First Insurmountable
Step: The Origin of Life
The theory of evolution posits that all living species
evolved from a single living cell that emerged on Earth 3.8
billion years ago, supposed to have happened as a result of
coincidences. How a single cell could generate millions of
complex living species and, if such an evolution really occurred, why traces of it cannot be observed in the fossil
record are some of the questions that the theory cannot answer. However, first and foremost, we need to ask: How did
this "first cell" originate?
Since the theory of evolution ignorantly denies
Creation, it maintains that the "first cell" originated as a
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product of blind coincidences within the laws of nature,
without any plan or arrangement. According to the theory,
inanimate matter must have produced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a claim, however, is inconsistent
with the most unassailable rules of biology.
"Life Comes From Life"
In his book, Darwin never referred to the origin of life.
The primitive understanding of science in his time rested on
the assumption that living beings had a very simple structure. Since medieval times, spontaneous generation, which
asserts that non-living materials came together to form living organisms, had been widely accepted. It was commonly
believed that insects came into being from food leftovers,
and mice from wheat. Interesting experiments were conducted to prove this theory. Some wheat was placed on a
dirty piece of cloth, and it was believed that mice would
originate from it after a while.
Similarly, maggots developing in rotting meat was assumed to be evidence of spontaneous generation. However,
it was later understood that worms did not appear on meat
spontaneously, but were carried there by flies in the form
of larvae, invisible to the naked eye.
Even when Darwin wrote The Origin of Species, the belief that bacteria could come into existence from non-living
matter was widely accepted in the world of science.
However, five years after the publication of Darwin's
book, Louis Pasteur announced his results after long studies and experiments, that disproved spontaneous generation, a cornerstone of Darwin's theory. In his triumphal lecture at the Sorbonne in 1864, Pasteur said: "Never will the
doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment."11
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For a long time, advocates of the theory of evolution resisted these findings. However, as the development of science unraveled the complex structure of the cell of a living
being, the idea that life could come into being coincidentally
faced an even greater impasse.
Inconclusive Efforts of the Twentieth
Century
The first evolutionist who took up the subject of the origin of life in the twentieth century was the renowned
Russian biologist Alexander Oparin. With various theses he
advanced in the 1930s, he tried to prove that a living cell
could originate by coincidence. These studies, however,
were doomed to failure, and Oparin had to make the following confession:
Unfortunately, however, the problem of the origin of the
cell is perhaps the most obscure point in the whole study of
the evolution of organisms.12
Evolutionist followers of Oparin tried to carry out experiments to solve this problem. The best known experiment was carried out by the American chemist Stanley
Miller in 1953. Combining the gases he alleged to have existed in the primordial Earth's atmosphere in an experiment
set-up, and adding energy to the mixture, Miller synthesized several organic molecules (amino acids) present in the
structure of proteins.
Barely a few years had passed before it was revealed
that this experiment, which was then presented as an important step in the name of evolution, was invalid, for the
atmosphere used in the experiment was very different
from the real Earth conditions.13
After a long silence, Miller confessed that the atmosphere medium he used was unrealistic.14
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All the evolutionists'
efforts throughout the
twentieth century to explain the origin of life
ended in failure. The geochemist Jeffrey Bada, from
the San Diego Scripps
Institute accepts this fact in
an article published in
Earth magazine in 1998:
Today as we leave the twentieth century, we still face the
The French biologist Louis Pasteur
biggest unsolved problem
that we had when we entered
the twentieth century: How
did life originate on Earth?15
The Complex Structure of Life
The primary reason why evolutionists ended up in
such a great impasse regarding the origin of life is that even
those living organisms Darwinists deemed to be the simplest have outstandingly complex features. The cell of a living thing is more complex than all of our man-made technological products. Today, even in the most developed laboratories of the world, no single protein of the cell, let
alone a living cell itself, can be produced by bringing organic chemicals together.
The conditions required for the formation of a cell are
too great in quantity to be explained away by coincidences.
However, there is no need to explain the situation with these
details. Evolutionists are at a dead-end even before reaching
the stage of the cell. That is because the probability of just a
single protein, an essential building block of the cell, coming
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into being by chance is mathematically "0."
The main reason for this is
the need for other proteins to be
present if one protein is to form,
and this completely eradicates
the possibility of chance formation. This fact by itself is sufficient to eliminate the evolutionist claim of chance right from the
outset. To summarize,
The Russian biologist
1. Protein cannot be synAlexander Oparin
thesized without enzymes, and
enzymes are all proteins.
2. Around 100 proteins need to be present in order
for a single protein to be synthesized. There therefore
need to be proteins for proteins to exist.
3. DNA manufactures the protein-synthesizing enzymes. Protein cannot be synthesized without DNA. DNA
is therefore also needed in order for proteins to form.
4. All the organelles in the cell have important tasks
in protein synthesis. In other words, in order for proteins
to form a perfect and fully functioning cell needs to exist
together with all its organelles.
The DNA molecule, which is located in the nucleus of
a cell and which stores genetic information, is a magnificent
databank. If the information coded in DNA were written
down, it would make a giant library consisting of an estimated 900 volumes of encyclopedias consisting of 500 pages
each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: DNA
can replicate itself only with the help of some specialized
proteins (enzymes). However, the synthesis of these enzymes can be realized only by the information coded in
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DNA. As they both depend on each other, they have to exist
at the same time for replication. This brings the scenario that
life originated by itself to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an
evolutionist of repute from the University of San Diego,
California, confesses this fact in the September 1994 issue of
the Scientific American magazine:
It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic acids,
both of which are structurally complex, arose spontaneously in the same place at the same time. Yet it also
seems impossible to have one without the other. And so, at
first glance, one might have to conclude that life could
never, in fact, have originated by chemical means.16
No doubt, if it is impossible for life to have originated
spontaneously as a result of blind coincidences, then it has
to be accepted that life was "created." This fact explicitly invalidates the theory of evolution, whose main purpose is to
deny Creation.
All information about living beings is stored in the DNA molecule. This
incredibly efficient information storage method alone is a clear evidence
that life did not come into being by chance, but has been marvelously
created.
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Imaginary Mechanism of Evolution
The second important point that negates Darwin's theory is that both concepts put forward by the theory as "evolutionary mechanisms" were understood to have, in reality,
no evolutionary power.
Darwin based his evolution allegation entirely on the
mechanism of "natural selection." The importance he placed
on this mechanism was evident in the name of his book: The
Origin of Species, By Means of Natural Selection…
Natural selection holds that those living things that are
stronger and more suited to the natural conditions of their
habitats will survive in the struggle for life. For example, in
a deer herd under the threat of attack by wild animals, those
that can run faster will survive. Therefore, the deer herd will
be comprised of faster and stronger individuals. However,
unquestionably, this mechanism will not cause deer to
evolve and transform themselves into another living
species, for instance, horses.
Therefore, the mechanism of natural selection has no
evolutionary power. Darwin was also aware of this fact
and had to state this in his book The Origin of Species:
Natural selection can do nothing until favourable individual differences or variations occur.17
Lamarck's Impact
So, how could these "favorable variations" occur?
Darwin tried to answer this question from the standpoint of
the primitive understanding of science at that time.
According to the French biologist Chevalier de Lamarck
(1744-1829), who lived before Darwin, living creatures
passed on the traits they acquired during their lifetime to
the next generation. He asserted that these traits, which accumulated from one generation to another, caused new
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species to be formed. For instance, he claimed that giraffes
evolved from antelopes; as they struggled to eat the leaves
of high trees, their necks were extended from generation to
generation.
Darwin also gave similar examples. In his book The
Origin of Species, for instance, he said that some bears going
into water to find food transformed themselves into whales
over time.18
However, the laws of inheritance discovered by Gregor
Mendel (1822-84) and verified by the science of genetics,
which flourished in the twentieth century, utterly demolished the legend that acquired traits were passed on to subsequent generations. Thus, natural selection fell out of favor
as an evolutionary mechanism.
Neo-Darwinism and Mutations
In order to find a solution, Darwinists advanced the
"Modern Synthetic Theory," or as it is more commonly
known, Neo-Darwinism, at the end of the 1930s. NeoDarwinism added mutations, which are distortions formed
in the genes of living beings due to such external factors as
radiation or replication errors, as the "cause of favorable
variations" in addition to natural mutation.
Today, the model that Darwinists espouse, despite
their own awareness of its scientific invalidity, is neoDarwinism. The theory maintains that millions of living beings formed as a result of a process whereby numerous complex organs of these organisms (e.g., ears, eyes, lungs, and
wings) underwent "mutations," that is, genetic disorders.
Yet, there is an outright scientific fact that totally undermines this theory: Mutations do not cause living beings to
develop; on the contrary, they are always harmful.
The reason for this is very simple: DNA has a very
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complex structure, and random effects can only harm it.
The American geneticist B. G. Ranganathan explains this as
follows:
First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly,
most mutations are harmful since they are random, rather
than orderly changes in the structure of genes; any random
change in a highly ordered system will be for the worse, not
for the better. For example, if an earthquake were to shake a
highly ordered structure such as a building, there would be
a random change in the framework of the building which,
in all probability, would not be an improvement.19
Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is useful, that is, which is observed to develop the genetic code,
has been observed so far. All mutations have proved to be
harmful. It was understood that mutation, which is presented as an "evolutionary mechanism," is actually a genetic
occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them disabled. (The most common effect of mutation on human beings is cancer.) Of course, a destructive mechanism cannot
be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural selection, on the
other hand, "can do nothing by itself," as Darwin also accepted. This fact shows us
that there is no "evolutionary
mechanism" in nature. Since
Mutations—breaks or replacements
taking place in the DNA molecule—
are the result of external effects such
as radiation or chemical action. This
mutated Vietnamese boy is affected
by a nuclear weapon.
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no evolutionary mechanism exists, no such imaginary
process called "evolution" could have taken place.
The Fossil Record: No Sign of
Intermediate Forms
The clearest evidence that the scenario suggested by
the theory of evolution did not take place is the fossil record.
According to the unscientific supposition of this theory, every living species has sprung from a predecessor. A
previously existing species turned into something else over
time and all species have come into being in this way. In
other words, this transformation proceeds gradually over
millions of years.
Had this been the case, numerous intermediary species
should have existed and lived within this long transformation period.
For instance, some half-fish/half-reptiles should have
lived in the past which had acquired some reptilian traits in
addition to the fish traits they already had. Or there should
have existed some reptile-birds, which acquired some bird
traits in addition to the reptilian traits they already had.
Since these would be in a transitional phase, they should be
disabled, defective, crippled living beings. Evolutionists
refer to these imaginary creatures, which they believe to
have lived in the past, as "transitional forms."
If such animals ever really existed, there should be
millions and even billions of them in number and variety.
More importantly, the remains of these strange creatures
should be present in the fossil record. In The Origin of
Species, Darwin explained:
If my theory be true, numberless intermediate varieties,
linking most closely all of the species of the same group together must assuredly have existed... Consequently, evi-
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The 150-200-million-year-old fossil
dragonfly
(Jurassic-Recent
age) is no different
from specimens
living today.
dence of their former existence could be found only
amongst fossil remains.20
However, Darwin was well aware that no fossils of
these intermediate forms had yet been found. He regarded
this as a major difficulty for his theory. In one chapter of his
book titled "Difficulties on Theory," he wrote:
Why, if species have descended from other species by insensibly fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms? Why is not all nature in confusion instead of the species being, as we see them, well
defined?… But, as by this theory innumerable transitional
forms must have existed, why do we not find them embedded in countless numbers in the crust of the earth?…
Why then is not every geological formation and every
stratum full of such intermediate links? 21
Darwin's Hopes Shattered
However, although evolutionists have been making
strenuous efforts to find fossils since the middle of the nineteenth century all over the world, no transitional forms
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The theory of evolution claims that living species gradually evolved
from one another. The fossil record, however, explicitly falsifies this
claim. For example, in the Cambrian Period, some 550 million years ago,
tens of totally distinct living species emerged suddenly. These living beings depicted in the above picture have very complex structures. This
fact, referred to as the "Cambrian Explosion" in scientific literature is
plain evidence of Creation.
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have yet been uncovered. All of the fossils, contrary to the
evolutionists' expectations, show that life appeared on
Earth all of a sudden and fully-formed.
One famous British paleontologist, Derek V. Ager, admits this fact, even though he is an evolutionist:
The point emerges that if we examine the fossil record in detail, whether at the level of orders or of species, we find –
over and over again – not gradual evolution, but the sudden explosion of one group at the expense of another.22
This means that in the fossil record, all living species
suddenly emerge as fully formed, without any intermediate forms in between. This is just the opposite of Darwin's
assumptions. Also, this is very strong evidence that all living things are created. The only explanation of a living
species emerging suddenly and complete in every detail
without any evolutionary ancestor is that it was created.
This fact is admitted also by the widely known evolutionist
biologist Douglas Futuyma:
Creation and evolution, between them, exhaust the possible
explanations for the origin of living things. Organisms either appeared on the earth fully developed or they did not.
If they did not, they must have developed from pre-existing
species by some process of modification. If they did appear
in a fully developed state, they must indeed have been created by some omnipotent intelligence.23
Fossils show that living beings emerged fully developed and in a perfect state on the Earth. That means that
"the origin of species," contrary to Darwin's supposition, is
not evolution, but Creation.
The Tale of Human Evolution
The subject most often brought up by advocates of the
theory of evolution is the subject of the origin of man. The
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Darwinist claim holds that man evolved from so-called apelike creatures. During this alleged evolutionary process,
which is supposed to have started 4-5 million years ago,
some "transitional forms" between man and his imaginary
ancestors are supposed to have existed. According to this
completely imaginary scenario, four basic "categories" are
listed:
1. Australopithecus
2. Homo habilis
3. Homo erectus
4. Homo sapiens
Evolutionists call man's so-called first ape-like ancestors Australopithecus, which means "South African ape."
These living beings are actually nothing but an old ape
species that has become extinct. Extensive research done on
various Australopithecus specimens by two world famous
anatomists from England and the USA, namely, Lord Solly
Zuckerman and Prof. Charles Oxnard, shows that these apes
belonged to an ordinary ape species that became extinct and
bore no resemblance to humans.24
Evolutionists classify the next stage of human evolution as "homo," that is "man." According to their claim, the
living beings in the Homo series are more developed than
Australopithecus. Evolutionists devise a fanciful evolution
scheme by arranging different fossils of these creatures in a
particular order. This scheme is imaginary because it has
never been proved that there is an evolutionary relation between these different classes. Ernst Mayr, one of the twentieth century's most important evolutionists, contends in his
book One Long Argument that "particularly historical [puzzles] such as the origin of life or of Homo sapiens, are extremely difficult and may even resist a final, satisfying explanation."25
By outlining the link chain as Australopithecus > Homo
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Imaginary
representations of 'primitive' human
beings are frequently employed in stories carried
by pro-evolution newspapers and magazines. The
only source for these stories, based on these imaginary representations, are
the imaginations of their
authors. Yet evolution has
suffered such a defeat in
the face of the scientific
facts that fewer reports
concerning evolution now
appear in scientific magazines.
habilis > Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply
that each of these species is one another's ancestor.
However, recent findings of paleoanthropologists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo erectus
lived at different parts of the world at the same time.26
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as
Homo erectus have lived up until very modern times.
Homo sapiens neandarthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (man) co-existed in the same region.27
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the
claim that they are ancestors of one another. The late
Stephen Jay Gould explained this deadlock of the theory of
evolution although he was himself one of the leading advocates of evolution in the twentieth century:
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What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting
lineages of hominids (A. africanus, the robust australopithecines, and H. habilis), none clearly derived from another? Moreover, none of the three display any evolutionary trends during their tenure on earth.28
Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is
"upheld" with the help of various drawings of some "half
ape, half human" creatures appearing in the media and
course books, that is, frankly, by means of propaganda, is
nothing but a tale with no scientific foundation.
Lord Solly Zuckerman, one of the most famous and respected scientists in the U.K., who carried out research on
this subject for years and studied Australopithecus fossils
for 15 years, finally concluded, despite being an evolutionist
himself, that there is, in fact, no such family tree branching
out from ape-like creatures to man.
Zuckerman also made an interesting "spectrum of science" ranging from those he considered scientific to those he
considered unscientific. According to Zuckerman's spectrum, the most "scientific"—that is, depending on concrete
data—fields of science are chemistry and physics. After
them come the biological sciences and then the social sciences. At the far end of the spectrum, which is the part considered to be most "unscientific," are "extra-sensory perception"—concepts such as telepathy and sixth sense—and finally "human evolution." Zuckerman explains his reasoning:
We then move right off the register of objective truth into
those fields of presumed biological science, like extrasensory
perception or the interpretation of man's fossil history, where
to the faithful [evolutionist] anything is possible – and where
the ardent believer [in evolution] is sometimes able to believe
several contradictory things at the same time.29
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The tale of human evolution boils down to nothing
but the prejudiced interpretations of some fossils unearthed
by certain people, who blindly adhere to their theory.
Darwinian Formula!
Besides all the technical evidence we have dealt with so
far, let us now for once, examine what kind of a superstition
the evolutionists have with an example so simple as to be
understood even by children:
The theory of evolution asserts that life is formed by
chance. According to this irrational claim, lifeless and unconscious atoms came together to form the cell and then
they somehow formed other living things, including man.
Let us think about that. When we bring together the elements that are the building-blocks of life such as carbon,
phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium, only a heap is formed.
No matter what treatments it undergoes, this atomic heap
cannot form even a single living being. If you like, let us formulate an "experiment" on this subject and let us examine
on the behalf of evolutionists what they really claim without
pronouncing loudly under the name "Darwinian formula":
Let evolutionists put plenty of materials present in the
composition of living things such as phosphorus, nitrogen,
carbon, oxygen, iron, and magnesium into big barrels.
Moreover, let them add in these barrels any material that
does not exist under normal conditions, but they think as
necessary. Let them add in this mixture as many amino acids
and as many proteins—a single one of which can by no
means form by chance— as they like. Let them expose these
mixtures to as much heat and moisture as they like. Let them
stir these with whatever technologically developed device
they like. Let them put the foremost scientists beside these
barrels. Let these experts wait in turn beside these barrels for
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billions, and even trillions of years. Let them be free to use
all kinds of conditions they believe to be necessary for a
human's formation. No matter what they do, they cannot
produce from these barrels a human, say a professor that
examines his cell structure under the electron microscope.
They cannot produce giraffes, lions, bees, canaries, horses,
dolphins, roses, orchids, lilies, carnations, bananas, oranges,
apples, dates, tomatoes, melons, watermelons, figs, olives,
grapes, peaches, peafowls, pheasants, multicoloured butterflies, or millions of other living beings such as these. Indeed,
they could not obtain even a single cell of any one of them.
Briefly, unconscious atoms cannot form the cell by
coming together. They cannot take a new decision and di-
Compared to cameras
and
sound
recording machines,
the eye and ear are
much more complex,
much more successful and possess far
superior features to
these products of
high technology.
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vide this cell into two, then take other decisions and create
the professors who first invent the electron microscope and
then examine their own cell structure under that microscope. Matter is an unconscious, lifeless heap, and it comes
to life with Allah's superior creation.
The theory of evolution, which claims the opposite, is a
total fallacy completely contrary to reason. Thinking even a
little bit on the claims of evolutionists discloses this reality,
just as in the above example.
Technology in the Eye and the Ear
Another subject that remains unanswered by evolutionary theory is the excellent quality of perception in the
eye and the ear.
Before passing on to the subject of the eye, let us briefly
answer the question of how we see. Light rays coming from
an object fall oppositely on the eye's retina. Here, these light
rays are transmitted into electric signals by cells and reach a
tiny spot at the back of the brain, the "center of vision."
These electric signals are perceived in this center as an
image after a series of processes. With this technical background, let us do some thinking.
The brain is insulated from light. That means that its
inside is completely dark, and that no light reaches the place
where it is located. Thus, the "center of vision" is never
touched by light and may even be the darkest place you
have ever known. However, you observe a luminous, bright
world in this pitch darkness.
The image formed in the eye is so sharp and distinct
that even the technology of the twentieth century has not
been able to attain it. For instance, look at the book you are
reading, your hands with which you are holding it, and then
lift your head and look around you. Have you ever seen
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Someone who looks at a seal perceives it in his brain. Similarly, it is in
his brain that he investigates and examines the features of that creature
he sees in his brain. The things he learns reveal to him the perfection of
Allah's creation and the superiority of His wisdom and knowledge.
such a sharp and distinct image as this one at any other
place? Even the most developed television screen produced
by the greatest television producer in the world cannot provide such a sharp image for you. This is a three-dimensional, colored, and extremely sharp image. For more than
100 years, thousands of engineers have been trying to
achieve this sharpness. Factories, huge premises were established, much research has been done, plans and designs
have been made for this purpose. Again, look at a TV screen
and the book you hold in your hands. You will see that there
is a big difference in sharpness and distinction. Moreover,
the TV screen shows you a two-dimensional image, whereas
with your eyes, you watch a three-dimensional perspective
with depth.
For many years, tens of thousands of engineers have
tried to make a three-dimensional TV and achieve the vision
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quality of the eye. Yes, they have made a three-dimensional
television system, but it is not possible to watch it without
putting on special 3-D glasses; moreover, it is only an artificial three-dimension. The background is more blurred, the
foreground appears like a paper setting. Never has it been
possible to produce a sharp and distinct vision like that of
the eye. In both the camera and the television, there is a loss
of image quality.
Evolutionists claim that the mechanism producing this
sharp and distinct image has been formed by chance. Now,
if somebody told you that the television in your room was
formed as a result of chance, that all of its atoms just happened to come together and make up this device that produces an image, what would you think? How can atoms do
what thousands of people cannot?
If a device producing a more primitive image than the
eye could not have been formed by chance, then it is very
evident that the eye and the image seen by the eye could not
have been formed by chance. The same situation applies to
the ear. The outer ear picks up the available sounds by the
auricle and directs them to the middle ear, the middle ear
transmits the sound vibrations by intensifying them, and the
inner ear sends these vibrations to the brain by translating
them into electric signals. Just as with the eye, the act of
hearing finalizes in the center of hearing in the brain.
The situation in the eye is also true for the ear. That is,
the brain is insulated from sound just as it is from light. It
does not let any sound in. Therefore, no matter how noisy is
the outside, the inside of the brain is completely silent.
Nevertheless, the sharpest sounds are perceived in the
brain. In your completely silent brain, you listen to symphonies, and hear all of the noises in a crowded place.
However, were the sound level in your brain measured by a
precise device at that moment, complete silence would be
found to be prevailing there.
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As is the case with imagery, decades of effort have been
spent in trying to generate and reproduce sound that is
faithful to the original. The results of these efforts are sound
recorders, high-fidelity systems, and systems for sensing
sound. Despite all of this technology and the thousands of
engineers and experts who have been working on this endeavor, no sound has yet been obtained that has the same
sharpness and clarity as the sound perceived by the ear.
Think of the highest-quality hi-fi systems produced by the
largest company in the music industry. Even in these devices, when sound is recorded some of it is lost; or when you
turn on a hi-fi you always hear a hissing sound before the
music starts. However, the sounds that are the products of
the human body's technology are extremely sharp and clear.
A human ear never perceives a sound accompanied by a
hissing sound or with atmospherics as does a hi-fi; rather, it
perceives sound exactly as it is, sharp and clear. This is the
way it has been since the creation of man.
So far, no man-made visual or recording apparatus has
been as sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory data
as are the eye and the ear. However, as far as seeing and
hearing are concerned, a far greater truth lies beyond all
this.
To Whom Does the Consciousness that
Sees and Hears within the Brain
Belong?
Who watches an alluring world in the brain, listens to
symphonies and the twittering of birds, and smells the rose?
The stimulations coming from a person's eyes, ears,
and nose travel to the brain as electro-chemical nerve impulses. In biology, physiology, and biochemistry books, you
can find many details about how this image forms in the
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brain. However, you will never come across the most important fact: Who perceives these electro-chemical nerve impulses as images, sounds, odors, and sensory events in the
brain? There is a consciousness in the brain that perceives
all this without feeling any need for an eye, an ear, and a
nose. To whom does this consciousness belong? Of course it
does not belong to the nerves, the fat layer, and neurons
comprising the brain. This is why Darwinist-materialists,
who believe that everything is comprised of matter, cannot
answer these questions.
For this consciousness is the spirit created by Allah,
which needs neither the eye to watch the images nor the ear
to hear the sounds. Furthermore, it does not need the brain
to think.
Everyone who reads this explicit and scientific fact
should ponder on Almighty Allah, and fear and seek refuge
in Him, for He squeezes the entire universe in a pitch-dark
place of a few cubic centimeters in a three-dimensional, colored, shadowy, and luminous form.
A Materialist Faith
The information we have presented so far shows us that
the theory of evolution is incompatible with scientific findings. The theory's claim regarding the origin of life is inconsistent with science, the evolutionary mechanisms it proposes
have no evolutionary power, and fossils demonstrate that the
required intermediate forms have never existed. So, it certainly follows that the theory of evolution should be pushed
aside as an unscientific idea. This is how many ideas, such as
the Earth-centered universe model, have been taken out of
the agenda of science throughout history.
However, the theory of evolution is kept on the agenda
of science. Some people even try to represent criticisms di-
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rected against it as an "attack on science." Why?
The reason is that this theory is an indispensable dogmatic belief for some circles. These circles are blindly devoted to materialist philosophy and adopt Darwinism because it is the only materialist explanation that can be put
forward to explain the workings of nature.
Interestingly enough, they also confess this fact from
time to time. A well-known geneticist and an outspoken
evolutionist, Richard C. Lewontin from Harvard University,
confesses that he is "first and foremost a materialist and then
a scientist":
It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow
compel us accept a material explanation of the phenomenal
world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori
adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is absolute, so we cannot allow a Divine [intervention]...30
These are explicit statements that Darwinism is a
dogma kept alive just for the sake of adherence to materialism. This dogma maintains that there is no being save matter. Therefore, it argues that inanimate, unconscious matter
brought life into being. It insists that millions of different living species (e.g., birds, fish, giraffes, tigers, insects, trees,
flowers, whales, and human beings) originated as a result of
the interactions between matter such as pouring rain, lightning flashes, and so on, out of inanimate matter. This is a
precept contrary both to reason and science. Yet Darwinists
continue to ignorantly defend it just so as not to acknowledge, in their own eyes, the evident existence of Allah.
Anyone who does not look at the origin of living beings
with a materialist prejudice sees this evident truth: All liv-
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ing beings are works of a Creator, Who is All-Powerful,
All-Wise, and All-Knowing. This Creator is Allah, Who created the whole universe from non-existence, in the most perfect form, and fashioned all living beings.
The Theory of Evolution: The Most
Potent Spell in the World
Anyone free of prejudice and the influence of any particular ideology, who uses only his or her reason and logic,
will clearly understand that belief in the theory of evolution,
which brings to mind the superstitions of societies with no
knowledge of science or civilization, is quite impossible.
As explained above, those who believe in the theory of
evolution think that a few atoms and molecules thrown into
a huge vat could produce thinking, reasoning professors
and university students; such scientists as Einstein and
Galileo; such artists as Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and
Luciano Pavarotti; as well as antelopes, lemon trees, and
carnations. Moreover, as the scientists and professors who
believe in this nonsense are educated people, it is quite justifiable to speak of this theory as "the most potent spell in
history." Never before has any other belief or idea so taken
away peoples' powers of reason, refused to allow them to
think intelligently and logically, and hidden the truth from
them as if they had been blindfolded. This is an even worse
and unbelievable blindness than the totem worship in some
parts of Africa, the people of Saba worshipping the Sun, the
tribe of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) worshipping idols
they had made with their own hands, or some among the
people of the Prophet Moses (pbuh) worshipping the
Golden Calf.
In fact, Allah has pointed to this lack of reason in the
Qur'an. In many verses, He reveals that some peoples'
minds will be closed and that they will be powerless to see
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the truth. Some of these verses are as follows:
As for those who do not believe, it makes no difference
to them whether you warn them or do not warn them,
they will not believe. Allah has sealed up their hearts
and hearing and over their eyes is a blindfold. They
will have a terrible punishment. (Surat al-Baqara: 6-7)
… They have hearts with which they do not understand. They have eyes with which they do not see.
They have ears with which they do not hear. Such
people are like cattle. No, they are even further astray!
They are the unaware. (Surat al-A'raf: 179)
Even if We opened up to them a door into heaven,
and they spent the day ascending through it, they
would only say: "Our eyesight is befuddled! Or rather
we have been put under a spell!" (Surat al-Hijr: 14-15)
Words cannot express just how astonishing it is that
this spell should hold such a wide community in thrall, keep
people from the truth, and not be broken for 150 years. It is
understandable that one or a few people might believe in
impossible scenarios and claims full of stupidity and illogicality. However, "magic" is the only possible explanation for
people from all over the world believing that unconscious
and lifeless atoms suddenly decided to come together and
form a universe that functions with a flawless system of organization, discipline, reason, and consciousness; a planet
named Earth with all of its features so perfectly suited to life;
and living things full of countless complex systems.
In fact, in the Qur'an Allah relates the incident of the
Prophet Moses (pbuh) and Pharaoh to show that some people who support atheistic philosophies actually influence
others by magic. When Pharaoh was told about the true religion, he told the Prophet Moses (pbuh) to meet with his own
magicians. When the Prophet Moses (pbuh) did so, he told
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them to demonstrate their abilities first. The verses continue:
He said: "You throw." And when they threw, they cast
a spell on the people's eyes and caused them to feel
great fear of them. They produced an extremely powerful magic. (Surat al-A'raf: 116)
As we have seen, Pharaoh's magicians were able to deceive everyone, apart from the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and
those who believed in him. However, his evidence broke the
spell, or "swallowed up what they had forged," as revealed
in the verse:
We revealed to Moses: "Throw down your staff." And
it immediately swallowed up what they had forged.
So the Truth took place and what they did was shown
to be false. (Surat al-A'raf: 117-118)
As we can see, when people realized that a spell had
been cast upon them and that what they saw was just an illusion, Pharaoh's magicians lost all credibility. In the present day too, unless those who, under the influence of a similar spell, believe in these ridiculous claims under their scientific disguise and spend their lives defending them, abandon their superstitious beliefs, they also will be humiliated
when the full truth emerges and the spell is broken. In fact,
world-renowned British writer and philosopher Malcolm
Muggeridge, who was an atheist defending evolution for
some 60 years, but who subsequently realized the truth, reveals the position in which the theory of evolution would
find itself in the near future in these terms:
I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially the extent to which it's been applied, will be one of
the great jokes in the history books in the future. Posterity
will marvel that so very flimsy and dubious an hypothesis
could be accepted with the incredible credulity that it has.31
That future is not far off: On the contrary, people will
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soon see that "chance" is not a deity, and
will look back on the theory of evolution
as the worst deceit and the most terrible
spell in the world. That spell is already
rapidly beginning to be lifted from the
shoulders of people all over the world.
Many people who see its true face are
wondering with amazement how they
could ever have been taken in by it.
They said 'Glory be to You!
We have no knowledge except
what You have taught us. You
are the All-Knowing, the AllWise.'
(Surat al-Baqara: 32)
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