one of the signs of the last day is near- harun yahya

8/14/2019 ONE OF THE SIGNS OF THE LAST DAY IS NEAR- Harun Yahya

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ONE OF THE SIGNS OF THE LAST DAY IS NEAR: THE SUN WILL RISE IN THE WEST

One of the signs of the Last Day given by our Prophet (saas) in the Hadiths is the rising of the sun in thewest. The Hadiths tell us that the last day will not come before this sign occurs.

Throughout history many people have interpreted the grandeur of the mountains and the glory of the Sunand the stars according to their own superstitions thinking that the universe is indestructible and will last for

all eternity. This belief lay at the foundation of ancient Greek, Sumerian and Egyptian religion.

The Quran tells us that these people were in great error: This perfect order that has lasted billions of yearsis the work of the Lord Who created everything and, at His command; it will come to an end in a similarlyglorious way. 20th century scientific developments have affirmed what the Quran said centuries ago: that theuniverse had a beginning. And like the universe, all human beings and other forms of life will die.

The Quran refers to the time when the universe, all forms of life from human beings to microorganisms, thestars and galaxies come to an end as the Hour. This hour is a particular hour used in the Quran to describethe Last Day.

Together with the announcement in the Quran of The Last Day, there is a description of all the stages andthe events that will occur at that time: When the sky is ripped apart, When the seas are set ablaze, Whenthe mountains are plucked up by their roots and scattered, When the sun is extinguishedThe fear,

panic and amazement with which people will witness these extraordinary events is described vividly; theywill find no place to hide, there will be no escape ad no one will be able to protect themselves from theagony of this time.

Throughout history, people have wondered what the The Last Day would be like; the Quran gives theanswer. People asked our Prophet (saas) when the Hour would come:

They will ask you about the Hour: When is it due?...(Surat al-Araf, 187)

They ask you about the Hour: When will it come? (Surat an-Naziat, 42)

Our Lord gave this answer to our Prophet (saas): Say: Knowledge of it rests with my Lord alone.(Surat al-Araf, 187) That is, only He knows the time of the Day of Judgment. The Quran does not say

when it will happen; it only gives the signs that will occur before that Hour comes. The Quran tells us thatthere are many signs to be expected:

What are they awaiting but for the Hour to come upon them suddenly? Its signs have alreadycome (Surah Muhammad, 18)

In order to understand that signs preceding this great announcement, we must carefully consider what theQuran and the Hadiths of our Prophet (saas) say about the signs of the Day of Judgment and the last day.There is no use, as the Quran says, to think about these things after the day has come. In the Hadiths, ourProphet (saas) gives us detailed information about the signs of the end and about the period that precedesthe end. The time when these signs happen is called the End Times.

In the first stage of the End Times, the world will suffer from many material and spiritual problems. Thesecond stage is called the Golden Age when the moral teachings of the Quran will prevail and there will be

great prosperity. When this period comes to an end, the world will be plunged into social chaos and then theend will come. Allah knows the truth. When we look at the signs of the The Last Day as related in the Quranand the Hadiths, we can see that these signs have begun to happen, one after the other just as they aredescribed, in the present time.

The occurrence of these events described 14 centuries ago increases a believers faith and devotion toAllah. In one verse, the Lord makes this promise: Say: Praise be to Allah. He will show you His signsand you will recognize them... (Surat an-Naml, 93). But it must be remembered that only Allah knows thewhole truth. As with everything else, we have no knowledge of the Last Day apart from what He tells us.


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Only Allah knows the time of the Last Day:

Say: I do not know whether what you are promised is close or whether my Lord will appoint alonger time before it. He is the Knower of the Unseen, and does not divulge His Unseen to anyone(Surat al-Jinn, 25-26)

THE HOUR IS NEAR

Most people know something about the Day of Judgment. Almost everyone knows more or less about thehorrors of that Hour. In spite of this, most people share a common attitude toward this viral matter; they donot want to think or speak about it. They make a determined effort to keep the fear of the Hour out of theirminds. A tragedy reported in the newspaper or disasters they witness in a film are not enough to make themconsider the Last Day. They avoid thinking about the fact that this day will certainly come one day.

Some people do not even believe that the Hour will come. Such a person is the rich grape-vines owner inSurat al-Kahf.

(He said,) I do not think the Hour will ever come. But if I should be sent back to my Lord, I willdefinitely get something better in return. (Surat al-Kahf, 36)

This is an example of the real attitude of a person who says he believes in Allah but does not consider thereality of the Last Day. In another verse, our Lord tells us about deniers who are filled with doubts about theHour:

(The unbelievers will be told,) When you were told, "Allahs promise is true and so is the Hour, ofwhich there is no doubt," you said, "We have no idea what the Hour is. We have only beenconjecturing. We are by no means certain." (Surat al-Jathiyya, 32)

Some people completely deny the Hour:

But instead, they deny the Hour; and We have prepared a Searing Blaze for those who deny theHour. (Surat al-Furqan, 11)

Those who deceive themselves about the The Last Day are making a great mistake. Because in theQuran, Allah tells us that the Hour is near and that there is no room for doubt about it:

And the Hour is coming without any doubt and Allah will raise up all those in the graves. (Surat al-Hajj, 7)

We did not create the heavens and Earth and everything between them, except with truth. The Houris certainly coming(Surat al-Hijr, 85)

There may be some who think that 1400 years have passed since the Last Day was announced in theQuran and that this period is long compared to the length of a human life. But what we are talking abouthere is the end of the Earth, the Sun and the stars, in short, the whole universe. When we consider that theuniverse is billions of years old, 1400 years is a very short time.The great Islamic scholar, Bediuzzaman Nursi, gave a wise analogy to explain this:The Quran has issued a decree saying that The Last Day is near. It is not important that it has not comeafter so much time has passed. Indeed, The Last Day is the death of the Earth. Compared to the age of theworld, a thousand or two thousand years is like one day or one minute compared to the length of a year.The Last Day is not appointed for human beings so as to be compared with the length of their own lives.

THE SIGNS OF THE LAST DAY IN THE WORDS OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS)

In the Hadiths, our Prophet (saas) announced many signs of the Last Day. Some of these have to do with


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the second coming of Isa (as), the killing of Dajjal (Anti-christ), the appearance of Mahdi and the dominanceof Islamic morality throughout the world, the sun rising in the west, the appearance of Dabbat al-Ardh andsmoke. Other signs predicted by our Prophet (saas) include the increase in the number of wars, anarchy,poverty, adultery, prostitution, sexual perversion; the increased frequency of disasters and earthquakes; therejection of the moral teachings of the Quran; and the appearance of false prophets. But here we mustremember something very important:

Some of the signs announced in the Hadiths may have occurred at some point of other in the 1400 yearhistory of Islam, in certain parts of the world, and in a certain number. But this does not indicate that it is theEnd Times. The End Times must display all the signs of the Last Day at once. On this point a Hadith says:

Signs following one another like the pieces of a necklace falling one after the other when its string is cut.

When we consider the Hadiths in this light, an extraordinary situation emerges. All the signs predictedcenturies ago by our Prophet (saas) are happening one after another in almost every corner of the worldand in the age in which we live. This is indeed something that we must think about very carefully. As theyoccur, these signs remind us that the The Last Day is coming very soon when we will give an account ofourselves in Allahs presence, and of the importance of practicing the moral teachings of the Quran in ourlives.

In the last chapter of his book entitled Fiqh Akbar the great Islamic scholar and imam, Abu Hanifa, wrote thatthere were divine indications that revealed that these signs were certainly going to happen:

The emergence of the Antichrist and of Gog and Magog is a reality; the rising of the Sun in the west is areality; the descent of Jesus, upon whom be peace, from the heavens is a reality; and all of the other signsof the Last Day, as contained in the authentic traditions, are established realities.

THE TIME IS DRAWING NEAR WHEN THE SUN WILL RISE IN THE WEST

One of the signs given by our Prophet (saas) in the Hadiths concerning the The Last Day is that the Sun willrise in the west. The Hadiths say that the end of the world will not come before this sign occurs.

It [the Day of Judgment] will not come until you see ten signs," and [in this connection] he mentioned thesmoke, the Dajjal, the Beast, the rising of the SUN FROM THE WEST, the descent of Jesus son of Mary(Sahih Muslim)

Before (those) six things come to me, hurry to engage in good deeds (that are considered as worship); THERISE OF THE SUN IN THE WEST, Duhan, Dabbat-ul Ardh, Dajjal (Sunan Ibn Majah, volume: 10, p. 295)

There are various verses in the Quran that refer the Sun rising in the west.

What are they waiting for but for the angels to come to them or for your Lord Himself to come, orFOR ONE OF YOUR LORDS SIGNS TO COME? ON THE DAY THAT ONE OF YOUR LORDS SIGNSDOES COME, no faith which a self professes will be of any use to it if it did not believe before andearn good in its faith. Say: Wait, then; We too are waiting. (Surat al-Anam, 158)

The great Islamic scholar, Ahmad b. Hanbal, tells a story in which our Prophet (saas) says that one of thesigns of the Lord mentions in the verse cited above is the Sun rising in the west. This verse call all people tofaith before the signs of the Lord come. Some of the Hadiths of our Prophet (saas) on this verse are asfollows:

THE THE LAST DAY DOES NOT COME UNTIL THE SUN RISES FROM THE WEST. WHEN THE SUNRISES FROM THE WEST, ALL THE HUMAN BEINGS SEE IT AND ALTOGETER HAVE FAITH.

That is the day explained in the verse: On the day that one of your Lords Signs does come, no faithwhich a self professes will be of any use to it if it did not have faith before and earn good in its


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faith (Surat al-Anam: 158) Certainly the Last Day will come (Sahih Bukhari, volume 14, p. 6426)

"THE LAST DAY WILL NOT COME UNTIL THE SUN RISES FROM WHERE IT SETS. When people see it,people on earth have faith." (Sunan Ibn Majah, volume 9, p. 4362)

Important Islamic commentators have all interpreted this verse as above-the Sun rising in the west. In thesame way they interpret the verse 9 of Surat al-Qiyama and the sun and moon are fused together as proofof the Sun rising in the west.

HOW WILL THIS GREAT SIGN COME TO PASS?

Many Islamic scholars have commented on how the Sun would rise in the west. Bediuzzaman Said Nursitells how this great sign predicted by our Prophet (saas) would happen:

The sun rising in the west will be a self-evident sign of the end of the world, and because it is self-evident, itwill be a heavenly event which closes the door of repentance, which is tied to the will and reason. Itsmeaning is therefore clear, and is in no need of interpretation (The Rays / The Fifth Ray Twentieth Matter,

p.520)

As Bediuzzaman explained, this sign will be witnessed by everyone and it will happen in such anextraordinary way that no one will need any proof or explanation. This celestial event will have an effect onevery human beings and every other creature in the world both animate and inanimate; and they will allwitness the coming of The Last Day. Bediuzzaman continues by explaining how this great sign will happen.(Allah knows best.)

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi says in several places that this sign will occur when the Earth collides with a staror another heavenly body. After this collision that will occur according to Allah's will, the worlds orbit willchange, it will start rotate from east to west. As a result, the Sun will not rise in the east but in the west andso one of the great signs announced by our Prophet (saas) of the Last Day will come to pass. BediuzzamanSaid Nursi says that the Last Day will come after this great event occurs. Only Allah knows the whole truth.

When Bediuzzaman interprets this Hadith of the Prophet (saas), he mentions a jarring collision; Allah tellsus of this in verses 6-7 of Surat an-Naziat:

On the Day the first blast shudders, and the second blast follows it. (Surat an-Naziat, 6-7)

In these verses, two great blasts are mentioned. The first of these may be the result of the great collusion ofthe Earth with another star or heavenly body. (Allah knows best.)

The first collision will stop the orbit of the Earth that had continued in its course perfectly for billions ofyears. This will totally upset the worlds order. Night will not turn into day; one side of the Earth will remainin perpetual darkness while the other will be always in daylight. People will be amazed at this change andoverwhelmed by great fear, horror and panic. The Earths crust will shift; there will be earthquakeseverywhere. There will be violent volcanic eruptions and magma sill stream down. Horror and panic willincrease.

The Lord tells us that a second blast will follow the first. The Quran says that a second blast will come afterthe first. (Only Allah knows the whole truth). The horror of the second collision will be greater than the first.With this collusion the Earth will reverse its orbit. At that moment, the Earth, which for billions of years hadmoved perfectly from west to east without stopping for a moment, will begin to turn from east to west. As aresult, the Sun will start to rise not in the east but in the west. Both the collisions and the change in thedirection of the Earths motion will upset the ecological system that ensured the order of the world and thecontinuation of life. The sense of horror will increase in peoples hearts and minds and the process of thedestruction of the world and all creatures in it will begin. Our Lord reveals the spiritual state of human beingsafter these collisions in Surat an- Naziat:


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hearts that Day will be pounding and eyes will be cast down. (Surat an- Naziat, 8-9)

But instead, they deny the Hour; and We have prepared a Searing Blaze for those who deny theHour. (Surat al-Furqan, 11)

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THE METEORITE COLLISION THAT BROUGHT THE AGE OF THE DINOSAURS TO AN END 65MILLION YEARS AGO

Every year meteorites weighing a total of more than 10.000 tons (22.050.000 pound) enter ouratmosphere and burn up without our knowing. But there are some that are too big todisintegrate in the atmosphere. For example, a meteorite approximately 100 kilometers indiameter plunged into Mexicos Gulf of Yucatan, bringing the age of the dinosaurs to an end. Astudy of the effects of that meteorite collision 65 million years ago will help us to understand

how the Earth will be affected by the two great collisions that Bediuzzaman Said Nursi refers toand that are mentioned in the Quran.

That collision cased radical ecological changes on the Earth. The first result was widespreaddestruction. After the collision, there were volcanic eruptions, earthquakes everywhere in theworld, tsunamis, violent storms, fires and acid rain.

When this meteorite entered the Earths atmosphere, it created a fireball four times brighterthan the Sun causing global warming. The collision caused boiling temperatures, chemicalchanges in the atmosphere, clouds of dust and gasses and a mist of sulphur blocked out theSun and plunged the Earth into darkness. As a result the global temperature fell; there wasendless winter for generations and photosynthesis ceased. Scientists determine that, ifphotosynthesis stopped for even just a year, the ecosystem would totally collapse.

Life on Earth depends 99.9% on the Sun; and if the Sun is taken away, the first condition of lifeis removed. The lengthy blocking of the Suns rays, therefore, changed the ecological system.With the death of plants and plankton there was a sudden lowering of the Earths oxygen level.Shortly afterwards, herbivorous animals died of hunger; this change lasted hundreds of yearsand caused the disappearance of many species of animals. This meteorite fell about 65 millionyears ago and after the event 90% of the Earths sea creatures and 70% of its land vertebratesdied out. The most important result of this collision, called the K/T Destruction, was the end ofthe age of the dinosaurs.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE SUNS RISING IN THE WEST?

There will be a series of violent shocks and tremors.

These two collisions will change the Earths whole ecological system; human beings, animalsand all other forms of life will face great disasters. The collisions and the change in the Earthsdirection will shift the Earths crust and there will be violent earthquakes everywhere. OurProphet (saas) said that violent earthquakes are one of the signs of the end of the world.

Gigantic waves will inundate trees, skyscrapers and every corner of the world. In the face ofsuch never before experienced shocks, people will panic-stricken and overwhelmed by fear.Most fearful of all will be the realization that there is no escape and no place to hide from thehorror. These shocks will not be like familiar earthquakes that people have seen before limitedto certain areas or cities and lasting only some minutes. This time there will be no escape; the


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shocks will occur all over the world and all at once.

These worldwide shocks will have a profound effect on people. Think for a moment aboutearthquakes: these shocks last only a matter of minutes but nevertheless leave greatdestruction behind them. But these shocks that our Prophet (saas) regarded as a sign of theLast Day cannot be compared in force, effects or extent to earthquakes experienced in theworld previously.

No matter how strong an earthquake may be, people usually have the possibility to savethemselves; they can take measures to protect themselves as soon as the tremors begin andescape to a safe place. But this time, people will realize that this tremor is nothing like thathave experienced before; there will be no possibility of escape to safety. As always, the Quranwarns people about the Hour and about the inescapable shocks that are to occur:

O Humanity! Fear your Lord! The quaking of the Hour is a terrible thing. (Surat al-Hajj, 1)

At the Hour, no earthly possession will have any value or meaning. Luxury homes, giantskyscrapers, 5-star hotels, houses bought and furnished with hard-earned money, palaces,

bridges, the finest buildings in the world, the pyramids that have lasted for centuriesimpervious to the forces of nature, historic castles, and cities will all crumble like sandcastlesbuild on the beach. Offices, luxury cars and all proud earthly possessions will vanish in aninstant. Glory, fame, respect and power will mean nothing.

Everyone that has used every excuse to deny Allah and avoided the worship they knew to betheir responsibility will finally know that there is no other power apart from Allah in which theycan take refuge. But how there will be no escape for them and they will not be able to atonefor their deeds; repentance will be of no use.

Volcanic eruptions will be all over the Earth

Earthquakes set off by the collisions will be followed by volcanic eruptions; the force of thecollisions will break the Earths crust and magma will rush down to cover the whole Earth. InSurat az Zilzal, our Lord says:

and the Earth then disgorges its charges and man asks, What is wrong with it?On that Day it will impart all its news because your Lord has inspired it. (Surat az-Zilzal, 2-5)

As we know, the Earths core ( 5000-6000 km (3100-3700 mi) under the crust) isunder very high pressure. Its temperature is estimated to be about 4500 degrees Centigrade(8100 F). The lava that erupts from a volcanic explosion comes from this magma core. Volcanicexplosions have terrified the residents of many cities throughout history and many individualsand even cities have perished.

Cracks that have occurred for various reasons in the Earths layers have resulted in the

eruption of lava and, the higher the pressure, the more violent the eruption. The determinativefactor is the level of gas present. When magma spills out onto the Earth, the gasses separatefrom the liquid material, spread over the magma causing a pressure increase. The force of amagma eruption depends on the pressure exerted by the gas; the lava erupts and flows downturning Earth into a hell. This kind of eruption is limited to a particular area. And according tothe latest research, these disasters are for the most part predictable and protective measurescan be taken.

The phrase in the Quran disgorges its charges means that on that day, everything beneaththe Earth and all the liquid part of the core will erupt and flow over the Earth. The required


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infrastructure will be put in place in order for all the violent shocks and cracking of the Earthslayers to occur easily. That is, on the last day, powerful earthquakes will wrack the earth,people will flee from falling mountains and buildings and lava will erupt from cracks in theearth and cover everything; this will be one more reminder to people that there is no escapefrom death. Disaster will follow disaster; a person fleeing one will be caught by another. (Allahknows best). It is revealed in the verses as follows:

When the Earth is flattened out and disgorges what is inside it and empties out,hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do! (Surat al-Inshiqaq, 3-5)

The weight that the Earth will discharge on that day is not only magma. Magma is the mainvehicle for the exchange of heat inside the mantle and between the mantle and the crust. Inother words, matter from under the Earth carried by magma will erupt at a high temperatureover the surface of the Earth. This will be the cause of a never before seen rise in the Earthstemperature. As a result of these occurrences, underground petrol, coal, fossils, dead bodies,various remains and everything under the Earth animate and inanimate will be ejected. Inshort, the Earth will be totally turned inside out. Allah tells us about this in the Quran:

When the graves are emptied out, each self will know what it has sent ahead and

left behind. (Surat al-Infitar, 4-5)

And underground water will be forcefully expelled by the shocks from subterranean layers. Theeffect of this compressed water will be quite violent. Great damage will occur at the pointwhere this water is expelled and a flood of water will spread over the Earth causing awidespread upset in daily life.

When there is a volcanic eruption anywhere thick dust and solid particles are expelled into theupper atmosphere. During such an eruption, a cloud of dust and ashes cover the whole area.Allah tells us in the Quran that, on the Last Day, the mountains will become scattered dust inthe air. (Surat al-Waqia, 6) In accordance with what is said in the Quran, the probability isquite high that there will be such eruptions all over the Earth on the Last Day.

So we can see that people all over the world will suffer severe affliction. Spreading clouds of

dust and gasses will take peoples breath away and cause them to writhe in agony. Whathappens on that day will be enough to show deniers the dimensions of the eternal pangs ofHell that they will suffer. Allah has decreed this horrible end to human life and prepared fordeniers terrible physical and mental pangs in Hell. In the face of these horrible events, therewill be an omnipresent fear of death. There will be nothing left but fear and sorrow.

The Heavens

The planets stars and countless heavenly bodies came to be by Allahs command in the vastexpanses of the universe. By His power they have been sustained in a wondrous balance. Aswith every created thing, Allah has prepared a wondrous end for this magnificent world in theheavens. After two great collisions, there will be great changes in the skies; disaster will raindown over all humanity.

The sky has always been a secure and certain canopy in whose continued existence humanbeings could trust. This magnificent canopy which Allah has erected and sustains as a curtainbetween the Earth and endless space has protected the Earth perfectly from the manydangers that have threatened it (ultraviolet rays, meteors, the freezing cold of space). It hasbeen the most important factor in the continuation of life on Earth. Because of the qualities ofthe atmosphere, light coming from the cold depths of space spread sufficiently over the Earthand human beings came into existence because they could breathe the delicate amount ofoxygen in the atmosphere. However, after the collision of heavenly bodies with the Earth, theheavens will be deprived of their function. The Quran reveals the following about these events


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that will occur in the heavens:

On the Day when heaven sways to and fro. (Surat at-Tur, 9)

"by which heaven will be split apart? His promise will be fulfilled." (Surat al-

Muzzammil, 18)

"and Heaven will be split apart, for that Day it will be very frail. (Surat al-Haqqa,16)

As we saw earlier, a great color of dust and smoke will cover the world as a result of thesecollisions of heavenly bodies. This covering of dust and smoke will be thick enough to preventthe penetration of sunlight and the ecological system of the Earth will be upset. One of thesigns our Prophet (saas) gave of the Last Day is the smoke that will remain on the Earth foryears.

The Quran describes the end of the sky in these words:

On the Day the sky is like molten brass. (Surat al-Maarij, 8)

On that day the atmosphere will become incandescent as it starts to melt. The accustomedblue color of the sky will turn to red. In his book entitled The Last Three Minutes, Paul Daviesdescribes the effect of the collision of a comet with the Earth; he says that a gigantic ray oflight in the sky will begin to burn and the sky will melt like metal. In the same chapter, Daviesexplains that a boiling whirlpool will be formed because of the vacuum formed in space. Thisdescription is very similar to that in the 37th verse of Surat ar- Rahman.

When heaven is split apart and goes red like dregs of oil. (Surat ar-Rahman, 37)

The melting of the sky reminds us of a molten liquid like oil or melted metal. The sky will turnincandescent taking on an angry red color. As Paul Davies said, on that day everything willlook like a boiling whirlpool; it will be very much like the color of a crimson rose.

The Seas Be Set on Fire

The masses of water that cover three quarters of the Earths surface will suddenly begin toboil; it will be a sight that human eyes will hardly believe. At 4.500 degree (8100 F), thecontents of the Earth will be ejected out from every possible opening. This doubtless includedwhat is under the seas. Anyone who has seen a documentary film about how lava erupts intothe sea will have witnessed the incredibly frenzy of the water. But something quite differentfrom this will be witnessed on the Last Day; the horror will be much more extensive. All theseas of the Earth will be on fire and people will be overtaken by an unavoidable mixture offlames and sparks. On that day all the seas will be ablaze. As Allah says in the Quran:

When the oceans surge into each other (Surat at-Takwir, 6)

As a result of these events, all life on land and in the sea will come to and end. The normallyquiet and tranquil seas will suddenly radiate a terrible heat; waves will be replaced by giganticclouds of flame. The smoke in the atmosphere will use up most of the oxygen. The violentchurning of the endless seas burning with flames of fire will be accompanied by manydisasters.One of the events related in the Quran signaling the Last Day is the overflowing of the seas.

When the seas flood and overflow (Surat al-Infitar, 3)


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On that day, by the will of Allah, disasters on land and on the seas will be combined. As weknow, when there is an underwater earthquake, huge waves occur on the surface of the water.As a result of the violent earthquakes unleashed by the collision of a heavenly body with theEarth, swelling waters will engulf communities and cities, and destroy islands. In addition,changes in the ecological system will melt glaciers and cause the level of the waters to rise.

When this period decreed by Allah reaches its end, terrifying events will occur in a series. Ahorrible noise coming from everywhere, the rending of the mountains, lava flowing underpeoples feet, all enveloping dust, clouds of smoke and gas, boiling water flowing overpeople.this great day will bring sudden pangs of horror to those who preferred not to thinkabout the existence of Allah or appreciate His greatness; it will break the stubbornness ofabsolutely everyone and show them how helpless they are; it will show everyone theuselessness of the things the one valued this will be a day when people will not be able todescribe the fear and terror that is within them. They will run around in circles searching for aplace to hide. But everyone knows that there is no escape from this day.

On the Day the first blast shudders, and the second blast follows it.(Surat an-Naziat, 6-7)

This verse mentions two great tremors. The first may be the collision with the Earth of anotherstar or heavenly body.

This collision will stop the revolution of the Earth that has gone on without interruption formillions of years.

After the first collision, the second will occur. The horror of this collision will be even greaterthan that of the first.

With this collision, the Earth will start to rotate in the opposite direction that is, from west toeast. As a result, the sun will not rise in the east but in the west.

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