Signs of the End of the World

Signs of the End of the World

Prophet of mercy (peace and blessings be upon him) told us 1,400 years ago about some future events that are really happening today as we see in our life.

God the Almighty says about the day of resurrection (meaning), “Whoever hopes for the Meeting with Allah, then Allah’s term is surely coming and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower. And whosoever strives, he strives only for himself. Verily, Allah stands not in need of any of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinn, and all that exists).” (Sura Al-‘Ankabut, ayat 5-6) Therefore, all of us must be ready for that day.

Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said about that day, “The day of resurrection will not come before the emergence of trials, lying increases, convergence of markets and convergence of time.” (Narrated by Ahmad).

In this noble hadith the Prophet told his companions about some future events that will happen and that these events are signs of the imminence of the day of resurrection, as he spoke about these events at the time when Islam was weak and the Prophet and his companions were striving to spread that religion but he was speaking as if he was living with us and could see what is happening.

In that hadith there are four miracles which represent our reality nowadays:

1. Emergence of trials

Look at what is happening in many Muslim countries: wars, fighting and conflicts of power. All of these are happening in Muslim countries, why? Because we neglected the principles of Islam and the orders of Almighty Allah; as a result we see these trials around us.

2. Lying increases

Scientists all over the world are working hard to reveal lying and they are spending thousands of millions to invent an effective lie detection machine. Also we see a lot of lying in newspapers and TV news around us as lying has become an ordinary behavior around us. All of these did not exist at the time of the Prophet.

3. Convergence of markets

Nowadays, in all countries all over the world we see a lot of markets as we can see a market between two markets and this phenomenon did not exist at the time of the Prophet.

4. Convergence of time

In the past messages used to take days and months to reach its destination but now we can send a message in a few seconds. Also the news is flying between countries of the world in less than a second.