"He [Jesus] is a Sign of the Hour [of Resurrection]. Have no doubt about it." Surat az-Zukhruf 43:61
As the above verse indicates, God has revealed some of Doomsday's signs in the Qur'an. In Surat az-Zukhruf 43:61, God informs us that "He [Jesus] is a Sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it..." Thus we can say, based particularly on Islamic sources but also on the Old Testament and the New Testament, that we are living in the End Times." - Harun Yahya
Note: According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary sign means "a discernible indication of what is not itself directly perceptible. Sign applies to any indication to be perceived by the senses or the reason." Thus Surat az-Zukhruf 43:61 indicates that the Resurrection, which is already taking place, is not perceptible to most humans. The only way the commencement of the Resurrection can be perceived is either by the senses (feeling the Nafas al Rachman, the breath of the Merciful i.e., Winds of Qiyamah flowing from the body - especially the hands, top of head and legs) or by reason (confirming with heart, mind and soul the declaration of the General Resurrection (Al-Qiyamah) to all humankind), or far better by both sense and reason. That is exactly why the Holy Qur'an warns that most humans will be unaware that is the Resurrection is taking place (surah 30:55-60 Al Rum), and that includes most Muslims!
So what is the Ummah awaiting but for the Hour of Doomsday to come upon them suddenly? The Signs that the End is approaching have already come. What good will the Reminder that Al-Qiyamah—Al Qadr (Night Of Power And Fate)—has begun be to them when Doomsday—Al Qari'ah (The Day Of Noise And Clamour)—does arrive?
The prophecies of the Holy Koran are devastatingly precise and will run their course! Those Muslims reading these lines are forewarned, in no uncertain terms, that those disputing the Great News that the Resurrection has commenced will soon find that out when they stand before Allah (SWT) and be judged for their disbelief (since they are literally waiting for 'graves to open up', a centuries-old misconception):
Concerning what are they disputing?
Concerning the Great News. [5889]
About which they cannot agree.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
surah 78:1-5 Al Naba' (The Great News)
"5889. Great News: usually understood to mean the News or Message of the Resurrection."
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an, Amana Corporation, 1989.
HE [JESUS] IS A SIGN OF THE HOUR [OF RESURRECTION].
"Many portents revealed in the Qur'an and the Prophetic hadiths, as
well as various statements made by Islamic scholars, indicate that
Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) return is drawing nigh. In addition, the Bible
contains information about the period before Doomsday and Prophet
Jesus' (pbuh) second coming. All of the events related in these
sources indicate this blessed event's nearness.
SIGNS OF THE LAST DAY
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? (Qur'an, 47:18)
As the above verse indicates, God has revealed some of Doomsday's
signs in the Qur'an. In Surat az-Zukhruf 43:61, God informs us
that "He [Jesus] is a Sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it..."
STATEMENTS IN THE TORAH AND THE BIBLE
So far, we have only looked at the Islamic sources, which contain a
great deal of information about the End Times. No matter how
corrupted their texts may be, however, the Torah and the Bible still
contain some good news about Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) return. Even if we
cannot be completely sure of their accuracy, it is useful to bear in
mind those that are compatible with the Qur'an and the prophetic
hadiths, for there is a strong likelihood that all such statements
that are compatible with those in the Islamic sources have kept their
original form.
The name of Prophet Jesus (pbuh) does not appear in the Old
Testament, although we are told that a savior, a Messiah, will come
from the line of Prophet David (pbuh). The Jews refused to accept
that Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was sent to the Children of Israel, and so
rejected him. Thus, they are still waiting for their "Messiah-savior"
to come. Moreover, the Old Testament also contains some references to
the End Times.
The New Testament, on the other hand, contains a great many
statements on these subjects, especially of the second coming of
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and its signs. These statements describe the
natural events that will mark the times before and after his second
coming. Most of the portents are set out in some detail in the
prophetic hadiths as coming about in our day in a more striking
manner than in any earlier time. It is important to realize that not
just one or two of the signs are appearing in our day, but that just
about all of them, one after the other, are doing so. Thus we can
say, based particularly on Islamic sources but also on the Old
Testament and the New Testament, that we are living in the End Times."
SIGNS OF JESUS' (pbuh) SECOND COMING
THE SIGNS FROM THE ISLAMIC RESOURCES
1 The Splitting of the Moon
2 The Iran-Iraq War
3 A Great Battle between the Tigris and the Euphrates
4 The Occupation of Afghanistan
5 Stopping the Flow of the Euphrates river
6 Lunar and Solar Eclipses in Ramadan
7 The Rise of a Comet
8 Storming the Ka`ba and the Subsequent Bloodshed
9 Sighting a Flare in the East
10 A Sign Out of the Sun
11 A Solar Eclipse
12 A Change of Systems
13 A Tribulation of Dust and Smoke
14 The Emergence of Widespread Slaughter
15 The Killing of the Rulers of Damascus and Egypt
16 The Killing of Abdullah, the Former King of Jordan
17 The Enslavement of the Egyptians
18 Destruction of Great Cities
19 The Rebuilding of Ruined Places
20 The Fourth Peace and Arab-Israel Peace Agreement
21 The Loss of an Army
22 No Money Will Be Left to the Iraqis
23 Flames Destroy Homes in Baghdad
24 The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
25 An Embargo against Iraq and Damascus
26 The Restructuring of Iraq
27 Iraqis Flee to Damascus and the North
28 Fitna in Damascus
29 Chaos in Damascus, Iraq and Arabia
30 The Division of Iraq into Three Parts
31 War in the Streets
32 A War Between Muslims and Jews
33 The Killing of Innocent Children
34 Pervasive Corruption
35 One Type of Fitna Will Spread Everywhere
36 Religious Prohibitions Gain Acceptance
37 Openly Denying God
38 Replacing God with other "Deities"
39 A Sign of Materialism's Spread
40 Days of Anarchy and Chaos
41 The Absence of Peace
42 Revolutions
43 People Flee From One Another in Confusion
44 The Global Pervasiveness of Chaos and Conflicts
45 The Occurrence of Great and Astonishing Events
46 The Situation of Some Muslims
47 The Current Situation of the Islamic World
48 Wars Between Muslims
49 Muslims are Subjected to Severe Troubles
50 The Killing of the Innocent
51 People Killed for No Reason
52 Corruption that Causes Conflicts Everywhere
53 Loss of Hope in the Mahdi
54 Poverty and Hunger
55 Drought
56 A Weakening Economy in Specific Years
57 The Cutting of Trade and Roads
58 Decreased Earnings
59 The Division of National Wealth among the Rich
60 An Increase in the Number of Earthquakes
61 Earth's Collapse
62 Conversion of Homes into Graves
63 Winds and Tornadoes
64 Violent Rain
65 An Increased Amount of Lightning
66 Abandoning the True Religion and the Qur'an's Moral Values
67 Not Pondering over the Qur'an in a Sincere Manner
68 Muslims' yearning for non-Muslims
69 Fitna Alienates People from the Qur'an
70 Propagandists Distancing People From theIslam's Morality
71 Hypocritical and Fraudulent Clergy
72 Degeneration among Politicians
73 Abandoning "Enjoining the Right and Forbidding the Wrong" as an
Act of Worship
74 Good Is Confused with Evil
75 Close People Will Encourage One Another to Evil
76 The Number of True Believers Being Very Few
77 Use of Mosques for Different Purposes
78 Appearance of People Who Recite the Qur'an for Personal Benefits
79 Faith in Horoscopes and Refutation of Fate
80 Making Hajj (the Pilgrimage to Makkah) for Purposes Other than
God's Good Pleasure
81 People Inclining to the Desires of their Lower Selves
82 Social Deterioration
83 Adherence to Traitors and Considering the Righteous as Treacherous
84 The Decreasing Number of Reliable People
85 The Decreasing Number of Trustworthy People
86 Abandoning Almsgiving
87 Abandoning Salah (Prayers)
88 THe Spread of False Testimony and Slanders
89 Giving Positions of Responsibility to Incompetent People
90 Considering One's Superiority To Be in Wealth rather than in
Awareness of God
91 The Decay of Human Relations
92 People Value Their Pets more than Other People
93 The Decay of Family Relations
94 Diminished Love and Respect among People
95 Weakening of the Family Structure
96 Increase in Worldly Ambitions
97 Prevalence of Hypocrisy and Ostentation
98 Spread of Cursing and Abuse
99 Spread of Forgery and Bribery
100 Increase of Gossip and Derision
101 Some Young People Turn Away from the Religion's Morality
102 The Collapse of Moral Values
103 Spread of Adultery
104 Acceptance of Homosexuality
105 Epidemics
106 Reports of Sudden Death Will Multiply
107 An Increase in Murders
108 Increase in Suicides
109 Civil Wars and Conflicts
110 An Increase in Literacy
111 Time Grows Short
112 An Increase in Urbanization
113 The Construction of Tall Buildings
114 The Close Approach of the Markets
115 Speaking by Means of the Whip
116 The Speaking of One's Own Voice
117 A Hand from the Firmament
118 Increased Productivity
119 The Greening of the Deserts
120 Increased Life Expectancy
121 The Appearance of False Messiahs
PORTENTS OF THE MESSIAH'S RETURN IN THE BIBLE
122 The Emergence of False Messiahs
123 Some People Lose Hope in Messiah's Coming
124 A Rise in the Number of Earthquakes
125 Famine
126 Major Wars Break Out
127 Love is Diminished and Anger and Hatred Increase
128 People Move away from the Religion's Moral Values
129 Disasters Inflict Terrible Suffering
130 The Spread of Epidemics
131 People Who Exploit the Religion For Their Personal Interests
132 The Appearance of Portents in the Sun and Moon
133 Extraordinary Events Take Place in the Sky
134 Moral Degeneration
135 The Oppression of True Believers
136 The Emergence of Corruption That True Believers Should Avoid
137 Events That Inflict Pain and Suffering
138 The Coming of the Dajjal
Harun Yahya, Jesus Will Return
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