THE END TIMES and THE MAHDI

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THE END

TIMESand

THE MAHDI

HARUN YAHYA


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CONTENTS

I:D&C;I: I

'i9ns of the ?ast Day in the @uran

C7AP;(> II

;he (nd ;imes and the (mer9ence of t he "ahdi

C7AP;(> III

;he olden A9e

C7AP;(> I

'i9ns of the (nd ;imes from 'urat al)Kahf

C7AP;(> I

Pro,het 'ulayman /as1

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TO THE READER

A s,ecial cha,ter is assi9ned to the colla,se of the theory of eolution because this theory constitutes the

basis of all anti)s,iritual ,hiloso,hies. 'ince Darinism reEects the fact of creationFand therefore! Allahs(GistenceFoer the last $0 years it has caused many ,eo,le to abandon their faith or fall into doubt. It is

therefore an im,eratie serice! a ery im,ortant duty to sho eeryone that this theory is a dece,tion. 'ince

some readers may find the chance to read only one of our book! e think it a,,ro,riate to deote a cha,ter to

summariHe this subEect.

All the authors books eG,lain faith)related issues in li9ht of @uranic erses! and inite readers to learn

Allahs ords and to lie by them. All the subEects concernin9 Allahs erses are eG,lained so as to leae no doubt

or room for uestions in the readers mind. ;he books sincere! ,lain! and fluent style ensure that eeryone of

eery a9e and from eery social 9rou, can easily understand them. ;hanks to their effectie! lucid narratie! they

can be read at one sittin9. (en those ho ri9orously reEect s,irituality are influenced by the facts these books

document and cannot refute the truthfulness of their contents.

;his and all the other books by the author can be read indiidually! or discussed in a 9rou,. >eaders ea9er

to ,rofit from the books ill find discussion ery useful! lettin9 them relate their reflections and eG,eriences to

one another.

In addition! it ill be a 9reat serice to Islam to contribute to the ,ublication and readin9 of these books!

ritten solely for the ,leasure of Allah. ;he authors books are all eGtremely conincin9. or this reason! to

communicate true reli9ion to others! one of the most effectie methods is encoura9in9 them to read these books.

We ho,e the reader ill look throu9h the reies of his other books at the back of this book. 7is rich

source material on faith)related issues is ery useful! and a ,leasure to read.

In these books! unlike some other books! you ill not find the authors ,ersonal ies! eG,lanations basedon dubious sources! styles that are unobserant of the res,ect and reerence due to sacred subEects! nor ho,eless!

,essimistic ar9uments that create doubts in the mind and deiations in the heart.


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

&< 8A78A! he as born in Ankara in $%56. 7ain9 com,leted

his ,rimary and secondary education in Ankara! he studied arts at Istanbuls "imar 'inan &niersity and,hiloso,hy at Istanbul &niersity. 'ince the $%30s! he has ,ublished many books on ,olitical! scientific! and faith)

related issues. 7arun 8ahya is ell)knon as the author of im,ortant orks disclosin9 the im,osture of

eolutionists! their inalid claims! and the dark liaisons beteen Darinism and such bloody ideolo9ies as

fascism and communism.

7is ,en)name is a com,osite of the names 7arun /Aaron1 and 8ahya /ohn1! in memory of the to

esteemed Pro,hets ho fou9ht a9ainst their ,eo,les lack of faith. ;he Pro,hets seal on his books coers is

symbolic and is linked to the their contents. It re,resents the @uran /the final scri,ture1 and the Pro,het

"uhammad /,eace be u,on him1! last of the ,ro,hets. &nder the 9uidance of the @uran and the 'unnah

/teachin9s of the Pro,het1! the author makes it his ,ur,ose to dis,roe each fundamental tenet of 9odless

ideolo9ies and to hae the Jlast ord!J so as to com,letely silence the obEections raised a9ainst reli9ion. 7e uses

the seal of the final Pro,het! ho attained ultimate isdom and moral ,erfection! as a si9n of his intention to offer

the last ord.

All of 7arun 8ahyas orks share one sin9le 9oal* to coney the @ur ans messa9e! encoura9e readers to

consider basic faith)related issues such as Allahs (Gistence and &nity and the hereafter and to eG,ose 9odless

systems feeble foundations and ,ererted ideolo9ies.

7arun 8ahya enEoys a ide readershi, in many countries! from India to America! (n9land to Indonesia!

Poland to Bosnia! and ',ain to BraHil. 'ome of his books are aailable in (n9lish! rench! erman! ',anish!

Italian! Portu9uese! &rdu! Arabic! Albanian! >ussian! 'erbo)Croat /Bosnian1! Polish! "alay! &y9ur ;urkish! and

Indonesian.reatly a,,reciated all around the orld! these orks hae been instrumental in many ,eo,le recoerin9

faith in Allah and 9ainin9 dee,er insi9hts into their faith. 7is books isdom and sincerity! to9ether ith a distinct

style thats easy to understand! directly affect anyone ho reads them. ;hose ho seriously consider these books!

can no lon9er adocate atheism or any other ,ererted ideolo9y or materialistic ,hiloso,hy! since these books are

characteriHed by ra,id effectieness! definite results! and irrefutability. (en if they continue to do so! it ill be

only a sentimental insistence! since these books refute such ideolo9ies from their ery foundations. All

contem,orary moements of denial are no ideolo9ically defeated! thanks to the books ritten by 7arun 8ahya.

;his is no doubt a result of the @urans isdom and lucidity. ;he author modestly intends to sere as a

means in humanitys search for Allahs ri9ht ,ath.


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disbelief and to disseminate the @urans moral alues. ;he success and im,act of this serice are manifested in

the readers coniction.

:ne ,oint should be ke,t in mind* ;he main reason for the continuin9 cruelty! conflict! and other ordeals

endured by the ast maEority of ,eo,le is the ideolo9ical ,realence of disbelief. ;his can be ended only ith the

ideolo9ical defeat of disbelief and by coneyin9 the onders of creation and @uranic morality so that ,eo,le can

lie by it. Considerin9 the state of the orld today! leadin9 into a donard s,iral of iolence! corru,tion and

conflict! clearly this serice must be ,roided s,eedily and effectiely! or it may be too late.

In this effort! the books of 7arun 8ahya assume a leadin9 role. By the ill of Allah! these books ill be a

means throu9h hich ,eo,le in the tenty)first century ill attain the ,eace! Eustice! and ha,,iness ,romised in

the @uran.


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INTRODUCTION

;he (nd ;imes /or the ?ast Days1 may not be a familiar conce,t to many ,eo,le. ;herefore! e first 9ie a

brief eG,lanation of it. ;he (nd ;imes means the last era. Accordin9 to Islamic literature! it is a ,eriod of time

that is close to Doomsday.

;he si9ns in the @uran and the eGtensie references to the (nd ;imes ,roided by the 7adith literature

brin9s us to a ery im,ortant conclusion. erses and hadiths indicate that there are to ,hases of the (nd ;imes.

;he first ,hase is a ,eriod hen all ,eo,le ill suffer material and s,iritual ,roblems. olloin9 this! (arth ill

enter u,on a ,eriod of salation called the 'Golden Age,'hich is characteriHed by bounty and blessin9s due to

the ,realence of true reli9ion. With the end of the olden A9e! there ill be a ra,id social colla,se and ,eo,le

ill be9in to ait for Doomsday.

In this book! e eGamine the (nd ;imes in the li9ht of erses and hadiths. It is clear that the si9ns inuestion hae no started to a,,ear one after another! Eust as described in these references. ;he adent of these

si9ns heralded fourteen centuries a9o are 9reat occurrences that increase belieers faith in and loyalty to Allah. It

is surely not a coincidence that! in such a short ,eriod of time! all of these si9ns a,,eared one after another. ;hese

si9ns are 9ood nes to Allahs serants.

;he account of eents related in the folloin9 ,a9es is ,re,ared accordin9 to the 9uidance of the erse! 'Say:

'!a"#e $e %o Alla& He ("ll #&o( yo) H"# S"gn#, and yo) ("ll !e*ogn"+e %&e Yo)! -o!d "# no% )na(a!e o.

(&a% yo) do /'urat an)


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SIGNS O THE -AST DAY IN THE 5UR6AN

T&e #"gn# o. %&e -a#% Day "n %&e 5)!'an

7&a% a!e %&ey a(a"%"ng $)% .o! %&e Ho)! %o *oe )8on %&e #)ddenly9 I%# S"gn# &ae al!eady *oe

7&a% good ("ll %&e"! Re"nde! $e %o %&e (&en "% doe# a!!"e9 /S)!a& M)&aad: ;3

7e d"d no% *!ea%e %&e &eaen# and ea!%& and ee!y%&"ng $e%(een %&e, e?*e8% ("%& %!)%& T&e Ho)!

"# *e!%a"nly *o"ng /S)!a% alH"=!:


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Alla& &a# 8!o"#ed %&o#e o. yo) (&o $el"ee and do !"g&% a*%"on# %&a% He ("ll ae %&e #)**e##o!#

"n %&e land a# He ade %&o#e $e.o!e %&e #)**e##o!#, and ("ll ."!ly e#%a$l"#& .o! %&e %&e"! !el"g"on ("%&

(&"*& He "# 8lea#ed and g"e %&e, "n 8la*e o. %&e"! .ea!, #e*)!"%y 'T&ey (o!#&"8 Me, no% a##o*"a%"ng

any%&"ng ("%& Me' Any (&o a!e d"#$el"ee!# a.%e! %&a%, #)*& 8eo8le a!e de"a%o!# /S)!a% anN)!: @@3

In a number of erses! it also says that it is a diine la that those serants ho are faithful and lie the true

reli9ion in their hearts ill be made the inheritors of the orld*

7e (!o%e do(n "n %&e #al#, a.%e! %&e Re"nde! *ae: 'I% "# My !"g&%eo)# #e!an%# (&o ("ll "n&e!"%

%&e ea!%&' /S)!a% alAn$"ya': ;0@3

7e ("ll leae yo) %&e land %o l"e "n a.%e! %&e T&a% "# %&e !e(a!d o. %&o#e (&o .ea! My #%a%"on and

.ea! My %&!ea% /S)!a& I$!a&": ;43

;here is no doubt that Allah ill kee, 7is ,romises. ;he hi9h morality that ill conuer ,ererse

,hiloso,hies! distorted ideolo9ies and false reli9ious understandin9 is Islamic morality. ;he disbelieers and

,a9ans cannot ,reent this from ha,,enin9.

T&e #8l"%%"ng o. %&e oon

;he 5th 'urah of the @uran is called 'urat al)@amar. In (n9lish qamar means moon. In seeral

instances! this 'urah tells about the destruction that befell the ,eo,le of


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years a9o in 'urat al)@amar. :n that date! American astronauts set foot on the moon. Di99in9 at the lunar soil

they carried out scientific eG,eriments and collected sam,les of stones and soil. It is surely ery interestin9 that

these deelo,ments are in com,lete a9reement ith the statements in the erse.

We must make this clear! hoeer* ;he ,henomenon of the s,littin9 of the moon is! of course! one of the

miracles ouchsafed by Allah to our Pro,het /saas1. ;his miracle is reealed as follos in one hadith*

The people of Mecca asked Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle. So he showed them the moon split

in two halves between which they saw the Hiram' mountain. !ukhari"

;he miracle described aboe is the ,henomenon of s,littin9 of the moon reealed in the erse. 7oeer!

since the @uran is a book hich addresses all times it is also ,ossible that it is referrin9 to the landin9 on the

moon in our on a9e. /Allah surely knos best1


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T&e #"gn# de#*!"$ed $y %&e !o8&e% /#aa#3 a!e o**)!!"ng one a.%e! %&e o%&e!

In the hadiths that hae come don to us from the Pro,het /saas1! nes is 9ien concernin9 the (nd ;imes

and the olden A9e of Islam. When e com,are these si9ns ith the eents that are takin9 ,lace in our time! e

can see many indications that e are liin9 throu9h the (nd ;imes and hich also herald the arrial of the oldenA9e of Islam.

;he hadiths used in the comin9 sections of this book contain such information 9ien by the Pro,het /saas1

in this re9ard.

At this ,oint! there may arise some doubt in the reader in re9ards to the truth and authenticity of these

hadiths about the end. ;here is a method to distin9uish those that are true from those that are false. As e kno!

hadiths about the Doomsday relate to eents that are to take ,lace in the future. or this reason! hen a hadith

comes true in the course of time! all doubt as to the source of the ords is remoed.

'eeral Islamic scholars ho conducted research on the subEect of the (nd ;imes and of the si9ns of the

?ast Day hae used this criterion. An eG,ert on the subEect! BediuHHaman 'aid


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ha,,ened only com,aratiely recently! in the to orld ars. In World War I! more than #0 million died in

World War II! the toll as more than 50 million. At the same time! World War II is acknoled9ed to hae been the

bloodiest! the 9reatest and the most destructie ar in history.

;he conflicts that occurred after World War IIFthe Cold War! the Korean War! the ietnam War! the Arab)

Israeli conflict! and the ulf WarFare amon9 the most critical eents of our time. ?ikeise! re9ional ars!

conflicts and ciil ars! hae caused destruction in many ,arts of the orld. In ,laces such as Bosnia! Palestine!

Chechnya! Af9hanistan! Kashmir and many others! ,roblems continue to afflict humanity.

Another instance of a ty,e of chaos that concerns human bein9s as much as ar is or9aniHed international

terror. As authorities on the subEect also a9ree! acts of terror hae multi,lied in the latter half of the tentieth

century.# Indeed! it is een ,ossible to say that terror is a ,henomenon ,articular to the tentieth century.#

:r9aniHations deoted to racism! communism and similar ideolo9ies! or ith nationalistic aims! hae en9a9ed in

acts of brutality ith the hel, of the deelo,in9 technolo9y. Within the orlds recent history! acts of terror hae!

time and a9ain! fomented chaos. "uch blood has been shed and countless innocent ,eo,le hae been maimed or

killed.

T&e de#%!)*%"on o. g!ea% *"%"e#:

(a!# and d"#a#%e!#

reat cities will be ruined and it will be as if they had not eisted the day before. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-

!urhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-/aman& p. 01"

;he ruin of 9reat cities s,oken of in this hadith brin9s to mind the destruction that no arises from ar and

arious natural disasters. >ecently deelo,ed nuclear ea,ons! aircraft! bombs! missiles! and other modern

ea,ons! hae caused untold destruction. ;hese ea,ons ith their enormous destructie ,oer hae brou9ht

about a de9ree of destruction neer before seen. Indeed! the 9reat cities tar9eted are most affected by this

destruction. ;he incom,arable destruction of the 'econd World War is an eGam,le of this. With the use of the

atom bomb in orlds 9reatest ar! 7iroshima and


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In the last fe years! maEor earthuakes hae occurred re,eatedly and are amon9 the foremost fears of

,eo,le around the orld. If e look at the data collected by the American


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Had"% on %&e !e=e*%"on o. %&e %!)e !el"g"on and %&e o!al al)e# o. %&e 5)!'an

5ear the establishment of the Hour there will be days durin# which reli#ious" knowled#e will be taken

away vanish" and #eneral i#norance will spread... !ukhari"

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 a#ain. 3urin# it a man may be a believer in the mornin# and an

unbeliever in the evenin#. Abu 3awud"

There will come a time upon the ,mmat when people will recite the 6ur'an& but it will not #o further than

their throats& into their hearts". !ukhari"

!efore the 2ast Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a dark ni#ht in which a man will be a believer

in the mornin# and an infidel in the evenin#& or a believer in the evenin# and infidel in the mornin#. Abu 3awud"

A time will come when a man will not care about how he #ets thin#s& whether lawful or unlawful. !ukhari"

The 2ast 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 2ast Hour will not come before Allah takes His reli#ion away from the people of the earth& leavin# no

one in it but heathens who do not reco#ni+e ri#ht or ob%ect to wron#. :eported by Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As"

T&e ee!gen*e o. .al#e 8!o8&e%#

The 2ast Hour will not come before there come forth thirty 3a%%als imposters"& each presentin# himself as

an apostle of Allah. Abu 3awud"

(G,erts hae noted that there has been a ,roliferation of so)called messiahs that be9an to a,,ear in the

$%40s and hich has since increased substantially. Accordin9 to these eG,erts! there are to basic reasons for this

increase. irst is the colla,se of communism! and the other is the ,ossibilities afforded by Internet technolo9y.3

T&e 5)!'an %ell# o. 'I#a'# !e%)!n %o ea!%&

Allah did not allo the disbelieers to kill Isa /as1! but took him u, into 7is on ,resence! and announced

the 9ood nes to humanity that he ill return to (arth in the (nd ;imes. ;he @uran ,roides information about

IsaMs /as1 return in seeral instances*

N :ne erse says that the disbelieers ho set a tra, to kill Isa /as1 did not succeed

/And 7e *)!#ed %&e3 .o! %&e"! #ay"ng, '7e "lled %&e Me##"a&, 'I#a #on o. Ma!ya, Me##enge! o.

Alla&' T&ey d"d no% "ll &" and %&ey d"d no% *!)*".y &" $)% "% (a# ade %o #ee #o %o %&e T&o#e (&o


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a!g)e a$o)% &" a!e "n do)$% a$o)% "% T&ey &ae no !eal no(ledge o. "%, =)#% *on=e*%)!e B)% %&ey

*e!%a"nly d"d no% "ll &" /S)!a% anN"#a': ;@>3

N Another erse says that Isa /as1 did not die! but as taken from the human s,here into the ,resence of

Allah.

Alla& !a"#ed &" )8 %o H"#el. Alla& "# Al"g&%y, All7"#e /S)!a% anN"#a': ;@


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N Another erse that alludes to OIsaMs /as1 return to earth reads*

He ("ll %ea*& &" /'I#a3 %&e Boo and 7"#do, and %&e To!a& and %&e Go#8el /S)!a& Al 'I!an: 4


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He ("ll #8ea %o 8eo8le "n %&e *!adle, and al#o (&en .)lly g!o(n /wakahlan3, and ("ll $e one o. %&e

!"g&%eo)# /S)!a& Al 'I!an: 43

;his ord occurs only in these to erses and only in reference to Isa /as1. ;he ord is used to describeOIsaMs /as1 more mature a9e. ;he ord refers to the a9e beteen 20 and 50! that is! to the end of youth and the

be9innin9 of old a9e. Islamic scholars are a9reed in translatin9 this ord to refer to a ,eriod after the a9e of 25.

Islamic scholars rely on a tradition related by Ibn Abbas to the effect that Isa /as1 as raised to the ,resence

of Allah hen he as youn9! that is! at the be9innin9 of his 20s! and that hen he comes to earth a9ain! he ill

hae 0 years left to lie. Isa /as1 ill ,ro9ress into his old a9e after he has returned to earth! so this erse may be

said to be a ,roof of OIsaMs /as1 second comin9 to earth.%

T&e !o8&e% /#aa#3 %old o.

'I#a'# #e*ond *o"ng

;here are a fe hadiths from the Pro,het /saas1 that refer to the second comin9 of Isa /as1. ;he Islamic

scholar 'hakani stated that there are #% hadiths about OIsaMs /as1 return! and that the information contained in

these hadiths could not hae been falsified. )bn Ma%ah"

!y Him in hose Hands my soul is& son of Maryam& ')sa& will shortly descend amon#st you people

Muslims" as a %ust ruler. !ukhari"

The Hour will not be established until the son of Maryam i.e. ')sa" descends amon#st you as a %ust ruler.

!ukhari"

;he Pro,het /saas1 tells hat Isa /as1 ill do hen he returns*

')sa as"& son of Maryam as"& will descend& rule for ;< years with the book of Allah and my sunnah& and

die. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-!urhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-/aman"

)sa as"& son of Maryam as"& will be a %ust %ud#e and %ust ruler in my community"& break and crush the

cross and kill the pi# ... 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 ord and none shall be worshipped ecept Allah. )bn Ma%ah"


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THE END TIMES AND THE EMERGENCE

O THE MAHDI

Some im,ortant eG,lanations about the (nd ;imes are as follos* Durin9 the terrible chaos of the final

times! Allah ill use a serant hain9 su,erior morality knon as the "ahdi /the 9uide to the truth1! to inite

humanity back to the ri9ht ,ath. ;he "ahdis first task ill be to a9e a ar of ideas ithin the Islamic orld and

to turn those "uslims ho hae moed aay from Islams true essence back to true belief and morality. At this

,oint! the "ahdi has three basic tasks*

$. ;earin9 don all ,hiloso,hical systems that deny Allahs (Gistence and su,,ort atheism.

#. i9htin9 su,erstition by freein9 Islam from the yoke of those hy,ocritical indiiduals ho haecorru,ted it! and then reealin9 and im,lementin9 true Islamic morality based on the rules of the @uran.

2. 'tren9thenin9 the entire Islamic orld! both ,olitically and socially! and then brin9in9 about ,eace!

security and ell)bein9 in addition to solin9 societal ,roblems.

Accordin9 to many hadiths! Pro,het Isa /as1 ill return to (arth at the same time! and ill call u,on all

Christians and es! in ,articular! to abandon their current su,erstitions and to lie by the @uran. As the

Christians harken to him! the Islamic and Christian orlds ill come to9ether in one faith! and the orld ill

eG,erience that ,eriod of 9reat ,eace! security! ha,,iness! and ell)bein9 knon as the olden A9e.

SIGNS O THE MAHDI'S

EMERGENCE

e!a#"e *o!!)8%"on

While a corru,t enironment enables belieers ith stron9 faith to increase their faith and ,atience! and

their reards in the 7ereafter! it leads those ith eak and su,erficial faith to lose their faith or eaken it further.

;he "ahdi ill come hen the eGistin9 corru,t enironment is eGtremely intense and seere.

The Mahdi& one of my children& comes into bein#& by the blessin# of Allah& upon the approach of the 3ay of

4ud#ment and the weakenin# of the hearts of the faithful because of death& hun#er& and the disappearance of the


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sunnah& and the emer#ence of innovations and the loss of means by which to en%oin the ri#ht and forbiddin# the

wron#. His %ustice and prosperity will ease the hearts of the faithful& and friendship and love will settle between

the non-Arab and Arab nations. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-!urhan fi =Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-/aman& p. >>"

3isorder& corruption& and fear will emer#e in the est... ?orruption will proliferate. Mukhtasar Ta+kirah

6urtubi"

A kind of corruption will surface& from which no party will be able to protect itself& and spread immediately

to every direction. This situation will persist until one comes and says$ '@ people& from now on your leader is the

Mahdi.' )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi'Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. 0"

;he hadiths s,eak of a corru,tion that ill touch eerybody and s,read uickly. In other ords! a certain

ty,e of corru,tion that is knon to eerybody and o,,oses reli9ion and Allah ill tar9et the ,eo,les faith. ;oday!

materialist ,hiloso,hy is the lar9est and most com,rehensie trend desi9ned to deny Allahs (Gistence and

creation. &nderlyin9 this ,hiloso,hy is the theory of eolution! hich ,roides it ith a self),roclaimed

scientific basis. (en thou9h it is not based on any scientific and lo9ical eidence! certain materialist circles

throu9hout the orld continue to ork for its acce,tance by usin9 methods associated ith stron9 ,ro,a9anda!

deceit! and een fraud.

;oday! as this theory has ,enetrated almost eery household by means of both the ,ress and teleision!

almost eeryone in the "uslim orld and eeryhere else has heard of it. ;his theory is first ,resented as fact

hen ,eo,le are children by means of countless lies and deceit. As they 9ro older! they continue to be misled by

such funny nonsense that they! and humanity as a hole! came into bein9 merely as a result of coincidences and

that they descended from monkeys. 8ouths of all a9e are brainashed at all sta9es of their education by

eolutionist lies.

;here is a noteorthy ,oint here. As our Pro,het /saas1 noted in one of his hadiths! corru,tions 9lobal

,erasieness and ra,id s,read can materialiHe only hen suitable technolo9ical means are aailable! as they are

today /e.9.! the ,ress! ,ublications! broadcastin9! the Internet! and satellite communication1. As the releanttechnolo9y did not eGist in the ,ast! corru,tion could not s,read throu9hout the orld. As a result! no other

orldide corru,tion that had declared ar a9ainst Allahs (Gistence! creation! and reli9ion as seen in the ,ast.

All of these are amon9 the im,ortant si9ns that the "ahdis adent coincides ith the ,resent time.

Rel"g"o)# 8!o&"$"%"on# ga"n"ng a**e8%an*e

;he ,reailin9 lifestyle of our on time! hich has s,read so idely in the last seeral decades and makes

no distinction beteen hat reli9ion ,rohibits and allos! hile toleratin9 all kinds of debauchery! reflects the

enironment de,icted in the hadiths. 'eeral hadiths describe this dark enironment! the harbin9er of the "ahdis

emer9ence! as follos*

The Mahdi will not emer#e unless disbelief invades everywhere and is openly committed in the public.

hat rules in such times is the invasion by disbelief... That is its power. Mektubat-i :abbani& $BC"

The Mahdi will emer#e followin# the instance of such vile corruption fitnah" whereby all of the

prohibitions are re#arded as lawful. )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-

Munta+ar& p. 0"


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I!anI!a 7a!

;he folloin9 hadith reeals an im,ortant ar that ill take ,lace in the (nd ;imes*

There will be tumult in Shawwal the tenth )slamic month"& talks of war in 3hul-6a=dah the eleventh)slamic month"& and the outbreak of war in 3hul-Hi%%ah the twelfth month". Muhammad ibn DAbd al-:asul

!ar+an%i & Al-)shaDah li-ashrat al-saDah& p. E>>"

;he three months referred to in this hadith coincide ith the months durin9 hich the Iran)Ira ar

deelo,ed. ;he first u,risin9 a9ainst the 'hah took ,lace on 5 'haal $2%3 /3 'e,tember $%461! as indicated by

the hadith! and a full)blon ar broke out beteen Iran and Ira in Dhul)7iEEah $00 /:ctober $%301.

Another hadith describes the details of this ar as follos*

A nationFtribe will come from the 7arsi direction& sayin#$ 'Gou Arabs Gou have been too +ealous )f you

don't #ive them their due ri#hts& nobody will have an alliance with you... )t must be #iven to them one day and to

you the followin# day& and mutual promises must be kept...' They will be #oin# up Mutekh8 Muslims will be

comin# down to the plain... Mushrikun idolaters" will be standin# over there on the bank of a black river

:akabeh" on the other side. There will be a war between them. Allah will deprive both armies of a victory...

Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-:asul !ar+an%i& Al-)sha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah& p. EIC"

) ;hose comin9 from the arsi direction* those comin9 from the Iranian side

) arsi* Iran! Iranian

) Comin9 don to the ,lain* Plain! Iranian Plain

) "utekh* akabeh* >e9ion here the oil ells are concentrated

;his hadith may dra attention to the outbreak of a racial dis,ute that ould cause both sides to come

don to the ,lain /Iranian Plain1 and a9e ar. urther! as noted by the hadith! the Iran)Ira ar lasted for 3

years and! des,ite the many thousands of casualties! neither side could claim ictory or a decisie su,eriority.

T&e O**)8a%"on o. A.g&an"#%an

9ity poor Taliqan a re#ion in Af#hanistan" that at that place are treasures of Allah& but these are not of

#old and silver. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-!urhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-+aman& p. BC"

;here is an indication that Af9hanistan ill be occu,ied durin9 the ?ast Days. ;he >ussian inasion of

Af9hanistan took ,lace in $%4% /$00! accordin9 to the Islamic calendar1.In addition! this hadith dras attention to Af9hanistans material riches. ;oday! lar9e oil de,osits! iron

basins! and coal mines that hae not been commercially eG,loited yet hae been detected there.

S%o88"ng %&e .lo( o. %&e E)8&!a%e# !"e!

'to,,in9 and interru,tin9 the flo of the (u,hrates rier is one si9n of the "ahdis emer9ence.


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Soon the river Juphrates will disclose the treasure the mountain" of #old& so whoever will be present at

that time should not take anythin# of it. !ukhari"

)t the Juphrates" will uncover a mountain of #old under it". Abu 3awud"

"any res,ected books of hadith mention both of these eents. Al)'uyuti mentions this hadith as the

sto,,in9 of ater. Indeed! the Keban Dam has sto,,ed the flo of the >ier (u,hrates.;he surroundin9 land has become as aluable as 9old for arious reasons! such as electricity ,roduction and

hi9her soil fertility throu9h the irri9ation and trans,ort facilities that Keban dam has made ,ossible.

;he Keban dam and the others constructed oer the >ier (u,hrates resemble a concrete mountain! and

ealth as aluable as 9old comes out of it. ;herefore! dam takes on the ,ro,erties of the 9olden mountain. /Allah

knos best1.

E*l"8#e o. %&e oon and #)n "n Raadan

There are two si#ns for the Mahdi... The first one is the lunar eclipse in the first ni#ht of :amadan& and the

second is the solar eclipse in the middle of this month.)bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi =Alamat

al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. ;I"

There will be two solar eclipses in :amadan before the Mahdi's advent. Mukhtasar Ta+kirah 6urtubi"

... The solar eclipse in the middle of :amadan& and the lunar eclipse at the end... Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-

!urhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-+aman& p. 0I"

)t has reached me that before the Mahdi emer#es the moon will be eclipsed twice in :amadan. :elated by

Abu 5u'aym in al-7itan"

;he most strikin9 ,oint here is that to solar as ell as to lunar ecli,ses take ,lace ithin one month

/>amadan1.

If these incidents are eGamined carefully! some differences become a,,arent. ;he best thin9 to do in such a

situation is to locate the areas of a9reement. ;hese are the folloin9* ;here ill be solar and lunar ecli,ses durin9

>amadan! these ill be s,aced about $)$5 days a,art! and the ecli,ses ill be re,eated tice.

In line ith these calculations! there as a lunar ecli,se in $%3$ /7iEri $0$1 on the $5th day of >amadan!

and a solar ecli,se on the #%th day of the month. ;here as a JsecondJ lunar ecli,se in $%3# /7iEri $0#1 on the

$th day of >amadan! and a solar ecli,se on the #3th day of the month.

It is also ,articularly si9nificant that in that ,articular instance! there as a full lunar ecli,se in the middle

of >amadan! a most strikin9 ,ro,hecy.

;he occurrence of these incidents durin9 the same ,eriod coincidin9 ith the si9ns of the "ahdis

emer9ence! and their miraculous recurrence at the onset of the fourteenth Islamic century for to consecutieyears /$0$)0#1 makes it ,ossible for these eents to be the si9ns foretold by the hadiths.

"oreoer! an astoundin9ly similar ecli,se occurred in the years #00# and #002.

ACTUA- EC-ISE DATE

-)na! E*l"8#eamadan1


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$5 days later

Sola! E*l"8#eDecember ! #00#

In 7iEri $#2 /at the end of >amadan1

-)na! E*l"8#eamadan1

$5 days later

Sola! E*l"8#eamadan1

T&e !"#e o. a *oe%A star with a luminous tail will rise from the Jast before the Mahdi emer#es. Muhammad ibn DAbd al-

:asul !ar+an%i& Al-)shaDah li-ashrat al-saDah& p.


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durin9 the ,il9rima9e month. It is ery interestin9 that this raid occured at the ery be9innin9 of the ,eriod durin9

hich the si9ns of "ahdis adent a,,eared! that is! the first day of the Islamic year $00 /#$


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A #"gn o)% o. %&e S)n

He the Mahdi" will not come unless a si#n emer#es out of the Sun. )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-

Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. ;I"

The Mahdi will not emer#e unless the Sun rises as a si#n. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-!urhan fi Alamat al-

Mahdi Akhir al-+aman& p. 00"

;he lar9e eG,losions detected on the 'un durin9 the tentieth century may ell be this si9n.

Also! the Au9ust $$! $%%% solar ecli,se as the last of the century. It as the first time that so many ,eo,le

had been able to atch and study an ecli,se for so lon9.

T&e Re$)"ld"ng o. R)"ned la*e#

The rebuildin# of the ruined places in the world& and the ruination of constructed places are si#ns and

portents of 3oomsday. A#reed ,pon"

a!"o)# &ad"% !eeal %&a% %&e 5)!'an !e.e!# %o %&e Ma&d"

The Mahdi will rule Jarth& %ust like 3hu'l-6arnayn and Sulayman. )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-

Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. C"

The ?ompanions of the ?ave Ahl al-*ahf" will be the Mahdi's helpers. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-!urhan fi

Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-+aman& p. BC"

The number of the Mahdi's helpers will be as many as those who crossed the river with Talut. Al-Muttaqi

al-Hindi& Al-!urhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-+aman& p. BI"


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THE GO-DEN AGE

T&e !o8&e% /#aa#3 de#*!"$e# %&e

End T"e# ("%& "%# &eaenly .ea%)!e#

"any hadiths indicate the eGistence of a ,eriod hen the @urans alues ill ,erade (arth. ;his ,eriod!

knon as the olden A9e! ill last for more than half a century and! in many ays! ill resemble the Blessed

Period of our Pro,het /saas1.

Accordin9 to one hadith! ,eo,le ill be so content that they ill s,end their days ith no idea as to ho

time ,asses and ho one day turns into the neGt. ;hey ill ,ray to Allah to ,rolon9 their lies in order to receie

more benefits from these 9races. Another Pro,hetic hadith states that

The youn#er ones wish they were #rown-ups& while the adults wish they were youn#er... The #ood become

even more #ood& and even the wicked ones are treated well. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-!urhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi

Akhir al-+aman& p. EI"

Un8!e*eden%ed A$)ndan*e

"any hadiths reeal that there ill be an un,recedented abundance of cro,s and 9oods! all of hich ill be

distributed ithout measure*

3urin# this period"& my ummah people" will lead a kind of comfortable and carefree life that they have

never known before. The land" will brin# forth its yield and will not hold anythin# back... )bn Ma%ah"

)n the last of times there will be a khalifa successor" who will distribute wealth without even countin# it.

Muslim"

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 livin# will wish the dead could come back to life. At-Tabarani and Abu

5u'aym"

The land will turn like the silver tray #rowin# ve#etation... )bn Ma%ah"

Te*&nolog"*al deelo8en%# ("ll8!o"de a$)ndan*e "n %&e Golden Age

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;his hadith refers to an increase in a9ricultural ,roduction that ill occur in the (nd ;imes by transitionin9

to modern a9riculture! deelo,in9 ne a9ricultural techniues! im,roin9 seed stocks! and usin9 rainater more

efficiently by constructin9 ne dams and artificial lakes.

T&e &"g& *o#% o. l""ng

and 8oe!%y ("ll end

As the olden A9e ill be a time of elfare and 9reat ealth! all ,eo,le ill receie more than they

demand. "

3efinitely possessions will be in abundance then& flowin# like water. Get no one will condescend" to take

any.Mukhtasar Ta+kirah 6urtubi"

Rel"g"on ("ll $e !e#%o!ed %o

"%# o!"g"nal #%a%e

Another nes reealed by the 7adith literature re9ardin9 the (nd ;imes is that the ori9inal reli9ion ill no

lon9er be misunderstood. In the olden A9e! all heretical misunderstandin9s that entered Islam after the Pro,het/saas1 ill be eliminated! and the ori9inal reli9ion ill be restored. ust as in the case of the Pro,het! the

reuirements of the reli9ion ill be fulfilled.

After the death of our Pro,het /saas1 and his Com,anions! history records that unrelated heresies and forms

of orshi, ere introduced into the ori9inal reli9ion! and that countless hadiths and Eud9ments! most of hich

hae suried to our day! ere fabricated and attributed to our Pro,het /saas1. Des,ite the best efforts of true

"uslims to eliminate these fabrications! many ,ractices done in the name of Islam today are not based u,on the

@uran.

As the @uran is the only source that can distin9uish beteen the correct and mistaken ,ractices! only its

9uidance can eG,ose and remoe these fabricated heresies. ;his ay! the true reli9ion ill resurface.

In the (nd ;imes! Allah ill restore the reli9ion to its ori9inal state and make the @urans morality ,reail. When

this time comes! 7e ill remoe all deiations that hinder ,eo,le from liin9 by 7is reli9ion! and ill ,urify Islam from

all heresies! false beliefs! and forms of orshi,.


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SIGNS O THE END TIMES ROM SURAT A-FAH

T&e !o8&e% M)&aad /#aa#3&"g&l"g&%ed %&"# #)!a

"any ,ro,hetic hadiths connect 'urat al)Kahf ith the (nd ;imes. 'ome of these are 9ien belo*

>elated by An)elated by Abu &mamah al)Bahili*

hoever enters his the 3a%%al's" Hell& let him seek refu#e with Allah and recite the openin# verse of Surat

al-*ahf& and it will become cool and peaceful for him& as the fire became cool and peaceful for )brahim. )bn

*athir"

S"gn# and #e*!e%# a$o)% %&e End T"e#

:ne reason hy the Pro,het /saas1 recommends that belieers read 'urat al)Kahf is that it contains ery

im,ortant si9ns about the (nd ;imes! such as those that are reuired to defend and fi9ht a9ainst the DaEEal and the

irreli9ious moements that brin9 so much eil to humanity! and hich he ants to s,read around the orld. It also

contains many lessons for "uslims. :ur Pro,hets /saas1 recommendation to memoriHe and to read this surah

attentiely is a clear indication of this. As e ill see throu9hout this cha,ter! the eG,eriences of the Com,anionsof the Cae /Ashab al)Kahf1! ho lied in an unbeliein9 society! the lessons that "usa /as1 learned from Khidr

/as1! and the rule oer the orld that Dhul)@arnayn /as1 established in order to disseminate the alues of Islam!

are matters u,on hich belieers need to reflect.

T&e e?%!ao!d"na!y #"%)a%"on o.

%&e eo8le o. %&e Cae

Do yo) *on#"de! %&a% %&e Co8an"on# o. %&e Cae and A!Ra" (e!e one o. %&e o#% !ea!a$le o.

O)! S"gn#9 7&en %&e yo)ng en %oo !e.)ge "n %&e *ae and #a"d: 'O)! -o!d, g"e )# e!*y d"!e*%ly .!o

Yo) and o8en %&e (ay .o! )# %o !"g&% g)"dan*e "n o)! #"%)a%"on' /S)!a% alFa&.: 1;03

;hese erses touch u,on this 9rou,s eGtraordinary situation. As the narratie unfolds! e see that their

eG,eriences are of an unusual and meta,hysical nature. ;heir entire life is full of miraculous deelo,ments. ;heir


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situation is subEect to our Pro,hets /saas1 hadith! hich make the connection beteen them and the (nd ;imes.

;his indicates that ,eo,le liin9 in the (nd ;imes may hae su,ernatural eG,eriences.

;he tenth erse tells us that those youn9 ,eo,le sou9ht refu9e in the cae from the eGistin9 o,,ressie

system! hich did not allo them to eG,ress their ies! tell the truth! and call to Allahs reli9ion. ;hus! they

distanced themseles from their society.

7oeer! this should not be understood as an idle ,eriod aay from society! for they took refu9e there

hile askin9 for Allahs 9race and hel,. ;hey also sou9ht to im,roe and deelo, themseles. "uslims of the (nd

;imes liin9 under o,,ressie re9imes ill conceal themseles and ho,e for Allah to increase 7is 9race u,on

them! and also to make their lies and stru99le a9ainst anti)reli9ious moements easier.

T&e"! #e*!e*y *on%"n)ed .o! #oe %"e

So 7e #ealed %&e"! ea!# ("%& #lee8 "n %&e *ae .o! a n)$e! o. yea!# T&en 7e (oe %&e )8 aga"n #o

%&a% 7e "g&% #ee (&"*& o. %&e %(o g!o)8# (o)ld $e%%e! *al*)la%e %&e %"e %&ey &ad #%ayed %&e!e /S)!a% al

Fa&.: ;;;23

;he reason for this state of slee, as their surrender to fate and ,eace! because Allah! Who created

the unierse out of nothin9! arran9es eerythin9 for the benefit of "uslims. In our on time! some "uslims

hae ado,ted a similar s,iritual detachment. ;his ay! they remain uncorru,ted by the materialist

ideolo9ies that seek to distance ,eo,le from their faith! and also are untouched by the iolence to hich

these ideolo9ies lead. ;hus! they can continue to lie accordin9 to the @uran ithout bein9 affected by the

surroundin9 moral de9eneration! cruelty! and chaos. ;heCom,anions of the Cae remained hidden for sometime! and Allah roused them at a time of 7is choosin9.

T&ey 8!o*la"ed Alla&'# !el"g"on %o %&e"! 8eo8le

O)! 8eo8le &ae %aen de"%"e# a8a!% .!o H" 7&y do %&ey no% 8!od)*e a *lea! a)%&o!"%y

*on*e!n"ng %&e9 7&o *o)ld do g!ea%e! (!ong %&an #oeone (&o "nen%# a l"e aga"n#% Alla&9 /S)!a% al

Fa&.: ;@3

As this erse states! the Com,anions of the Cae called their idolatrous ,eo,le to faith! inited them to

Allahs reli9ion! asked them to sto, associatin9 others ith Allah! and demanded that they brin9 forth the

eidence u,on hich they based their denial. When they could not do this! they eG,osed their idolatrous ,eo,le as

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;oday! "uslims also demand ,roof from those ho take idols besides Allah. In the (nd ;imes! there eGists

an idolatrous belief that idoliHes matter and chance* Darinism.

Darinism claims that the unierse has no ,ur,ose! as formed by random occurrences! and that only the

fittest members of nature surie. ;his anti)reli9ious system is based on conflict and iolence. In reality! these

claims of random occurrences bein9 res,onsible for eerythin9 are no more than acts of slander by the Darinists

a9ainst Allah! Who is All),oerful and has created eerythin9 that eGists.

T&ey d"#%an*ed %&e#ele# )%%e!ly .!o %&e #)!!o)nd"ng "dola%!o)# (o!ld"e(

7&en yo) &ae #e8a!a%ed yo)!#ele# .!o %&e and ee!y%&"ng %&ey (o!#&"8 e?*e8% Alla&, %ae

!e.)ge "n %&e *ae, and yo)! -o!d ("ll )n.old H"# e!*y %o yo) and o8en %&e (ay %o %&e $e#% .o! yo) "n yo)!

#"%)a%"on /S)!a% alFa&.: ;3

Due to the unbelieers o,,ression! the Com,anions of the Cae felt the need for total se9re9ation. ;hus!

they seered all links ith the unbelieers by seekin9 refu9e in the cae. Durin9 this ,eriod! Allahs 9race

descended on them! and 7e made thin9s easier for them in many res,ects. ;he most im,ortant as,ect of 7is hel,

and su,,ort as s,arin9 them from the ne9atie im,act of the unbelieers.

T&ey &"d %&e#ele#

o! ". %&ey ."nd o)% a$o)% yo), %&ey ("ll #%one yo) o! ae yo) !ee!% %o %&e"! !el"g"on, and %&en yo)

("ll nee! &ae #)**e## /S)!a% alFa&.: 203

;hey ill stone you describes a form of terror. ;his character trait is clearly reco9niHable today in ,eo,le

ho are under the influence of 9odless ideolo9ies. or eGam,le! terrorists ho subscribe to communism are led

by their hostility to the state to thro stones and attack its officials! as ell as at the ,olice forces. ;hese attacks

aim to eaken and demoraliHe them so that the communists can realiHe their anti)reli9ious ideals and establish

their rule by dra99in9 the country into chaos and conflict.

ien this! it is ital for the ,eo,le of the (nd ;imes to stay clear of the bloodstained ideolo9ies that hae

brou9ht nothin9 but eil to the orld! not to side ith those ho corru,t others! and not to be influenced by the,roocations of anti)reli9ious ideolo9ies or their a9itations.

Only Alla& and a &and.)l o. 8eo8le ne( %&e"! n)$e!


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T&ey ("ll #ay: 'T&e!e (e!e %&!ee o. %&e, %&e"! dog $e"ng %&e .o)!%&' T&ey ("ll #ay: 'T&e!e (e!e ."e

o. %&e, %&e"! dog $e"ng %&e #"?%&,' g)e##"ng a% %&e Un#een And %&ey ("ll #ay: 'T&e!e (e!e #een o. %&e,

%&e"! dog $e"ng %&e e"g&%&' Say: 'My -o!d no(# $e#% %&e"! n)$e! T&o#e (&o no( a$o)% %&e a!e e!y

.e(' So do no% en%e! "n%o any a!g)en% *on*e!n"ng %&e, e?*e8% "n !ela%"on %o (&a% "# *lea!ly no(n And

do no% #ee %&e o8"n"on o. any o. %&e !ega!d"ng %&e /S)!a% alFa&.: 223

;hose ho kno about them are ery fe indicates also that a fe ,eo,le could hae this knoled9e. or

instance! one such ,erson could be Khidr /as1! hose miraculous circumstances e ill eG,lore shortly. It is also

,ossible that Khidrs disci,les mi9ht hae this knoled9e! ith Allahs ill and reelation. ;he @uran reeals that

Allah reeals some of the &nseen to 7is "essen9ers.

T&e =o)!ney o. !o8&e% M)#a /a#3 and &"# yo)ng #e!an% %o %&e

'ee%"ng8la*e o. %&e %(o #ea#'

Ree$e! (&en M)#a #a"d %o &"# yo)ng #e!an%: 'I ("ll no% g"e )8 )n%"l I !ea*& %&e ee%"ng8la*e o. %&e

%(o #ea#, een ". I )#% 8!e## on .o! any yea!#' /S)!a% alFa&., 03

7ere! youn9 su99ests that hen doin9 somethin9! one should seek the assistance of youn9 ,eo,le and

ork ith them.

8oun9 ,eo,le should be motiated to use their ener9y! dynamism! stren9th! ambition! and eGcitement for

ri9ht action for Allahs ,leasure. 'ome of the erses s,eak of youth! and the folloin9 erse states that only someyoun9 ,eo,le of his nation belieed in "usa /as1*

No one $el"eed "n M)#a, e?*e8% /#oe3 o..#8!"ng /"e, yo)% aong &"# 8eo8le, o)% o. .ea! %&a%

&a!ao& and %&e elde!#, (o)ld 8e!#e*)%e %&e &a!ao& (a# &"g& and "g&%y "n %&e land He (a# one o.

%&e 8!o.l"ga%e /S)!a& Y)n)#,


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T&ey .o)nd a #e!an% o. O)!# (&o 7e &ad g!an%ed e!*y .!o U# and (&o 7e &ad al#o g"en

no(ledge d"!e*% .!o U# /S)!a% alFa&., @3

Allah is most com,assionate! 9raceful! and merciful toard 7is serants. "usa /as1 set out to meet Khidr

/as1! someone to hom Allah has 9ien mercy. ;herefore! Allahs attributes of 9race and mercy are reflected on

him! hich has caused him to receie a su,erior knoled9e from Allah and to become one of 7is distin9uished

serants.

D&)'l5a!nayn /a#3

T&ey ("ll a# yo) a$o)% D&)'l5a!nayn Say: 'I ("ll %ell yo) #oe%&"ng a$o)% &" %&a% "# (o!%&y o.

!ee$!an*e and en%"on' /S)!a% alFa&.,


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He /D&)'l5a!nayn3 #a"d: 'A# .o! %&o#e (&o do (!ong, 7e ("ll 8)n"#& %&e T&en %&ey ("ll $e

!e%)!ned %o %&e"! -o!d, and He ("ll 8)n"#& %&e ("%& a d!ead.)l 8)n"#&en% B)% a# .o! &" (&o $el"ee#

and a*%# !"g&%ly, &e ("ll !e*e"e %&e $e#% o. !e(a!d#, and (e ("ll "##)e a *oand, a"ng %&"ng# ea#y .o!

&" /S)!a% alFa&.:


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In Allahs ,resence! all time is one. uture! ,ast! and ,resent are eG,erienced all at once. In some erses! the

eents of the Day of ud9ment in 7ell and Paradise are related as if they hae already taken ,lace. ;he folloin9

erses are an eGam,le of this techniue.

T&e T!)8e% "# $lo(n, and all (&o a!e "n %&e &eaen# and all (&o a!e on %&e ea!%& #(oon a(ay, #ae&" (&o Alla& ("ll# T&en "% "# $lo(n a #e*ond %"e, and $e&old %&e #%and"ng (a"%"ngJ And %&e ea!%&

#&one ("%& %&e l"g&% o. &e! -o!d, and %&e Boo "# #e% )8, and %&e 8!o8&e%# and %&e ("%ne##e# a!e $!o)g&%,

and "% "# =)dged $e%(een %&e ("%& %!)%&, and %&ey a!e no% (!onged /S)!a% a+)a!:


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Another ,ossibility is that a hu9e communal satellite dish is im,lied. ;he reason for it bein9 so bi9 could

hae been to oercome 8aEuE and "aEuEs 9lobal disru,tie system. ;he surfaces of these dishes are usually made

of the chea,er and li9hter aluminum! hich is not the ideal material for ,erformance. Co,,er is a much better

conductor! and mi9ht hae been ,referred for this reason. 7oeer! coerin9 such a hu9e dish ith co,,er sheets

is not rational. :n the other hand! co,,er),latin9 the dish ith molten co,,er ould 9ie it the smoothest surface

and delier the hi9hest ,ossible ,erformance.

;he all or barrier created by the com,etin9 broadcasts or by creatin9 a ma9netic field could be termed an

inisible barrier. 'ome scholars read the ord saddayn in the ninety)third erse as suddayn! andsadd in the

folloin9 erse assudd. In the first case! the meanin9 ould be a isible barrier in the second! it means an

inisible barrier /Allah knos best1.

'T&ey (e!e, %&e!e.o!e, )na$le %o *l"$ oe! "%, no! (e!e %&ey a$le %o ae a $!ea*& "n "%,'as stated in

the ninety)seenth erse! mi9ht be referrin9 to this! because 8aEuE and "aEuE attem,t to oercome or breach the

transmitters broadcast. 'i9nificantly! the current eG,ression used for ,irate stations that broadcast by interferin9

ith another broadcast is breachin9 transmission.

Considerin9 the eG,ression scarcely able to understand s,eech in this li9ht mi9ht mean that this satellitebroadcast is sometimes not understood by some ,eo,le. When the broadcast is disru,ted! the ,eo,le cannot

understand but hen the normal broadcast is restored! they be9in to understand /Allah knos best1.

;he eG,ression a muddy s,rin9 in the ei9hty)siGth erse is also interestin9! because seein9 the sunset on the ;

screen is Eust like the sun settin9 in a s,rin9. ;he colors on the screen chan9e as the sun sets in the distance oer the sea!

and this a,,ears 9rayer on the screen. ;hus! for someone iein9 this! it ill a,,ear as if settin9 in a muddy s,rin9. ;he

aynin hami'aheG,ression! made u, of 'ayn/s,rin91 and hami'ah/muddy1 could be im,lyin9 this unclear ie.

Also! his contact ith the (ast and the West could indicate that he is in touch ith the arious ,arts of the

9lobe. While the sun rises oer one ,art! it sets on the other.

THE NUMERICA- A-UES /ABJAD3 IN SOME O THE ERSES IN

SURAT A-FAH OINT TO TIMES ERY C-OSE TO OUR O7N DAY

7e .o!%"."ed %&e"! &ea!%# /S)!a% alFa&.: ;43

$00 A.7. /Anno 7e9irae! the Islamic calendar1 or

$%4% A.D. /Anno Domini! In the year of our ?ord! the Christians re9orian calendar1

He #a"d: 'T&e 8o(e! y -o!d &a# g!an%ed e "# $e%%e! %&an %&a%' /S)!a% alFa&.: 1@3

$0% A.7.! or $%33 A.D. /Withoutshaddah1

7e gae &" 8o(e! and a)%&o!"%y on Ea!%& /S)!a% alFa&.:


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A si9n ,ointin9 at the be9innin9 of the Islamic $00s and the end of the tentieth and the be9innin9 of the

tenty)first Christian century is the number $%30! hich is obtained by multi,lyin9 'urat al)Kahfs number of

erses ith its numerical order in the @uran.

'ura $3* 'urat al)Kahf /contains $$0 erses1 $3 G $$0 Q $%30.

BediuHHaman 'aid


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ROHET SU-EYMAN /AS3

!o8&e% S)layan /a#3 (a# g"e )n8!e*eden%ed (eal%&

He /S)layan3 #a"d: 'My -o!d, .o!g"e e and g"e e a "ngdo %&e l"e o. (&"*& ("ll nee! $e

g!an%ed %o anyone a.%e! e T!)ly Yo) a!e %&e Ee!G""ng' /S)!a& Sad: @3

Allah res,onded to his ,rayer by 9iin9 him 9reat blessin9s and knoled9e! as ell as bestoin9 u,on him

a ma9nificent dominion and ,oerful authority. In the erses that recount his life! many details are offered about

his ealth! authority! and ho he used his knoled9e.

!o8&e% S)layan /a#3 *o)n"*a%ed ("%& $"!d#

Allah tau9ht Pro,het 'ulayman /as1 the lan9ua9e of birds! and he used this knoled9e to form orderly

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) 7e also had 9reat control oer Einns and satans. As the @uran states! Allah said! 'And #oe o. %&e ="nn

(o!ed "n .!on% o. &" $y &"# -o!d'# 8e!"##"on' /'urah 'aba! $#1 and 'And #oe o. %&e #a%an# d"ed .o! &"

and d"d o%&e! %&"ng# a8a!% .!o %&a% And 7e (e!e (a%*&"ng oe! %&e' /'urah al)Anbiya1. If e think about

this as,ect! birds mi9ht symboliHe an army of Einns.

) Another ,ossibility is that the birds are led by Einns. Pro,het 'ulayman /as1 mi9ht hae commanded birds

to ,erform certain tasks throu9h usin9 Einns.

) Allah made the @uran humanitys holy book until Doomsday. ;hus! incidents similar to those related

about Pro,het 'ulayman mi9ht occur in the (nd ;imes. ;hese erses mi9ht si9nal to us that durin9 this time Allah

mi9ht ,lace satans and Einns at humanitys beck and call! or that humanity ill use and benefit 9reatly from

adanced technolo9y at that time. /Allah knos best1.

S)layan /a#3 *o)n"*a%e#

("%& a .eale an%

/S)layan3 #"led, la)g&"ng a% "%# (o!d#, and #a"d: 'My -o!d, ee8 e %&an.)l .o! %&e $le##"ng Yo)

&ae $e#%o(ed on e and on y 8a!en%#, and ee8 e a*%"ng !"g&%ly, 8lea#"ng Yo), and ad"% e, $y Yo)!

e!*y, aong Yo)! #e!an%# (&o a!e !"g&%eo)#' /S)!a% anNal: ;13

) Pro,het 'ulayman /as1 could hear the s,eech of ants! and this may be ,ointin9 to the eGistence of

adanced com,uter technolo9y in the end times.

) ;oday! Californias 'ilicon alley is knon as the ca,ital of the technolo9ical orld. It is ery curious that

the account of Pro,het 'ulayman /as1 s,eaks of the Ant alley. Allah mi9ht be ,ointin9 to an adanced

technolo9y that ill a,,ear in the (nd ;imes.

) "oreoer! ants and other insects are used eGtensiely in hi9h technolo9y. >obot ,roEects deelo,ed by

studyin9 these creatures closely hae adanced a number of fields! includin9 technolo9y and the defense industry.

;he erse mi9ht be ,ointin9 to this fact as ell.

Ble##"ng# !elean% %o %&e End T"e#

Pro,het 'ulaymans /as1 and Dhul)@arnayns /as1 dominion oer the orld is 9ood nes indeed for all

"uslims! for these narraties contain si9nificant si9ns for the (nd ;imes. ;ruly! "uslims ho ,resere Allahs

limits! ork hard to s,read Islamic morality orldide! and refuse to shrink in the face of hardshi, ill ,reail in

all eras of history. Allah ill alays be behind them ith 7is hel, and su,,ort. Both of these "essen9ers! due to

their aboe)mentioned abilities /and! of course! many other blessin9s of Allah1! eGercised a stron9 dominion in the

orld. ;his same dominion ill certainly ha,,en durin9 the (nd ;imes.


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;he 9reat dominion of Islamic morality! as e em,hasiHed earlier! as defined in the hadiths throu9h

similar incidents durin9 the dominion of these to "essen9ers of Allah. 'ome of these are as follos*

The Mahdi the ri#htly #uided one" will rule the world like 9rophet 3hu'l-6arnayn and 9rophet Sulayman.

)bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. C"

There have been four #reat kin#s on the earth$two were believers and two unbelievers. The believers were3hu'l-6arnayn and Sulayman& and the unbelievers were 5imrod and !akhtinasr. There will be a fifth kin#& from

the 9eople of my House. )bn al-4aw+i"

T&e #"%)a%"on $e.o!e

%&e Ma&d"'# ee!gen*e

K At the end of time& their rulers will cause My people severe trouble in such a way that there will be no

comfort for Muslims anywhere. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al-!urhan fi =Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir a+-/aman& p. E"

;his hadith ,oints out that before the "ahdi comes! those ho lack reli9ious morals and hae a cruel and

merciless character ill come to ,oer in some "uslim countries. As a matter of fact! some contem,orary

"uslim rulers o,,ress "uslims and crush ,eo,le ith their o,,ressie and des,otic re9imes. In other countries!

,eo,le are subEected to trouble because their rulers are unualified to rule. "uslims in some countries!

,articularly Ira! ?ibya! 'yria! 'omalia! (thio,ia! Af9hanistan! ;unisia! and DEibouti! are o,,ressed by their

res,ecties! and so are subEected to arious hardshi, and ,roblems. "uslims are ,reented from ,racticin9 their

reli9ion and orshi,,in9! and economic difficulties make life harder.

K There will be a dusty and smoky tribulation like patches of dark ni#ht... Abu 3awud";he ord tribulation /fitnah1 im,lies anythin9 that turns ,eo,les reason and hearts aay from the true

,ath! or ar! incitement! chaos! disorder and conflict. ;he tribulation in the hadith ill leae smoke and dust

behind it! e learn.

urthermore! the ay that tribulation is described as darkness in the hadith! can be seen as an indication

that its ori9ins are unclear! that it is uneG,ected. ?ookin9 at it from that re9ard! it is ,robable that the hadith is

referrin9 to one of the orlds orst terrorist attack! on the cities of


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"ost hadiths about the "ahdis adent focus on the ,ro,hecy that turmoil! insecurity! and disorder ill rule

the orld before his comin9. "assacres! ars! and confrontations are one of the maEor features of such a ,eriod.

Besides! the hadith dras attention to the fact that massacres ill occur all oer the orld.

Durin9 the to orld ars of the tentieth century! an estimated 65 million ,eo,le ere killed. ;he

number of the ciilians slau9htered for ,olitical reasons durin9 the same century is estimated to be ell oer $30

million. ;his is an eGtraordinarily hi9h fi9ure com,ared ith ,reious centuries.

K The Mahdi will not emer#e unless innocent people are massacred& and he will appear when those on

Jarth and up in the sky can no lon#er put up with such massacres... )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-

Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. 0I"

While the hadiths about his emer9ence mention such massacres as common,lace! they also em,hasiHe that

such massacres ill tar9et innocent ,eo,le. As e discussed earlier! almost all of the ars today tar9et ,eo,le. 'o!

ciilians and such innocent ,eo,le as children! the elderly! and omen are slau9htered. ;ar9etin9 these

defenseless ,eo,le in ,articular has resulted in more com,rehensie massacres! hile the number of ,eo,le dyin9

as a result continues to climb.

'ince terror seeks to s,read fear and horror! the ery 9rou, on hich such attacks focus are often innocent

ciilians.

K ?orruption that no one can escape will occur and spread immediately to another place from where it

stays. )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& pp. E-"

;he term corru,tion /fitnah1 also means ar! disorder! uarrel! dis,ute. ;hus! ciil and other ars and

disorder! hich s,reads to another ,lace from here it stays! continues unceasin9ly all oer the orld durin9 the

current century. In ,articular! the tentieth century is remembered as the century of ars. And! this ne century

a9ain started off ith ars and terror that continues.

K Allah Almi#hty will send the Mahdi after despair has reached the point that people will say& LThere is noMahdi.L 5arrated by 5u'aym ibn Hammad"

;his hadith informs us that one si9n of the (nd ;imes is the ,eo,les des,air of the "ahdis comin9.

Peo,le ho stru99le ith ar! staration! inEustice! e,idemics! and all forms of de,raity in the (nd ;imes

lose their ho,e that such disasters ill eer end. "any "uslims! on the other hand! start to des,air that Islamic

morality ill eer ,reail and beliee that eil ill s,read een further.

Indeed in our day! e freuently see the eGam,les of this s,irit. Des,ite the eGistence of countless hadiths

about the "ahdis comin9 and the olden A9e marked ith 9reat blessin9s! many ,eo,le beliee that such a

,eriod ill neer come.

;his assum,tion is also a si9n of the (nd ;imes. In a time of des,air! ,eo,le ill enEoy the benefits of the

,realence of the morality of the @urMan! thanks to Allahs mercy on ,eo,le.

K 9eople will prosper until the ninety-fifth year& that is& their business will prosper. )n the ninety-seventh and

the ninety-ninth year& their possessions will #o to waste... )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi

=Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. B;"

It is hi9hly ,robable that this refers to the year $%%5! a ,eriod hen ,eo,le had a relatiely better life and

its conditions hae not become so difficult. Indeed! as described in the hadith! in this year! ,eo,le ill hae


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enou9h income to earn a liin9 and hae some ,ossessions. 7oeer! $%%4 and $%%% as a ,eriod durin9 hich

the economy deteriorated and ,oerty s,read. In this time! ,ossessions lost their alue. 'uch an eent can ha,,en

ery uickly! as eGem,lified by Ar9entinas economic crisis in the recent ,ast.

K The inhabitants of J#ypt and Sham will kill their ruler and his commands... )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. ;C"

When e eGamine (9y,ts recent history! e see that a ruler as killed* Anar 'adat! ho ruled (9y,t

from $%40)3$! as killed by his o,,onents durin9 a military reie in $%3$. :ther (9y,tian leaders ho hae

been killed include Prime "inisters Boutros hali /$%$01! and "ahmoud


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;he hi, is knon as a tool used in earlier times hen ridin9 or 9uidin9 ,ack animals such as horses or

camels. When e look closely at this hadith! e can see that the Pro,het /saas1 is makin9 a com,arison. ?et us

ask ,eo,le liin9 at the ,resent time a uestion! Is there a modern im,lement that talks and resembles a hi,R

;he most lo9ical re,ly to that uestion is the mobile tele,hone! ith its lon9 antenna! or similar

communications eui,ment. If e bear in mind that mobile or satellite ,hones are com,aratiely recent

deelo,ments! then the isdom behind the Pro,hetMs /saas1 descri,tion of $!00 years a9o is een clearer. ;hat is

Eust one more indication that e are liin9 throu9h the (nd ;imes.

K A person's own voice will speak to him. Mukhtasar Ta+kirah 6urtubi"

;he messa9e in the hadith is uite clear* A ,ersons hearin9 the sound of his on oice is another si9n of

the (nd ;imes. ;here is no doubt that in order to hear the sound of ones on oice! one first needs to record it!

and then to ,lay it back to himself. 'ound recordin9 and re,roduction eui,ment are ,roducts of the tentieth

century. ;hat deelo,ment marked a scientific turnin9 ,oint! and led to the birth of the communications and

media industries. 'ound re,roduction is nearly ,erfect no! thanks to com,uter and laser technolo9ies.

In short! the electronic 9ad9ets of our time! micro,hones and s,eakers! allo us to record sound and ,lay it

back! and are also manifestations of that related in the aboe hadith.

K A hand will be etended from the sky& and people will look and see it. )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl

al-Mukhtasar fi 'Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. B0"

The si#n of that day is a hand etended in the sky and people stoppin# to look at it. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi& Al

!urhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-+aman& p. >C"

;he Arabic ord for hand in the aboe hadiths is yed. As ell as hand! the dictionary also ,roides such

meanin9s as ,oer! force! stren9th! means etc. It is ,robable that in these hadiths the ord is used in those

senses.

;he idea of a ,oer! force! stren9th or means eGtendin9 from the sky and looked u,on by ,eo,le mi9ht not make

much sense in the conteGt of ,ast a9es. 8et! it sheds considerable li9ht on eui,ment such as the teleision! camera andcom,uter! hich hae become such indis,ensable ,arts of modern life! as described in the hadiths. In other ords! the

hand mentioned in these hadiths is used in the sense of force. It clearly ,oints to ,ictures comin9 don from the sky in

aes! in other ords teleision broadcastin9.

K 2ife spans will #row lon#er. )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi 'Alamat al-Mahdi al-

Munta+ar& p. ;0"

ourteen centuries hae ,assed since the Pro,het /saas1 brou9ht forard that nes. ;he aera9e eG,ected

lifes,an is much hi9her no than it has been at any other time in recent history. A 9reat difference can be seen

een beteen the fi9ures for the be9innin9 and the end of the tentieth century. or instance! it is estimated that a

baby born in $%%5 ill lie some 25 years lon9er than one born around $%00.$$ Another strikin9 eGam,le on the

same subEect is that in the ,ast ery fe ,eo,le lied to be $00! hereas no it is a 9reat deal more common.

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O ROHETS SU-AYMAN /AS3 AND DHU'-5ARNAYN /AS3

;he "ahdi is the rebirth of the noble ethics of Pro,hets 'ulayman /as1 and Dhul)@arnayn /as1 in the (nd

;imes! but on a different and lar9er scale. ;heir noble ethics s,iritual! rational! social! and mental manifestations

ill rea,,ear in the (nd ;imes.;he eras of "ahdi and these to Pro,hets are times hen the noble Islamic morality is ,racticed idely.

All three of these eras are ,leasin9 to Allah. ;he @uran and the Pro,hets hadiths also refer to the ,eriods of

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T&e Ma&d"'# Ra!e and No$le Fno(ledge Be#%o(ed )8on !o8&e%#

S)layan /a#3 and D&)'l5a!nayn /a#3

(arlier e mentioned the knoled9e Allah bestoed u,on Pro,het 'ulayman /as1! such as the ability to

rule Einns and deils! s,eak ith birds! hear the ants communication! and had ,oer oer the ind and used

co,,er as he ished. (ach of these skills se,arates him from ordinary ,eo,le. :f Pro,het Dhul)@arnayn /as1! the

@uran says* 'O)! no(ledge en*o8a##e# all %&a% &a88ened %o &"' /'urat al)Kahf* %$1. 7e as one of the

,eo,le blessed by knoled9e.

;he "ahdi also ill hae certain s,ecial skills. In his book Mev+uatu'l ulum/$$-#61! ;asko,ruluHade

Ahmet (fendi rote that the "ahdi ill ,ossess ilm)e)Eafr /the art of diination throu9h numbers1. Another

account says that*

He is called the Mahdi because he is #iven #uidance for a situation unknown to anyone.Al-Muttaqi al-

Hindi& Al-!urhan fi =Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-/aman& p. II"

:ur Pro,het /saas1 said that the "ahdi ill understand the lan9ua9e of animals and hae dominion oer

,eo,le and Einns! Eust like Pro,het 'ulayman /as1 did.

The Mahdi is a person who speaks the lan#ua#e of birds and other animals. Therefore& his %ustice will

manifest itself over all people and %inns. Muhammad ibn DAbd al-:asul !ar+an%i& Al-)shaDah li-ashrat al-saDah&

p. E11"

T&e"! #)88o!% .o! 8ea*e and 8!e.e!en*e .o! d"8loa*y

We stressed earlier that Pro,het 'ulayman /as1 as ery ,eaceful! loin9! tolerant! and for9iin9 in his

relations ith nei9hborin9 countries. 7e ,referred to sole ,roblems throu9h di,lomacy and used democratic

means. Pro,het 'ulayman /as1 created a su,erior culture and stren9thened his dominion throu9h di,lomacy! art!

and culture. Des,ite his irresistible and oerhelmin9ly ,oerful armies! hoeer! he neer used military force.

Pro,het Dhul)@arnayn /as1! as also knon as the ,erson ho ,reents strife and disorder! and brou9ht ,eace

and calm to ,eo,le. ;herefore! the times of these to Pro,hets look strikin9ly similar to the olden A9e.

In the olden A9e! ,eo,le ill become "uslims out of their on ill! Islamic morality ill ,reail

orldide! and there ill be no ar. Accounts of this a9e say*

5o one will be woken up from their sleep or have a bleedin# nose. )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-

Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. ;"

The Mahdi will follow the way of the 9rophet. He will not wake up a sleepin# person or shed blood.Muhammad ibn DAbd al-:asul !ar+an%i& Al-)shaDah li-ashrat al-saDah& p. E>0"

As these hadiths tell it! the "ahdi ill brin9 Islamic morality and ,eace to the entire orld and therefore

end all ar and iolence. 7e ill ork to be9in a cultural transformation and lead ,eo,le toard Islams moral

code. Durin9 that time! ith Allahs ,ermission! the folloin9 erse ill be realiHed*


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7&en Alla&'# &el8 and "*%o!y &ae a!!"ed and yo) &ae #een 8eo8le en%e!"ng Alla&'# !el"g"on "n

d!oe#, %&en glo!".y yo)! -o!d'# 8!a"#e and a# H"# .o!g"ene## He "# %&e Ee!Re%)!n"ng /S)!a% anNa#!:

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U!g"ng 8eo8le %o !el"g"o)# o!al"%y, and %&e"! )"* a*%"on

Pro,het 'ulaymans /as1 uick! rational decisions are an im,ortant eGam,le for all belieers. ;he letters he

rote to the @ueen of 'aba! in hich he ur9ed her and her ,eo,le to start beliein9 in Allah! shoed his ,oer of

communication. 7is brin9in9 the @ueen of 'abas throne by usin9 a ,erson ho ,ossessed knoled9e of the Book,roed his ,oer for uick decision)makin9. Pro,het Dhul)@arnayns /as1 decision to build a stron9 allFso

stron9 that it ould last until DoomsdayFa9ainst the attacks of the 8aEuE and "aEuE tribes sho his ,oer and

rationality. ;he olden A9e ill itness ery similar eents.

Durin9 the olden A9e! ,eo,le ill embrace Islam! and there ill be ide)ran9in9! see,in9 actiities

toard this end. All nations! one after another! ill ado,t Islamic morality! and o,,osin9 ideolo9ies ill be i,ed

aay throu9h uick and lastin9 action. All cruel systems ill be buried in the sands of time. In the ords of the

renoned Islamic theolo9ian "uhyiddin Ibn Arabi*

Allah will #ive so much power to the Mahdi. He will remove cruelty from the world overni#ht& reli#ion will

be established& and )slam will be revived. The Mahdi will restore its lost value to it& and it will come to life after

its apparent demise ... )#norant people& misers and cowards alike& will be very knowled#eable& #enerous& and

brave. ... They will practice reli#ion as in the time of 9rophet Muhammad saas".... Muhyiddin )bn Arabi& Al-

7utuhat al-Makkia& p. >>8 Muhammad ibn DAbd al-:asul !ar+an%i& Al-)shaDah li-ashrat al-saDah& p. E1>"

I8o!%an*e la*ed on Con#%!)*%"on

We kno that Pro,het 'ulayman /as1 focused on construction ,roEects. 7e built hi9h arches! statues! hu9e

dishes like cisterns! and 9reat built)in cookin9 ats by usin9 the Einns and deils ho did his biddin9. (erybody

ho sa his s,lendid ,alace! es,ecially the @ueen of 'aba! 9reatly admired it. ;he technolo9y that Pro,het Dhul)

@arnayn /as1 em,loyed to build the all as so adanced that it cannot be destroyed! unless Allah ills it.

In the hadiths of Pro,het "uhammad /saas1! e are told that construction ill be im,ortant durin9 the

olden A9e. Durin9 this a9e! ,eace! tranuility and a ery deelo,ed ciiliHation ill be brou9ht to cities. or

eGam,le!

The Mahdi works in the construction of ?onstantinople and other places.)bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl

al-Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p. ;


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Durin9 the olden A9e! ,eo,le ill enEoy 9reat ealth! ,ros,erity! and ,eace. ;he "ahdi ill use all of his

ealth to s,read Allahs reli9ion! and ill follo the noble morality and the dictates of ,eace in the countries he

comes ictorious. 7is un,aralleled ,ractices ill soften ,eo,les hearts and lead them to Islamic morality. ;hus!

ithin a ery short time this morality ill rule the orld. 'ome of the hadiths concernin9 this time are as follos*

The Mahdi will remain in my community for at least seven& or perhaps ei#ht or nine years. )n those years

my community will en%oy a time of happiness such as they have never eperienced before. Heaven will send down

rain upon them in torrents& the earth will not withhold any of its plants& and wealth will be available to all. At-

Tabarani"

!efore pled#in# their alle#iance to him& people will flock to where he resides& and everyone who #oes there

will en%oy the divine plenty. )bn Ha%ar al-Haythami& Al-6awl al-Mukhtasar fi =Alamat al-Mahdi al-Munta+ar& p.

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CONC-USION

In the @uran! Allah states that 7e has brou9ht about many miracles by means of the ,ro,hets. When thePro,het "usa /as1 thre don his staff! for instance! it turned into a ser,ent! and hen he smote the sea ith that

staff it diided into to! leain9 a dry ,ath don the middle. ;he Pro,het Isa /as1 came into the orld ithout a

father! and s,oke hile he as still in the cradle. Another miracle is the ay he as able to heal the sick... All

these miracles ere su,,ort and hel, 9ien to them! in the si9ht of Allah! to allo them to conince the ,eo,le

and lead them to beliee in them.

Allah su,,orted the Pro,het "uhammad /saas1 by means of both the miracles in the @uran and ith

information 9ien him re9ardin9 the unknon. ;he Pro,het /saas1 su,,lied details about eents that ould

ha,,en in the near and distant future. 'eein9 these actually come to be is both a means of increasin9 the

eGcitement of belieers and of armin9 the hearts of unbelieers toards Islam.

(ents that ould hae seemed im,ossible to ha,,en in his on time! and that no one could een hae

ima9ined! hich are no occurrin9 one after the other! are clear eidence of the fact that the Pro,het /saas1 as

relatin9 s,ecial knoled9e.

We must make it clear that those ho refuse to be 9uided to the true ,ath ill neertheless still refuse to

beliee! des,ite the clear eidence and miracles of the Pro,het /saas1 and the @uran. Allah reeals that fact in the

@uran*

T&ey &ae #(o!n $y Alla& ("%& %&e"! o#% ea!ne#% oa% %&a% ". a S"gn *oe# %o %&e %&ey ("ll $el"ee

"n "% Say: 'T&e S"gn# a!e "n Alla&'# *on%!ol alone' 7&a% ("ll ae yo) !eal"#e %&a% een ". a S"gn d"d *oe,

%&ey (o)ld #%"ll no% $el"ee9 /S)!a% alAn'a: ;013


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THE DECETION O EO-UTION

In the ,resent day! there are ,eo,le ho lie in a manner far remoed from Allah! and ho een reEect faith

and deny the eGistence of Allah for their on ends. :n account of their blindness and mindless fearlessness! they

try to influence others and turn them aay from Allah. ;hey hae ,ut forard a hole ran9e of inconsistent ideas

and tisted ideolo9ies by hich to do this. :ne of these is the theory of eolution.

T&e Ideolog"*al Colla8#e o. Da!("n"#

;he as,ect of Darinism that sto,s it from bein9 a claim of interest only to the scientific orld and makes

it of 9reat im,ortance to society as a hole is its ideolo9ical dimension. ;he anser it 9ies to the uestion of

ho liin9 thin9s! includin9 mankind! came into eGistence makes Darinism the basis of a number of

,hiloso,hies! orldies and ,olitical ideolo9ies.

7ere! e shall consider the relationshi, beteen Darinism and materialist ,hiloso,hy. "aterialist ,hiloso,hy! or

Jmaterialism!J is a system of thou9ht 9oin9 as far back as ancient reece. "aterialism rests on the assum,tion

that matter is the only thin9 that eGists. Accordin9 to materialist ,hiloso,hy! matter has alays eGisted! and ill

continue to do so for all time. A9ain accordin9 to this ,hiloso,hy! nothin9 eGists beyond matter.


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T&e S*"en%"."* Colla8#e o. Da!("n"#

Althou9h this doctrine 9oes back as far as ancient reece! the theory of eolution as adanced

eGtensiely in the nineteenth century. ;he most im,ortant deelo,ment that made it the to, to,ic of the orld of

science as Charles Darins The @ri#in of Species&,ublished in $35%. In this book! he denied that Allah created

different liin9 s,ecies on (arth se,arately! for he claimed that all liin9 bein9s had a common ancestor and haddiersified oer time throu9h small chan9es. Darins theory as not based on any concrete scientific findin9 as

he also acce,ted! it as Eust an Jassum,tion.J "oreoer! as Darin confessed in the lon9 cha,ter of his book

titled JDifficulties of the ;heory!J the theory failed in the face of many critical uestions.

Darin inested all of his ho,es in ne scientific discoeries! hich he eG,ected to sole these difficulties.

7oeer! contrary to his eG,ectations! scientific findin9s eG,anded the dimensions of these difficulties. ;he

defeat of Darinism in the face of science can be reieed under three basic to,ics*

$1 ;he theory cannot eG,lain ho life ori9inated on (arth.

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'imilarly! ma99ots deelo,in9 in rottin9 meat as assumed to be eidence of s,ontaneous 9eneration.

7oeer! it as later understood that orms did not a,,ear on meat s,ontaneously! but ere carried there by flies

in the form of larae! inisible to the naked eye.

(en hen Darin rote The @ri#in of Species! the belief that bacteria could come into eGistence from

non)liin9 matter as idely acce,ted in the orld of science.

7oeer! fie years after the ,ublication of Darins book! ?ouis Pasteur announced his results after lon9

studies and eG,eriments! that dis,roed s,ontaneous 9eneration! a cornerstone of Darins theory. In his

trium,hal lecture at the 'orbonne in $36! Pasteur said* L5ever will the doctrine of spontaneous #eneration

recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple eperiment.L$5

or a lon9 time! adocates of the theory of eolution resisted these findin9s. 7oeer! as the deelo,ment

of science unraeled the com,leG structure of the cell of a liin9 bein9! the idea that life could come into bein9

coincidentally faced an een 9reater im,asse.

In*on*l)#"e E..o!%# "n %&e

T(en%"e%& Cen%)!y

;he first eolutionist ho took u, the subEect of the ori9in of life in the tentieth century as the

renoned >ussian biolo9ist AleGander :,arin. With arious theses he adanced in the $%20s! he tried to ,roe

that a liin9 cell could ori9inate by coincidence. ;hese studies! hoeer! ere doomed to failure! and :,arin had

to make the folloin9 confession*

&nfortunately! hoeer! the ,roblem of the ori9in of the cell is ,erha,s the most obscure ,oint in the hole

study of the eolution of or9anisms.$6

(olutionist folloers of :,arin tried to carry out eG,eriments to sole this ,roblem. ;he best knon

eG,eriment as carried out by the American chemist 'tanley "iller in $%52. Combinin9 the 9ases he alle9ed to

hae eGisted in the ,rimordial (arths atmos,here in an eG,eriment set)u,! and addin9 ener9y to the miGture!

"iller synthesiHed seeral or9anic molecules /amino acids1 ,resent in the structure of ,roteins.

Barely a fe years had ,assed before it as reealed that this eG,eriment! hich as then ,resented as an

im,ortant ste, in the name of eolution! as inalid! for the atmos,here used in the eG,eriment as ery different

from the real (arth conditions.$4

After a lon9 silence! "iller confessed that the atmos,here medium he used as unrealistic.$3

All the eolutionists efforts throu9hout the tentieth century to eG,lain the ori9in of life ended in failure.

;he 9eochemist effrey Bada! from the 'an Die9o 'cri,,s Institute acce,ts this fact in an article ,ublished in

Jarthma9aHine in $%%3*Today as we leave the twentieth century& we still face the bi##est unsolved problem that we had when we

entered the twentieth century$ How did life ori#inate on Jarth($%

T&e Co8le? S%!)*%)!e o. -".e


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;he ,rimary reason hy the theory of eolution ended u, in such a 9reat im,asse re9ardin9 the ori9in of

life is that een those liin9 or9anisms deemed to be the sim,lest hae incredibly com,leG structures. ;he cell of

a liin9 thin9 is more com,leG than all of our man)made technolo9ical ,roducts. ;oday! een in the most

deelo,ed laboratories of the orld! a liin9 cell cannot be ,roduced by brin9in9 or9anic chemicals to9ether.

;he conditions reuired for the formation of a cell are too 9reat in uantity to be eG,lained aay by

coincidences. ;he ,robability of ,roteins! the buildin9 blocks of a cell! bein9 synthesiHed coincidentally! is $ in

$0%50

for an aera9e ,rotein made u, of 500 amino acids. In mathematics! a ,robability smaller than $ oer $050

is considered to be im,ossible in ,ractical terms.

;he D


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-aa!*'# I8a*%

'o! ho could these Jfaorable ariationsJ occurR Darin tried to anser this uestion from the stand,oint

of the ,rimitie understandin9 of science at that time. Accordin9 to the rench biolo9ist Chealier de ?amarck/$4)$3#%1! ho lied before Darin! liin9 creatures ,assed on the traits they acuired durin9 their lifetime to

the neGt 9eneration. 7e asserted that these traits! hich accumulated from one 9eneration to another! caused ne

s,ecies to be formed. or instance! he claimed that 9iraffes eoled from antelo,es as they stru99led to eat the

leaes of hi9h trees! their necks ere eGtended from 9eneration to 9eneration.

Darin also 9ae similar eGam,les. In his book The @ri#in of Species&for instance! he said that some bears

9oin9 into ater to find food transformed themseles into hales oer time.##

7oeer! the las of inheritance discoered by re9or "endel /$3##)31 and erified by the science of

9enetics! hich flourished in the tentieth century! utterly demolished the le9end that acuired traits ere ,assed

on to subseuent 9enerations. ;hus! natural selection fell out of faor as an eolutionary mechanism.

NeoDa!("n"# and M)%a%"on#

In order to find a solution! Darinists adanced the J"odern 'ynthetic ;heory!J or as it is more commonly

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T&e o##"l Re*o!d: No S"gn o. In%e!ed"a%e o!#

;he clearest eidence that the scenario su99ested by the theory of eolution did not take ,lace is the fossil

record.Accordin9 to this theory! eery liin9 s,ecies has s,run9 from a ,redecessor. A ,reiously eGistin9 s,ecies

turned into somethin9 else oer time and all s,ecies hae come into bein9 in this ay. In other ords! this

transformation ,roceeds 9radually oer millions of years.

7ad this been the case! numerous intermediary s,ecies should hae eGisted and lied ithin this lon9

transformation ,eriod.

or instance! some half)fish-half)re,tiles should hae lied in the ,ast hich had acuired some re,tilian

traits in addition to the fish traits they already had. :r there should hae eGisted some re,tile)birds! hich

acuired some bird traits in addition to the re,tilian traits they already had. 'ince these ould be in a transitional

,hase! they should be disabled! defectie! cri,,led liin9 bein9s. (olutionists refer to these ima9inary creatures!

hich they beliee to hae lied in the ,ast! as %!an#"%"onal .o!#

If such animals eer really eGisted! there should be millions and een billions of them in number and

ariety. "ore im,ortantly! the remains of these stran9e creatures should be ,resent in the fossil record. In The

@ri#in of Species&Darin eG,lained*

)f my theory be true& numberless intermediate varieties& linkin# most closely all of the species of the same

#roup to#ether must assuredly have eisted.... ?onsequently& evidence of their former eistence could be found

only amon#st fossil remains.#

Da!("n'# Ho8e# S&a%%e!ed

7oeer! althou9h eolutionists hae been makin9 strenuous efforts to find fossils since the middle of the

nineteenth century all oer the orld! no transitional forms hae yet been uncoered. All of the fossils! contrary to

the eolutionists eG,ectations! sho that life a,,eared on (arth all of a sudden and fully)formed.

:ne famous British ,aleontolo9ist! Derek . A9er! admits this fact! een thou9h he is an eolutionist*

The point emer#es that if we eamine the fossil record in detail& whether at the level of orders or of species&

we find N over and over a#ain N not #radual evolution& but the s

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