Herewith 40 signs of the imminent Apocalypse from the hadith (according to one Muslim) to look out for today.
Good luck everyone and enjoy your eternity in Paradise if you've been good!
(I particularly like #30 and shall be keeping my eyes peeled...!)
1. Naked, destitute, barefoot shepherds will compete in building tall buildings.
2. The slave-woman will give birth to her master or mistress.
3. A trial (fitnah) which will enter every Arab household.
4. Knowledge will be taken away (by the death of people of knowledge), and ignorance will prevail.
5. Wine (intoxicants, alcohol) will be drunk in great quantities.
6. Illegal sexual intercourse will become widespread.
7. Earthquakes will increase.
8. Time will pass more quickly.
9. Tribulations (fitan) will prevail.
10. Bloodshed will increase.
11. A man will pass by the grave of another and wish he was in the latter’s place.
12. Trustworthiness will be lost, i.e. when authority is given to those who do not deserve it.
13. People will gather for prayer, but will be unable to find an imam to lead them.
14. The number of men will decrease, whilst the number of women will increase, until for every man there are 50 women.
15. The Euphrates will reveal a treasure of gold, and many will die fighting over it, each one hoping to be the one who gains
the treasure.
16. The Romans (Europeans) will come to a place called A’maq or Wabiq, and an army of the best people will go forth from Madinah to face them.
17. The Muslim conquest of Rome.
18. The Mahdi (guided one) will appear, and be the Imam of the Muslims.
19. Jesus Christ will descend in Damascus, and pray behind the Mahdi.
20. Jesus will break the cross and kill the swine, i.e. destroy the false christianity.
21. The Antichrist (al-masih al-dajjal, the false christ) will appear, with all his tools of deception, and be an immense trial. He will be followed by 70,000 Jews from Isfahan (present-day Iran).
22. The appearance of Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog), and the associated tribulations.
23. The emergence of the Beast from the Earth, carrying the Staff of Moses and the Seal of Solomon, who will speak to the people, telling them they did not believe with certainty in the Divine Signs.
24. A major war between the Muslims (including Jews and Christians who truly believe in Jesus after his return) led by the Imam Mahdi, and the Jews plus other non-Muslims led by the Antichrist.
25. Jesus will kill the Antichrist at the gate of Ludd (Lod in present-day Israel, site of an airport and a major Israeli military base).
26. A time of great peace and serenity during and after the remaining lifetime of Jesus.
27. Wealth will come so abundant that it will become difficult to find someone to accept charity.
28. Arabia will become a land of gardens and rivers.
29. Society will then decay.
30. The buttocks of the women of the tribe of Daws will again sway in circumambulation (tawaf) around the idol Dhul-Khulsah.
31. A great fire in the Hijaz, seen by the inhabitants of Busra.
32. Three major armies will sink into the earth: one in the east, one in the west, one in Arabia.
33. An Abyssinian leader with thin shins will destroy the Ka’bah.
34. The huge cloud of smoke.
35. The sun will rise from the west (its place of setting).
36. A gentle wind which will take the souls of the believers.
37. There is no-one left on the earth saying, "Allah, Allah" or "There is no god except Allah."
38. Eventually the Day of Judgment is established upon the worst of the people, who copulate like donkeys in public.
39. The blowing in the Trumpet by the Angel Israfil, upon which everyone will faint except as Allah wills.
40. The second blowing in the Trumpet, upon which everyone will be resurrected
Well 11.30 has passed and I'm still here.
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Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established (1) till two big groups fight each other whereupon there will be a great number of casualties on both sides and they will be following one and the same religious doctrine, (2) till about thirty Dajjals (liars) appear, and each one of them will claim that he is Allah's Apostle, (3) till the religious knowledge is taken away (by the death of Religious scholars) (4) earthquakes will increase in number (5) time will pass quickly, (6) afflictions will appear, (7) Al-Harj, (i.e., killing) will increase, (8) till wealth will be in abundance ---- so abundant that a wealthy person will worry lest nobody should accept his Zakat, and whenever he will present it to someone, that person (to whom it will be offered) will say, 'I am not in need of it, (9) till the people compete with one another in constructing high buildings, (10) till a man when passing by a grave of someone will say
ReplyDeleteAll these "signs" have been going on for thousands of years, most before even abraham. Thats what happens when you lead the evidence to a pre-existing conclusions. You could apply these (like many muslims do) to ANY period in history. They are not precise, they are vague and open to interpretations. so this leaves them unfalsifiable hence making it completely pointless to disprove. Alot of these are also self fulfilling.
DeleteThe one about the fall of religious knowledge is a very clever one. You have to give credit to the guy who came up with this, It basically inhances the power of the religious elite and protects them from bieng destroyed, tightening there grip on gullible idiots.
If you want to toss around signs, atleast make it very precise so there is absolutely no doubt and no reliance on faith.
The one about time passing quickly is very subjective, How fast time passes is relative to each individual who understands the concept of time.
One about wealth can be derived by a douse of common sense, If every one is wealthy ofcourse they dont need money. It is nothing more than speculations that there will be a time like this.
the big groups waging war from within have been happening for thousands of years. Most empires and ideologies fall this way.
Killing is interesting one. It depends on what time frame we are dealing with and exactly how we measure it. Do we measure killing proportionate to the human population. Or is it the amount of people killed in total during a period. Also does killing include war because that will massively skew the figures. This is also self-fulfilling for muslims because they would theoretically not want to stop killing of people because like the hadith it says it has to happen, and that is a very very dangereous veiw.
And this kind of view, is absolutely detrimental to society. Muslims have the excuse to shift responsibilty in saying its all meant to happen. Its already starting with every other conspiracy theory muslims throw out for example the arrivals, Illuminati and the jewish/christain agenda.
Only ALLAH (SWT) knows the Day of Judgement.
ReplyDelete@Anon: Actually Muhammad seemed to think that he knew the signs of when the world would be coming to an end. Also he thought it would be within years of his own lifetime as can be understood from the following hadith:
DeleteSahuh Muslim - 41:7051 "A person asked Allah's Messenger as to when the Last Hour would come. He had in his presence a young boy of the Ansar who was called Mabammad. Allah's Messenger said: If this young boy lives he may not grow very old till he would see the Last Hour coming to you."
Here Muhammad thought the world would end during the lifetime of a boy amongst the followers.
Also during a solar eclipse we are told in Sahih Bukhari that Muhammad thought it was the final hour and was scared out of his pants:
Sahih Bukhari 18:167 "The sun eclipsed and the Prophet got up, being afraid that it might be the Day of Judgement. He went to the Mosque and offered the prayer with the longest Qiyam, bowing and prostration that I had ever seen him doing."
A guy afraid of a solar eclipse and you want to tell me he is the revealer of divine miraculous knowledge?
Asim
Good info as always - thanks Asim.
DeleteInteresting to note that Jesus was also convinced the end of the world would be within a few years of his death.
I've always wondered how Christians square that particular circle...
Hmm... where did Jesus say the end of the world would be within a few years of his death? Just curious.
DeleteJesus speaks of a "tribulation", nation rising against nation, earthquakes, and the coming of false Christs and false prophets, the stars falling from the sky, and the coming of the Son of Man "in the clouds with great power and glory". Then, in Mark 13:30, he tells when this will happen. "Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done." Same thing in Matthew
DeleteHere's an article about this:
Deletehttp://www.answering-islam.org/Responses/Shabir-Ally/failedprophecies.htm
It's interesting to see that the Beast from the Earth of Sign# 23 is actually a bad guy in Revelation. (Rev 13:11) Just as the Islamic Jesus is the antithesis of the New Testament Jesus.
ReplyDeleteThe whole imam mahdi saga is a personal favorite of mine. Bieng a massive fan of epic fantasy fiction, i use to love reflecting on what it would be like.
ReplyDeleteThis imam mahdi/dajjal and isa stuff would make a great hollywood flick.
Has anyone noticed the hadiths mention sword fighting, horse riding etc. IN a world of full of high powered rifles and nuclear weapons they seem abit underwelming especailly if isa is ment to kill dajjal with a spear. Unless of course they are magical weapons straight out of world of warcraft.
I know muslims will say that these are metaphors of weapons but these hadiths leave little to even think they are any thing other than swords and spears.
"they are magical weapons straight out of world of warcraft"
Deleteor even Lord of the Rings...
Muhammad - Gandalf
Gandalf - Muhammad
Put minor signs aside for the moment because the major signs listed below have already occured:
ReplyDelete1. The rising of the sun from west
2. Arrival of the beast, dabba.
3. the destruction of Gog and Magog
4. Arrival of Isa Ruh Allah.
5. Arrival of Imam Muhammed Mahdi and the mass of his chosen ones.
6. Dajjal and its war with the believers.
7. And finally, the arrival of Israfil angel.
How? and where?... and more of How? Isn't it?..
All of the signs listed above has already occured. The only thing is you have to see it with your inner eyes. For that you will need to follow my blog. All of questions concerning the major signs listed above shall be answered if u post a question in my blog.
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If you take this message lightly then consider yourself among the hypocrites and if you are amongst true Muslims, take my message seriously...
The judgment day has arrived. Islamic prophesies have been proven already. Fear Allah for the day of judgment has arrived!
Great stuff, Prayatna.
ReplyDeleteI'm obviously hugely unobservant, but I missed the sun rising in the west and all the other "arrivals".Can you give us a more specific link to the actual article in your blog where you talk about this?
'fraid you'll just have to consider me "among the hypcrites".
No doubt you'll pray for me and my nearest and dearest as your merciful god burns the skins off our backs and pours boiling oil down our throats for an eternity.
Wowee!
Keep reading:
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Read every words of my blog in a chronological order and integrate those small pieces of information that I post in my blog. You will then witness the truth with your eyes wide open. But listen my voice first then comment.
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You have to be careful not to trust stuff you find online. A lot of these signs are not from the hadith literature and seem to be made up. #30 for example. People literally copy/paste these from site to site.
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