The Envoy of Peace Looms on the Horizon E-Book

Mohammad Amin Sheikho

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

This book is exquisitely new. It is strange but true: about things that are not said, informed by the events that are happening around us, and facts that are beyond dispute. Actually when you start reading this book you will not be able to leave it without coming to the last page of it having a very precise, new, logic and Divine knowledge. It is as true as the life in you is. You find in this piece of new knowledge many issues which prescribe the reality in abstract style having brought it into minds as vivid facts: What is the wrong with the life of high technologies? Do you believe that this contemporary technologies are the main source of  misery of our life?! Why do people abandon God and where Do they direct their destination into? What is God’s purpose of the afflictions and difficulties which He has driven to people and nations? What are the reasons behind the destruction of the old nations? Do you think that the whole world is coming to the same fate of the old destructed nations? What is the last resort of escaping from this horrible end? What is the real meaning of the Hour which is mentioned in the Divine texts? Is it the Doomsday or the hour of ruining events which will overwhelm most of the whole world? What are its indications and what is the real actual meaning of each one of them? Is Master Jesus the Messiah going to come once again, what are the evidences of his close blessing coming to this world and where is he now? Blessed are those who are born in his close coming time. Why? Is master Jesus the redeemer? What is the real meaning of “the redeemer”? Most of religions’ scholars say Master Adam committed a sin ? Do you think that our great father did that ? what is the real fact beyond that? Is there any way to save yourself during this difficult time? How could you rescue yourself from the horrible and destructing events of the Hour? The way of attaining belief and true faith.

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The Envoy of PeaceLooms on the Horizon

The Return of Jesus Christ

By the great humane eminent scholar

Mohammad Amin Sheikho

(His soul has been sanctified by Al’lah)

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Checked and introduced by

The researcher and thinker

Prof. Abdul-Kadir Yahya Al-Dayrani

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Paul Baynes

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This book is as new as you are. It is strange but true: about things that are not said, informed by the events that are happening around us, and facts that are beyond dispute.

Foreword by Prof. Abdul-Kadir yahya Al-Dayrani

Praise belongs to God, the Provider of the worlds; perfect and complete communication with God and peace are through the best of creation, our master Mohammad, honest and truthful in his promises.

This is the end of time. Ignorance has prevailed and whim has triumphed, desires have become deep-rooted in the spirits of humanity, and the illicit has become permissible while what is permissible has become illicit.

Indeed, people have opened the doors wide for licentiousness.

Deep darkness and black night have thrown horrible shadows over the hearts and spirits of humanity, after the thick mists of civilization have veiled the true realities from people’s eyes. As a result, they have sunk into the gloominess of drinking and rakishness in an attempt to forget such facts. Humanity has begun to live a life filled with anxiety and confusion, which has overcome illumination and bliss and has veiled the light of justice which controls everything. Alarm has crept into people’s chests because of humanity’s oppression of humanity, which is causing stormy suffering to overflow, such that our store of tears has become exhausted due to the cruelty and blindness of the people of this civilization.

There is a horrible incubus weighing upon the hearts of humanity; spirits have settled for a humbleness that has exceeded all bounds only in order to earn a bitter living; wrongdoing has astounded all beings, although it issues from people who claim to be civilized, humane and moralistic.

A great gala of whimpers has spread to every corner of the earth now that the strong hold sway over the weak, men have overpowered women and children, and the rich have control of the poor. Cries of anguish and groans are following each other in quick succession, and there is continuous suffering from excruciating pain.

Virtue has been assassinated whereas vice holds the scepter of principality, allowing it to multiply tragedies of shame and loss. All noble merits have been buried as Satan has become the absolute master over the spirits of humanity, to the point that they have lost their light and happiness. Shyness has been destroyed, paving the way for the devils to act freely. At this stage, various sorts of affliction have begun to prevail everywhere, and feelings of discontent are overwhelming people’s hearts so that life has turned into an unbearable hell. People have now neglected the Holy Qur’an, just as those before them neglected the Gospel and Torah, causing the truth to be obliterated. Humankind has rushed madly towards science-not the science of the Grand God but rather the science of weak creatures-and has taken it as a god.

They have kept aloof from the Source of all perfection and the Lord of every bliss and pleasure; consequently, there is now no way to enjoy happiness, and humanity has begun to drown in a sea of misery and bitterness. God says: “Whosoever turns away from My Message, truly for him is a life narrowed down…”1 2

People have resorted to spirits and drugs and have quaffed from them as a means to forget their suffering for a while. But alas! No sooner do they sober up than they find the reality in which they live to have become even more bitter and more grievous, more savage and more tyrannical. This has become so true that, in countries that are the sources of an illusionary and delusive civilization, a large number of people have been driven by hopelessness, frustration and despondency to resort to suicide, and so dispense with all that had infatuated them in this worldly life.

However, time has now finished its cycle, and the spirits have become weary of shunning God. Diseases have encamped in their bodies until their eyes have become dim and their hearts are in their throats. Voices have begun to call people to turn back to the truth, for persistence is wrong, returning is more worthy, and repenting is better and more favorable to God.

The Compassionate and the Merciful is not pleased unless He saves humanity from such degradation. Therefore, when they shunned God and turned away from the Creator of all universes and of the heavens and the earth, He drove all sorts of distress, misery and scourges to them, and let them taste the bitter outcomes of their tyranny, aggression, and corruption.

Having passed through a series of hardships, people then turned towards their Provider, asking for salvation from the Lord of salvation. Thus, the Provider responded to their call, telling them “…I listen to the prayer of every supplicant when they call on Me…”.3

God told them that He would change their unhappiness into bliss and their heartache and worry into delight and airiness. He gave them glad tidings that He would spread gardens and everlasting felicity across their land. The time has approached for a noble and great Envoy to be sent back to allow humanity to live under the wings of repose and revival, feeling good cheer and safety with satisfaction.

Such will be our state in the present life, when our master Jesus Christ comes into view once again to be the lord of all worlds in his age. Then, when we come back to God, He will be pleased with us and will allow us to ascend from one degree of bliss and happiness to others even higher and loftier.

In the past, the great Jesus was sent to this world in order to give guidance to his people, to help them, and to rouse their thought, so that they might move away from false happiness in order to recognize the luminous and shining truth, and to gain great benefits.

Although he (pth) spared no effort in showing them the right path, and although he was made to bear countless difficult troubles because he sought to help them enjoy happiness, they did not listen to his logical speech.

They preferred to continue in their blindness rather than to become illuminated by God’s Light.

In fact, love of this world is the reason lying behind every sin. It inflames wicked desires in one’s spirit, and causes thought to become inactive. If this love settles in one’s heart, such a person’s life will be embittered and they will be exhausted, and then they will be thrown into a gulf of vice and pitilessness. He (pth) gave life to dead people and healed the lepers and the deaf; he displayed many miracles before the very eyes of his people. However, although they watched all these miracles, and despite sensing and witnessing his perfect morals and kindness, they denied his mission and were ungrateful for such a grace because their hearts were fully attracted by the love of this world. Furthermore, they accused him of dealing with magic (far be it from him).

Their lowly interests prevented his sublime and unprecedented merits from fully entering into their minds, just as their unsound perspective prevented them from perceiving his high and sound speech which came to them directly from God. They blinked at his kindness, perfection, mercy and tenderness. Out of their ignorance, they did not know the reality of the man with whom they pleaded. In this way, they denied the Revelation, and put their fingers in their ears in order not to hear the Call of their Merciful Provider. Therefore it was inevitable that they would descend from their high rank, thus losing sight of the lofty task with which God had charged them. They uttered words of unbelief; what terrible words they were!

They depended on sheer supposition rather than certainty when they claimed that he (pth) was the Antichrist, and defamed his faithful mother, the purest woman of any nation. Addressing our Lady Mary on the tongue of His angels, God says: “…‘Oh Mary! Al’lah has chosen you and purified you-chosen you above the women of all nations’.”4

Thus it was as though they had fallen from heaven and been snatched up by birds, or as though the wind had swooped down and thrown them into a bottomless pit.

This was the reaction of the Jews to our master Jesus. As for the Christians, when they ascribed godhood to him and his mother (ptt), their perspective was absolutely removed from any logic and reality; he (pth) was completely distant from polytheism, which is the worst type of wrongdoing. It had never occurred to his mind to obey anyone other than God, since he was watching Him and was immersed in His Sublime Presence. He was wholly preoccupied by God when absent from this world and never separated from Him when he returned to it. He was a witness that was seeing by God’s Light. What they attributed to him (pth) was without grounds and did not exist within him, for he had surrendered himself to Al’lah in body, soul and spirit. I wonder, how did they fabricate such a claim about him, although he (pth) was entirely innocent of it?!

All his actions and words (pth) refuted this belief, for he (pth) spared no effort in warning them against false worship.

The noble verse referred to this when he (pth) addressed his people, saying: “…‘whoever joins other gods with Al’lah, Al’lah will forbid him the Garden’…”5

Therefore it is necessary to clarify the truth for everybody through this book, The Envoy of Peace Looms on the Horizon: The Return of Jesus Christ, wherein we shed light on the whole story of Jesus Christ (pth). We also explain the indications of the Hour which will take place before his appearance, on the way revealing the intended meaning of ‘the Hour’, along with many other important points. In dealing with these questions we will depend on sound logic, referring to clear verses from the Holy Qur’an and to perceivable and sensible actualities of life. In this way we will rebut the untrue and baseless allegations of certain people, which are completely removed from the reality.

This book is quite new. Its concept is unusual and unfamiliar. However, it is not heresy, since the humane scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho (his soul has been sanctified by Al’lah) derived his knowledge only from God’s Book, and from the sacred sun’na of His Envoy6 (communication with Al’lah and peace are through him). Everything that is written in this book is taken from his Qur’anic science. The reader will find the meanings contained in this book quite strange, and no wonder! Religion itself has become strange and new, because the majority of people have put aside what God sent down, and are following books ascribed to their forefathers.

Muslims have stopped using the Holy Qur’an, and confine themselves to the Prophetic Tradition, to jurisprudence, and to other sources, without taking into consideration whether or not they agree with the Holy Qur’an.

The Qur’an is disregarded, hence religion has become new. When we neglect the Qur’an and the contemplation of its verses, we have neglected the whole religion. That is really what has happened in this age, and therefore Islam has become only a name and the Qur’an only a shape.

There is no benefit in most of the heritage that has come into our hands in the form of books attributed to old legal scholars. These scholars should have turned people’s attention to consideration of the cosmic signs of Al’lah and to thinking of the significance of the Holy Qur’an. Instead, however, they filled people’s minds with foolish nonsense, fables, and Israeli stories, and spent their time elaborating on unimportant issues. Their aim in this was to turn people away from the path of belief, to keep them from understanding the magnificent meaning of the great Qur’an. They did so by leading them to sink deep into an ocean of jurists’ contradictions and differing views, so that one does not know which ideas to adopt.

Anyone who wants to travel through such an ocean must be a skillful swimmer or have a boat to sail in and the companionship of a guide. Otherwise, they will be swallowed up by the waves-unless a grace from their Lord reaches them-and these waves will throw them into the depths of darkness of suspicion, with one layer of darkness on top of another. That is because “…any to whom Al’lah gives not light, there is no light.”: a light by which one can be guided in their deeds and affairs.7

God says: “You who believe! See by Al’lah’s Light and believe in His Envoy, and then He will grant you two portions of His Mercy: He will provide a light for you by which you can walk, and He will forgive you: for Al’lah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”8

Piety-that is to say, seeing by Al’lah’s Light (Al-Takwa in Arabic)-is accomplished after entering into Al’lah’s Presence in heart and spirit in the company of His Envoy (cpth).9 The Almighty Al’lah bid us to follow His Revelation, not to follow the ways of our forefathers. He has not ordered us to take them as Lords, listening to their words instead of the Words of God.

One should not be deluded by those millions of people who are pleased with and believe in what their ancestors brought forth. The fact is that most people are following nothing but conjecture, although conjecture avails nothing against truth. God says: “And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will lead you far away from Al’lah’s Path. They follow nothing but conjecture, and they do nothing but keep silent.”10

They are unable to rebut the truth when they are faced with it. They have no answer, either in this world or in the world to come.

Al’lah (glory to His Name) brought humanity into this life and gave them guidance. He says: “Indeed, We take it upon Ourselves to guide.”11

For this reason He sent noble Envoys to them, to act as teachers and leaders and to show them the way of belief. This was so that they would not be misled by the majority of the dwellers on the earth, so that they would not mistake the right way. Those who do not join the school of the Envoys and follow in their footsteps, and those who do not study and abide by what God reveals through their tongues, are indeed advancing in directions opposite to that of guidance. All humanity should adopt the counsel of God’s noble Envoys and embrace the same path which led them to Him, the Almighty. We should enter the same school from which they graduated in order to get their degree; that there is no god but Al’lah. This statement was the eye with which they saw reality, the ear with which they heard, the tongue with which they spoke, and the heart with which they perceived the significance of God’s Words-and it is He Who knows all the secrets of this universe.

By your Lord! Anyone that has not graduated from this school will not become a believer, even if they read the books of both the ancient and the latter times,12 even if they see the most difficult of all things to achieve with their own eyes, and even if the dead speak unto them.

God says: “Truth is attained by your Provider…”: by your Provider, you, oh My beloved, Mohammad (cpth)! “…thus you will never be one of those who do not see.”13

As for those who do not seek to believe in God, He will not grant them a light and a criterion by which they can distinguish right from wrong, and between what is advantageous and what is disadvantageous. This school does not close its doors. It is always open to anybody who seeks knowledge about God or about His Book, for such knowledge is not restricted to one nation over another or to one time instead of another; The Treasures of the Mercy of your Lord are not intended to be bestowed upon one group of people to deprive another.

God says: “Such is the Bounty of Al’lah, which He bestows on whom He will…”14

That is, God will certainly grant a portion of His Limitless Favor to anyone who truthfully seeks enjoyment of His Bounty. The Almighty sent all His Envoys and His greatest Envoy (cpth) as a mercy for all nations. He did not single out one nation to receive this grace so that another would miss out. That is what the noble verse indicates in God’s Saying: “Of the Bounties of your Provider, We bestow freely on all these as well as those; the bounties of your Provider, none are deprived of.”15

All creatures are alike in the Sight of Al’lah. When a person is honest in seeking something, God will surely allow them access to it. However, the law is that everyone receives in proportion to their truthfulness and labor. God says: “…truly, the most honored of you in the Sight of Al’lah is the most illuminated of you by Al’lah’s Light…”16

In the past, the Quraish tribe, which was the tribe of our master Mohammad (cpth), denied his prophecy. They said to him what is quoted in the noble verse: “What! Has the Message been sent to him, of all persons among us?...”:17

They meant to ask: did God choose him alone out of all of the people of Quraish?! Why him in particular?!

Indeed, he was not chosen to receive the Message only out of all of the people of Quraish, but rather out of all of the people of all nations. He was chosen because he (cpth) was faithful in his intention and serious in striving to recognize the Creator of this existence. He left no single gate in Mecca without passing through it, left no valley without having walked in it, and left no mountain therein unclimbed. He spent his days and burned the oil of his nights in thinking of the creation of the heavens and the earth, until he came into knowledge with certainty that was revealed to him by the Lord of certainty. In the meantime, the people of Quraish were wholly immersed in amusement, play and evening parties, completely distracted by the ornaments and vanities of this world.

Before wondering about this, one should-even once-try to follow the same way that was followed by this ideal person (cpth).

I wonder, can traditional belief or the reference to books that were written in the past and which conflict with the Holy Qur’an lead to true faith in God and in the life to come? Have you not noticed how many verses the false interpreters pass over without commentary in their explanations, as if they do not see them? Has not God, the Almighty, commanded us to consider the creation of the heavens and the earth?

The purpose of thinking about death in places of privacy is to make the spirit renounce the transient and lowly life. The purpose of contemplation of God’s creation in places far from worldly pleasures is to recognize the Provider of all beings. What explanation will they believe in after they have rejected Al’lah and His Signs?

Are they waiting for guidance from the Lord of all worlds to come to them by itself, without their seeking it, and without following the same way that was followed by our father Abraham (pth)? Is it possible for them to be guided without first trying to make even a little effort?

How will God give guidance to people who spend their lifetime in centers of amusement, and their energy in fun or in foolish chatter?

Is it possible for God to give guidance to those whose hearts neglect the remembrance of Him, who follow their own desires, and whose case has gone beyond all bounds?

Had Al’lah willed it, He could have guided all of humanity to what is right. However, what benefit can a human being derive when it is driven to something by force? Will their spirit not remain distant-or rather, draw even further away-if a person is obliged to do something they do not like? True guidance is only achieved when the human being voluntarily turns themselves towards God of their own accord, in order to gain the faith that is associated with witnessing what is real with the eye of the spirit. This witnessing helps them to ascertain and realize these realities, and become sure of them in their heart. If they gain access to this kind of belief, when they say the statement, ‘I witness that there is no god but Al’lah’, they will witness the meaning of these words. This is because faith in reality is accomplished by viewing with the eye of head during the first stage, and then by viewing with the eye of heart.

In this stage, one can witness the Goodness and Justice of God, and can feel His Mercy and Love flooding throughout all of existence. Thus, they know with certainty that His Compassion does not come before His Justice, and He-the Almighty-does not give way to His Wrath before His Clemency. He (glory to Him) stands firm on justice, and truly it is He that is on a straight path.

God alone has goodness for the beneficent and the injurious alike, and the one who does not witness this in this world will witness it in the hereafter.

This is an absolute fact and since it is so, there is no injustice among people, and since there is no injustice, there is no evil.

What we consider to be evil is but sheer goodness to the afflicted one, because this evil will save them from a greater evil, and this evil would not have befallen them if they had not done something bad. Opening the belly is an evil act for the healthy person but it is good for the one who suffers from a stomach ailment. Injustice is done to one who deserves it, and the oppressor directs their oppression only to someone like themselves. God says: “Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power over others because of what they are wont to earn.”:18

Through experiencing such a disaster, a person might retreat from their tyranny and remember their sin, and then totally repent to God. At that time the injustice will vanish, and God the Almighty might let them have power over those who oppressed them.

This behavior is not limited to individuals, but also applies to nations and peoples. The nation with more capacity for faith than another will suffer from the injustice of a more oppressive nation by God’s Order, so that it might turn to God and stop its evil, in this way returning to God.

God will then change their sins into good deeds, and will give power to the oppressed over those who had oppressed them. This is not so that they can be attacked with violence and revenge, but to make them return to the straight path of righteousness and goodness.

By deeds, humankind is divided into three types:

1-The humane

2-Those who do wrong to themselves

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‘oppressors’

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and act in a brutal way to achieve their whims

3-Those who do wrong to themselves

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‘oppressors’

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and act in a devilish manner to achieve their low and mean whims

This division applies to both individuals and nations.

Nowadays, the humane person in the full sense of the word is very rare, and this leaves the oppressor and the more oppressive. In this case, God gives a more oppressive nation power over an oppressive one, so that the latter may cast its negligence aside and return to its humanity. God will then change its weakness into strength, its humiliation into glory, and its defeat into a victory over those who visited wrong upon it. The purpose is to help them, in turn, repent to God.

In this way all humanity can be rid of the misery they live in and relieve themselves of all kinds of afflictions from which they suffer.

But alas! What is going on in this era shows that hope in humanity’s repentance to God is about to become impossible. Therefore: “…the unbelievers, never will disaster cease to seize them or to settle close to their homes for their (ill) deeds until the Promise of Al’lah comes to pass, for truly, Al’lah will not fail in His Promise.”19

For this reason, the affliction is impending and the Hour is very near. Hence Jesus Christ (pth)-the Savior of humanity from unhappiness and suffering, and from unbelief and deprivation-looms in the horizon, and:

“…on that day believers shall rejoice with the Help of Al’lah. He helps whom He will, and He is Exalted in Might and Most Merciful: (this is) the Promise of Al’lah. Never does Al’lah depart from His Promise, but most people do not understand.”20

- Prof. A. K. Yahya Al-Dayrani

Preface

Jews, Christians and Muslims are all waiting for the advent of our master Jesus Christ (peace is through him); however, every community of them has their own thoughts on this question.

Jews believe that the true Jesus Christ will inevitably appear in Palestine, ‘the Promised Land’, and therefore they have done their utmost to put their hands on this country and are now waiting for him (pth). They see that they have to provide him (pth) with an area of this land, so that he can live among them when he appears and becomes the king of the world. Subsequently, they believe that he will raise their prestige in this life over all of the other nations. In their view, the Jesus Christ who came to this life two thousand years ago was a liar, and so they are looking forward to the appearance of the true Messiah in Palestine.

This belief is seen by the Jews as an absolute fact. This is why you see that about 70% of the sons of Israel (Bani Isra’eel) have now gathered in Palestine, due to their belief that the master Messiah is certain to appear among them in the Promised Land. Such a doctrine is completely different from that of our brothers, the Christians, who suppose that Jesus Christ will not come back in body, but rather will spread his spirituality over the world once again so as to plant peace and safety everywhere, and thus no more wars and no more trouble will smite humankind until Doomsday.

With respect to the Muslims, they are waiting for Jesus Christ in order for him to kill the Antichrist and the Jews, as well as breaking the cross.

Now, the question is:

Where is Jesus Christ?! Is he on earth or in heaven?! Is it true that he will really come back once again? What is the proof of his return (pth)?

In the Holy Qur’an, God addressed His prophet Jesus, saying: “…‘oh Jesus! I am going to take you back’…”21

Do these words indicate that our master Jesus has died, but that God will bring him back to life again? In other words, does this verse refer to his resurrection (pth) in order that he be sent back to this world again? However we must ask, why would God bring him (pth) into view once more? What about his mother, our Lady, the Virgin Mary? Will he (pth) come back alone or together with her (pth)?! Some say that he (pth) will return, carried by two angels, soaring over the city of Damascus, and then will be put on the minaret, called the Jesus Minaret, of the Umayyad Mosque.

We wonder, is there any Qur’anic proof or logical evidence referring to this?!

Will he (pth) stand by the Muslims or Christians or Jews? Will he bring a new Bible that is different from the old one? Will he instead reveal the truth that is stated in the Holy Qur’an?!

All of these obscure questions-and many others-will be clearly answered in this book, The Envoy of Peace Looms on the Horizon: The Return of Jesus Christ, which presents unique knowledge to us, all of which is taken from the heavenly sciences of the great humane scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho (his soul has been sanctified by Al’lah).

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This book is completely different from any other book. It is quite new in its contents and introduces concepts that humanity has never heard the like of before. However, it does not introduce heresy; rather, it is based on God’s Book (the Holy Qur’an) and the true Prophetic Traditions of His noble Envoys, our two masters Mohammad and Jesus (cptt), which are in agreement with the Speech of Him, the Almighty.

This book reviews a group of ruined nations that are mentioned in the Holy Qur’an, clarifying the individual reason for the ruin of each of them. Then, in an excellent way, it explains the creeds and principles that are followed by the people of the present time in order to let the reader judge for themselves whether we are walking a path that leads to safety, or if we deserve to meet the same destruction that afflicted the previous nations discussed!

For example, are we going to be drowned by a flood like the one that struck the people of our master Noah (pth), or perhaps by a wind like the one that destroyed the people of ‘Ad? Could we be crushed by a cry similar to the one that descended upon the people of Thamoud, or annihilated by a cloud, as with the people of Shoaib (pth)? Will we instead disappear under earthquakes and be burned by volcanoes, as happened in the case of the people of Lot (pth)?

This book contains explanation and cogent proof, leading to the conclusion that the people of the current age deserve to be utterly destroyed in a terrible Hour that will make children white-haired. This Hour will be more bitter and more calamitous than any of the scourges that befell either the nations of old already mentioned or the nations that came after them. It will be even more severe than any of the current disasters which are taking place in the lands of unbelief and ingratitude for the Grand God, including tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and other disasters.

This book reveals how the Great Powers are driving all of the nations of this world to go under when this Hour comes, because of their developed civilization. These Powers are leading the world towards impending destruction and unquestionable perdition, and the only tools used in this are what they invented by means of their technological rise and development. This is based on atomic research and is directed towards a planetary nuclear war.

However, along with the undoubted coming ruin-which will cover the whole earth from east to west, and will reach every spot that is reached by night and by day, so as to wipe out unbelief, and its people, and all of its motives-the believers will be made happy by the appearance of our master the Messiah (pth). He is a sign of the approach of the Hour, and is the savior and deliverer of mankind.

Who are these believers who will be happy at his coming (pth)? Are they Muslims, Jews or Christians? The people of each of these three religions are waiting for him (pth).

The community of which of these three religions will be qualified to follow him (pth), and therefore to become the masters of this world and of the unbelievers until Doomsday?

This is what is revealed in the complete study that is found in the pages of this book, paving the way for every true lover who is longing to meet this noble Envoy and become one of his followers.

Before this, the book clearly outlines the indications of the Hour, all of which have taken place without being noticed by the people of this earth, scholars and freshmen, as nations and as individuals. It gives practical, factual and sensible proof of the manifestation of these indications, including:

-How Jerusalem has moved out of the hands of the Muslims and into the control of the Israelites

-The sun’s rise in the west

-The splitting of the moon

-The emergence of the ground crawler

-The penetration through the confines of the heavens and the earth

-The spread of Ya’jooj and Ma’jooj (the people of corruption who flamed the fire of luxury and adornment and caused nations, one after another, to be stirred up by this fire)

-The earth becoming clad in golden ornaments and decked out in beauty

-The emergence of smoke and its continual spreading across the earth

The book also mentions some minor signs of the Hour, such as the invention of wire and wireless telephones, mobile phones, cars, planes, and many other indications.

Then, with deep and matchless fluency, it gives us glaring and undoubted evidence of the coming of the long-desired hope, so that there is no possibility for desperation or hopelessness to creep into the hearts of those who are certain of the approach of this Hour. This hope is none other than the noble Envoy, our master Jesus (pth), the cause of salvation and the ship of escape in our era.

By way of example rather than providing an exhaustive list, we mention the following signs, although there are many others.

This evidence firstly includes his noble name: ‘Jesus, the Messiah.’ In Arabic this indicates his certain return. Secondly, there is the notability promised him in this world by God, as we know this was not granted during his first coming. Thirdly, the book moves on to explain the miracle of how he (pth) speaks to people when middle-aged, as mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. This will not intuitively be regarded as a miracle unless he (pth) comes back into view after a long absence, exceeding twenty centuries. Fourthly, there is the inevitable belief of the people of scripture in him (pth) before his death, after a group of them met him with denial in his first coming, while the others worshiped him alongside God. Then, these minor signs end with his return (pth), reading purified chapters, after his people have divided themselves into Jews and Christians.

In this book, suspicions which have confused many people will be wiped away, allowing the truth to manifest itself and removing any obscurity or misunderstanding. The reader can understand the real meaning of the phrase ‘taking back’ mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. In his story (pth), this does not refer to his death, but to his sleeping throughout his long absence, exactly as happened with the Sleepers of the Cave. In addition to this there are many cogent demonstrations of his human nature (pth), just as in the case of all the other great Envoys of God.

This book also uncovers the reason for the descent of the first teacher and the father of humanity, Adam (pth), from Paradise. Along the way, it explains many important points about the reason for our exodus to this world. It proves the impeccability of this great prophet, Adam (pth), and his absolute innocence of any disobedience. On the other hand, the book shows the great benefits of the arrival of humanity to the abode of work, responsibility and discomfort.

Finally, the book concludes by showing how humanity can escape from the terrors of this horrible Hour and gain a meeting with the great prophet, our beloved master Jesus (pth), the Savior of humanity.

Blessed are those who are born at that time! Blessed are those who are honest with their Provider and who repent to Him submissively by seeking belief. This belief is accomplished through studying and contemplating the cosmic signs, to deduce and then witness the Existence of God.

God says: “Oh mankind! See by the Light of your Provider! For the convulsion of the Hour will be a terrible thing!”22

CHAPTER ONE

Contents

On the Meaning of the Hour

The People of Our Master Noah (pth)

The People of Our Master Hud (pth) (the People of ‘Ad,

Commonly Known as the Mighty Giants)

The People of Our Master Sa’leh (pth) (the People of Thamoud)

The People of Our Master Lot (pth)

The People of Our Master Sho’aib (pth) (the People of Midian)

The Purpose Behind God’s Creation of Creation

On the Meaning of the Hour

Humanity suffers from acute spiritual anguish in this age. This is due to the intense material domination of everyday life that is caused by the technological revolution. Casting its dark shadow over our spirits, it obstructs the sources of light and separates our souls from the abode of eternity. This revolution has made people lose themselves in mental mazes which are sometimes contradictory and are often internally complicated.

The scientific and technological revolution was a dream that inspired the imaginations of a number of thinkers, who looked on it as a savior from poverty, disease and ignorance. Since the end of the nineteenth century, they have given free rein to their thoughts and come to have an excessive and unreal belief in their revolution. They wage a violent war against the old beliefs and laws, claiming that they no longer serve any purpose, but instead have grown old and become worn out. After deciding that the ancient beliefs and laws are old and worn out, they proceeded to sentence God to death,23 announcing the birth of a new god: the god of human science and deep thought. This new god, they claimed, would subject nature to them in ways that were not possible for the old god.

People believed in the message of this new god, particularly in the west and the Far East. They turned their faces away from the Creator of heaven and earth, not only abandoning Him but also making fun of all His Laws, Legislation, and Ideals. In their blindness they substituted other codes for them, inspired by the servants of the devil.

The birth of this ‘god’ has titillated the imaginations of those that are infatuated with him. But alas! He brought forth a fire which tempts humanity to behave in a way which may well cause their utter destruction, along with that of the rest of the world. However, having at first believed his food to be beneficial, they realized that in reality it causes those who eat it to choke and suffer in burning torment. They also realized that the happiness they have dreamt of is no more than a mirage in the desert. Those who favor the lower earthly existence think that it is water that grants life, happiness and bliss; however, when they reach it, they find that it was nothing but a delusion, mere pain and wretchedness; this is enough to act as a lesson if only they give it due consideration.

The Creator of heaven and earth designed the universe to conform to a strict set of rules in order that it should be as good as it could possibly be. He laid down laws which agreed with the natural dispositions of the human race. Having set up these extremely majestic and magnificent rules, He gave humans the chance to think for themselves. This begins when they are semen, and continues throughout the stages of their formation in the womb. After birth they saw how the heavens were raised on high, how the stars were fixed firmly in position, how the mountains were put in place, how the seas were filled, how all the different kinds of beasts which He has dispersed over the earth were created, and how all manner of beneficial plants were brought up out of the soil by Him.

We wonder: who did all those things? Who is the Great Creator who has allowed us and all of the other creatures to exist since the beginning of time; from the very beginning, up to now and throughout history?

It is He, the Almighty; He designed His Laws to agree with our natural dispositions which we inherited from His Grand Design. These statutes are designed to make us happy in this life and in the hereafter. They were established upon strict rules which uplift our spirits, thus allowing them to communicate with their Creator. Once this point has been reached, our spirits can escape from the slavery of material domination, under the influence of which the spirit descends to a wretched level of existence. Communication with God drives fear away from the believer’s heart; the older they grow as they approach their inevitable fate, the more that hope grows in their hearts so that they no longer care whether they are lucky in this life or not. Similarly, they never mind if they become ill or suffer hardship, as they have no doubt that this life is temporal, whereas the hereafter is eternal and filled with happiness.

Unlike the believers, people who take delight in the life of this world-those who content themselves with it and hold it in high esteem-become more worried as they enter the autumn of their years. They become more aggrieved and distressed when life laughs at them or turns away from them, or when they suffer hardship.

Those who expect their god to make the present life as perfect as paradise for them, and to allow them to take more from nature than it grants by itself: these people are the deluded ones. They are the ones who are cheated-not only in the next life, but in this worldly life too. In the lower life, they hope to achieve what belongs to the heavenly life through their god, and they hope that he will give them fine palaces to live in. Instead, he will thwart their dreams and burn them in his terrible fire. When his wrath is turned upon them, the civilization they have built by his means will be left as nothing but a desolate and empty wasteland.

The technological revolution is the frustration of humanity in our times; it turns people away from true happiness which cannot be compared with its false and sensory reflection. It frustrates because the latter is not in fact happiness; rather it is merely the amusement of the self in base pleasures and passing desires. What a difference there is between that and true happiness! The spirit’s yearnings are many, and its capability is unlimited; in contrast, our bodily capability is restricted. The difference between these two powers is the cause of pain and wretchedness; joining an unlimited power to a limited one makes the latter unable to fulfill the wishes of the former. The spirit is like an unruly horse; whenever it fulfills a desire, it tirelessly seeks another, because the nature of its construction is immaterial. The Almighty did not create unbounded power so that it would be filled with dirt. Rather it was created that it be filled with absolute beauty and that it might drink from the inexhaustible spring of perfection. How different these two states are! In one, false pleasures-which are to be terminated before the spirit leaves this life-result in boredom and weariness mixed with distress, grief and pain. In the other, the spirit experiences a lasting and growing happiness24 from which it can never be separated. In the life to come, there is nothing but truth: falsehood ceases to exist. Therefore, the spirits of those who turn away from Al’lah in the present life come before their Creator in a state of blindness on the Day of Resurrection. This is the result of being too absorbed in gratifying the desires of the lower life, and neglecting to discern what is right before its end.

God says: “Those who give no heed to My Reminder shall live in woe and come before Us in blindness on the Day of Resurrection. ‘Provider!’ they will say, ‘why have You brought us blind before You when in our lifetimes we were blessed with sight?’ He will answer: ‘so were you,’…”: you were blind-hearted in the worldly life. “…‘Our Revelations were declared to you and you forgot them; would you be forgotten this day?’ “: shall We forget you today? It is necessary to force your spirit to accept the cure for its sickness.25

This fact is supported by the Almighty’s Saying: “…it is the heart within the bosom and not the eyes that is blind.”26

And the Holy Saying: “He who has been blind in this life shall be blind in the life to come and go further astray.”27

Because the Almighty wants us to be happy, He inflicts those who do not believe in Him with the lightest chastisement before the greatest chastisement. This gives them the chance to turn their back on what makes them wretched and seek what makes them happy in both this life and the afterlife. Doing so delivers them from their infatuation with the earthly life, which is the cause of all pain and misery.

The Almighty says: “And indeed, We will make them taste of the lightest chastisement before the greatest chastisement in order that they may repent and return.”28

The word “…may…” here shows clearly the absolute freedom of choice afforded to humanity. In other words: if they break the laws that the Almighty has sent down to them, and they reach a point where repenting and returning to Him becomes impossible, they will then fall into complete and utter destruction. The Almighty has given us clear examples of what became of previous civilizations, such as the people of Noah, ‘Ad, Thamoud, and Pharaoh, who disregarded the laws that were designed to bring them happiness. He has shown us clearly how they refused to crush the obstacles that prevented them from following the path that leads to Al’lah, the Almighty.

As for today, no matter how humanity tries to escape the pain and misery which afflict them; no matter how people try to shed the neurotic anxiety that clings to them like their shadows; no matter how they try to get away from their emptiness and extreme immorality, or from the interlacing and contrasting mental mazes through which they hope to reach their desired happiness: no matter how they try, they will never succeed. In order to escape all these things they must return Al’lah’s Laws to the earth in their words and deeds, and apply them earnestly. However, if they fail (as they are sure to fail), let them then expect earthquakes, volcanoes, devastating hurricanes and fatal diseases, just as has happened in our times, and just as will happen again. Let them wait for the fire that will melt solid iron and crumble the hardest stone in the Third World War. This punishment is not distant for the unjust.

God says: “Such is the scourge which your Provider has visited upon the sinful nations. His Punishment is stern and harrowing.”: this is a Godly Law; any civilization that takes up this course deserves ruin.29

In His Holy Qur’an, the Almighty provides us with plenty of stories about the destruction of nations that forsook the Godly Rules and obeyed the laws of their whims. He first reveals to us what prevented them from returning to the right religion, and then describes the regrettable results that ensued. Before their utter destruction, the Almighty would send them an Envoy to warn them of the consequences of their false beliefs and deeds, which were in violation of the rules of existence. These Envoys would show them how their beliefs would bring them nothing but misery and sorrow, and would distance them from the source of true happiness. On the whole however, their words fell upon deaf ears and closed hearts, as these peoples’ minds had become utterly obsessed with materialism. This materialism completely overwhelmed them so that they could never prosper. They would not succeed, as their ignorance of Al’lah and their refusal to believe in Him had made them hasten: “…evil rather than good, yet many were the examples of those who were ruined before them…”: what happened to the ancient nations? What were they afflicted by?!30

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Now, before illustrating the meaning of ‘the Hour’ in which our master Jesus Christ (peace is through him) will come, and before we differentiate between it and the final hour (Doomsday), we will first review the beliefs and the acts of the aforementioned destroyed nations, and the dialogue between their people and their Envoys. Then we will investigate the reasons that prevented them from complying with Al’lah’s Call. Finally, we will outline the lamentable end to which they came. If we succeed in doing this-in which we hope to receive Al’lah’s Aid-the meaning of the Hour will be unveiled, and every confusion will vanish as a result of the comparison between the hour in which our master Jesus will come again to eliminate the pains of humankind, thus saving them, and the hour in which the resurrection will occur.

The first nation which the Almighty mentions in His Holy Book and which was destroyed because of its deviation from the right path is the nation of our master Noah (pth).31 Those nations given as examples by Al’lah are a sufficient sermon and clear lesson for those who have an open heart by which to think, or who pay attention to the truth and thus witness reality. This is because the answer that people gave to the Envoys whom Almighty Al’lah did not mention is the same as the answer given to the ones mentioned in the Holy Qur’an,32 or the answer given to any god-fearing individual who guides people towards virtue.

God says: “Nothing is said to you that has not been said to other Envoys before you. Your Provider is Forgiving and of stern retribution.”33

In another Fortress, He (glory to His Name) says: “Thus whenever an Envoy came to those before them they said: ‘Sorcerer!’ Or ‘Mad man!’ Have they handed down this saying from one generation to the next? No, they are only transgressing people.”34

Abo Al-Fath Ahmad Al-Shahrastani referred to this concept in his book Sects and Creeds. He said: “Those who argued with Noah, Hud, Sa’leh, Abraham, Lot, Sho’aib, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad (peace is through them) all trod in the footsteps of the cursed devil when he exposed his own stupidity by rebelling against Al’lah. The intent of their argument was either to acquit themselves of responsibility or to deny the favor of all those who had been given a message to deliver.”

There is no difference between their saying “…‘shall mortals be our guides?’…”35

…and his saying: “…‘do I prostrate myself to whom You have created out of mud?’ “36

Thus the reason for all disagreement on the issue and the very essence of this disunity can be explained very simply. As it is said in God’s Saying: “Nothing prevents people from having faith when guidance is revealed to them but the excuse: would Al’lah have sent a human being as an Envoy?”37

Therefore He clarified that the cause of unbelief has this meaning. In the very earliest of times we can see what Satan said when Al’lah asked him a question: “…‘why did you not prostrate yourself, since I have commanded you?’ He (the devil) said: ‘I am better than him (Adam); You have created me out of fire but him out of mud’.”38

So it was with his descendants who came after him. He said through the tongue of Pharaoh: “‘Am I not better than this undignified one?!’ “39

The same tone can be found in the sayings of those who came later; as we shall see, they correspond exactly with their predecessors.

God says: “The ignorant asked: ‘Why does Al’lah not speak to us or give us a sign?’ Thus the same demand was made by those before them: their hearts are all alike…”40

The previous verse: “Thus whenever an Envoy came to those before them they said: ‘Sorcerer!’ Or ‘Mad man!’ “, is regarded as one of the rules which neither alter nor change throughout the ages.

Wherever the word “such…” or sometimes “thus…” is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an, as it is mentioned in this verse, it indicates that most of the speech that follows it is a law or a rule. The Almighty was referring to one of these rules when He said: “Such has been the rule of Al’lah with those who have gone before them. You shall find no change in the rule of God.”41

These are firm rules and laws: any saying or action on the part of unbelieving ancestors is no different than a saying or action of anyone who comes after them: it makes no sense at all. Therefore, the Almighty Al’lah (glory to Him) gave examples that were limited to a small number of nations. Their sayings demonstrated their doctrines and their conduct. This was done in order to provide clear examples of the damnation that will afflict any nation that adopts their ways and shows the same contempt for its Envoys.

We will now study, in some detail, several of the nations to whom these rules were applied. The study will include the following nations:

The People of Our Master Noah (Peace is through him)

The People of Our Master Hud (Peace is through him)

The People of Our Master Sa’leh (Peace is through him)

The People of Our Master Lot (Peace is through him)

The People of Our Master Sho’aib (Peace is through him)

The People of Our Master Noah (Peace is through him)

When God sent forth our master Noah (pth) to his people, he said: “‘…I have come to warn you plainly. Obey none but Al’lah. I fear that you may suffer the torment of a woeful day.’ The unbelieving elders of his people replied: ‘we regard you as mortal like ourselves; nor can we find any among your followers but men of hasty judgment, the simplest of our tribe. We see no superiority in you over us: indeed, we think that you are lying’.”42

The call of our master Noah (pth) was like the call of the other noble Envoys of God. It was intended to lead people to obey Al’lah, our Creator, and to ascertain that there is no god except Him. Such a call will remain with us until the Day of Resurrection. It is the most valuable thing that was brought by all the Envoys (peace is through them) for it clarifies the purpose for which we were created. However, it should be noted that the purpose of submitting to God is not so that He can boast of our submission to Him before His angels, as some have claimed. Glory to Him and may He be raised above such a description. The purpose is only so that we may purify our spirits and rid them of their defects.

In fact, the purification of the spirit cannot be accomplished except by attaining a link with God. This link is achieved by communicating with God, and by worshiping Him. This requires complete obedience and absolute surrender to His Commands, which are designed explicitly for our benefit. Once this point is reached, the compliant spirit becomes confident of God’s Satisfaction with it. This new-found confidence allows the spirit to become closer to God, feeling no hesitancy and finding no barrier between it and its Master or His Holy Sight. Once the spirit has entered God’s Presence, it becomes colored with the stain of perfection.

God says through His Envoys: “It is the stain of Al’lah. And who gives a better stain than Al’lah? So we43 do worship Him.”44

The impurities and sins of the spirit are washed away and replaced with morally virtuous qualities once the spirit has achieved this link and this level of intimacy with God, and has accomplished communication with Him. The merits which we acquire from God refine our intentions and improve our deeds, because when spirits become virtuous, deeds become virtuous. When this happens, the entire society follows suit and everybody in such a society lives in a state of happiness and bliss. It is for this purpose that the Almighty wants us to obey His Commands. He wants only to clean our hearts, and to bless us in this life and in the life to come.

Our master Noah (pth) told of the Provider’s Revelation, but many of his people refused to accept it as the truth. They said, just like the people of the societies of the other Envoys: “‘…we regard you as mortal like ourselves; nor can we find any among your followers but men of hasty judgment, the simplest of our tribe. We see no superiority in you over us: indeed, we think that you are lying’.”45

This type of denial of an Envoy is bound to prevent people from believing in God.

God says: “Nothing prevents people from having faith when guidance is revealed to them but the excuse: would Al’lah have sent a human being as an Envoy?”46

This denial arises from the inability of individuals who are far from God to see the perfection of the noble Envoy. Therefore our master Noah said: “…‘think, my people! If I could know my Provider, and if He bestowed compassion upon me out of His Compassion, even if it is hidden from you, can we compel you to accept it against your will?’ “47

So it was with the Quraysh who offered the same denial to our master Mohammad (cpth).

God says: “They said: ‘why was this Qur’an not revealed to some mighty man from the two towns?’ “48

As previously mentioned, their objection to Mohammad (cpth) was a result of their blindness to his great sublimity. They evaluate the greatness of men according to the money or the power that they have. In other words, most people take everything at face value, not caring to look further and discover the truth. They do not observe anything deeply enough to see its true greatness, and thus do not achieve illumination by Al’lah’s Light.