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Earthquakes, as predicted in the hadiths, are among the most important
signs of the Last Day.
From:
jagbir singh <www.adishakti.org@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:03 pm
Subject: "Earthquakes, as predicted in the hadiths, are among the
most important signs of the Last Day."
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Earthquakes, as predicted in the hadiths, are
among the most important signs of the Last Day.
The hadiths of the Prophet
(saas) mention that most of the earthquakes will
increase in the End Times. The frequent
occurrence of earthquakes over the last few
years is among the foremost concerns of people
throughout the world. |
There is no doubt that there have been no other
natural events in history that have affected people
to the extent that earthquakes have. They can happen
anywhere and at any moment. Throughout the
centuries, they have caused many deaths and great
material loss. For this reason, they have been
greatly feared. Even the technology of the twentieth
and twentyfirst centuries has been able to prevent
earthquake damage only to a certain extent.
The 1995 earthquake in Kobe serves as
an example to those who like to think that
technology will make it possible to harness nature.
It will be remembered that this earthquake came
unexpectedly upon Japan's largest industrial and
transportation center. In spite of the fact that it
only lasted 20 seconds, as Time magazine reported,
it caused about 100 billion dollars in damage.10
In the last few years, major
earthquakes have occurred repeatedly and are among
the foremost fears of people around the world. If we
look at the data collected by the American National
Earthquake Information Center for 1999, we find that
20,832 earthquakes happened somewhere in the world.
As a result, an estimated 22,711 persons lost their
lives.11
All such cases bring to mind what the
Prophet (saas) said 1400 years ago:
Earthquakes, as predicted in the hadiths, are
among the most important signs of the Last Day. |
In the Qur'an, there are certain
verses that point out the relation between
earthquakes and the End Times. The 99th
Surah is called Surat az-Zalzala; zalzala
means great shaking, or earthquake. This Surah,
composed of eight verses, describes the violent
shaking of the earth and states that, following it,
the Judgment Day will arrive, people will be raised
from the dead, will give account of themselves to
Allah, and receive their just rewards, even for the
slightest thing that they have done:
When the earth is convulsed
with its quaking
and the earth then disgorges its charges
and man asks," What is wrong with it?”,
on that Day it will impart all its news
because your Lord has inspired it.
That Day people will emerge segregated to see the
results of their actions.
Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it.
Whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
(Surat az-Zalzala: 1-8)
 
Disasters affect the whole
world. We must learn a lesson from them and turn
to Allah. |
10.
Time, February 6, 1995, "Economic Aftershock"
11. US Geological Survey National Earthquake
Information Center, "Earthquake Facts and
Statistics", 2000, http://www.neic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqstats.html
http://www.neic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/1999_stats.html
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The Signs of the Last Day in the Hadiths of the Prophet
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—- In
shriadishakti@yahoogroups.com, "jagbir singh" <adishakti_org@y...>
wrote:
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> Wishing all a Happy New Year, notwithstanding the great
tsunami tragedy in Asia that reminds us to transcend life's
samsara.
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(The following is taken from a post by Semira at another
forum. Hope SYs will read it regularly to understand its
very deep meaning. Thank you Semira for this priceless gem
that will take some time for me to comprehend with clarity.)
For everybody of all religions and none;
Some words in which hope may be found at a time of
devastating bereavement for many thousands of people,
following the tragedy of the Asia Tsunami.
'He understood that eternal life was not an article of faith
but a law of the universe as true as any law of physics. The
universe is an efficient creation; matter becomes energy;
energy becomes matter; one form of energy is converted into
another form; the balance is forever changing, but the
universe is a closed system from which no particle of matter
or wave of energy is ever lost. Nature not only loathes
waste but forbids it. The human mind and spirit, at their
noblest, can transform the material world for the better; we
can even transform the human condition, lifting ourselves
from a state of primal fear , when we dwelled in caves and
shuddered at the sight of the moon, to a position from which
we can contemplate eternity and hope to understand the works
of God. Light cannot change itself into stone by an act of
will, and stone cannot build itself into temples. Only the
human spirit can act with volition and consciously change
itself; it is the only thing in all creation that is not
entirely at the mercy of forces outside itself, and it is
therefore, the most powerful and valuable form of energy in
the universe. For a time, the spirit may become flesh, but
when that phase of its existance is at an end, it will be
transformed into a disembodied spirit once more.'
Taken from the novel, 'Sole Survivor' by Dean Koontz
Life is a passage, and we need not fear death. Faith and
hope will help overcome suffering and loss.
Sincerely, Semira
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adishakti_sahaja_yoga/message/3042
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