The End of the World

It is the love of the world which is the root of the evil surrounding us, and the remedy prescribed by Islam is charity. The Prophet, peace be upon him, advised:

"Hasten good works before a calamity like a dark piece of night will befall you, when a man will get up a believer in the morning and retire in the evening as an unbeliever: He will sell his religion for the goods of this world."

(Muslim)

He predicted that: "Time will become short, knowledge will decrease, tribulations will appear, stinginess will become common and turmoil will increase." They asked, "what is the turmoil?" He said (indiscriminate) "Killing."

(Bukhari and Muslim)

Further: "By the One who holds my life in His hand, the world will not come to an end until mankind will witness a day where the murderer will not know why he has killed, and the murdered will not know why he was killed." It was asked, how can that be? He said (general) "Turmoil, and both the murderer and the murdered will end up in hellfire."

(Muslim)

"The hour shall not come to pass until you kill your leader and strike each other with your swords, and the worst amongst you will inherit your world."

(Trimidhi)

Further traditions talk about the increase in earthquakes, the abundance of wealth at people's disposal, until people will scoff at charity, the competition in erecting tall buildings, the wish of people passing by a grave, that they could be in the place of the dead (Bukhari and Muslim).

There has certainly been no other human civilisation with such a high rate of suicides, and never before in human history has euthanasia been an acceptable proposal. Bleak times indeed, compounded by cosmic events. The last hour, the end of life on Earth, will come suddenly, but before then, its inhabitants will witness the rising of the sun from the West an event so dramatic that they will all turn to believe, but it will not benefit them anymore. The Qur'an equally describes the coming big crunch when the universe as we know it will be transformed:

"The day when We roll up the heavens like a scroll of writings. As we started creation, We shall bring it back. A promise upon Us which We will carry out."

(Surah 21, Al-Anbiya (the Prophets), Verse 104)

or

"And when the moon is eclipsed, and the sun and the moon will be made to collide, on that day man will look for an escape, but there will be no safety."

(Surah 75, Al-Qiyamah (the Rising), Verse 8-11)

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