The Signs of the Last Day
THE SIGNS OF THE LAST DAY
Say: "Praise be to Allah. He will show you His Signs and you will recognize them..." (Surat an-Naml: 93)
They will ask you about the Hour: when is it due? …( Surat al-A'raf: 187)
They ask you about the Hour: "When will it come?" (Surat an-Nazi'at: 42)
What are they awaiting but for the Hour to come upon them suddenly? Its Signs have already come. What good will their Reminder be to them when it does arrive? (Surah Muhammad: 18)
I do not think the Hour will ever come. But if I should be sent back to my Lord, I will definitely get something better in return. (Surat al-Kahf: 36)
When you were told, "Allah's promise is true and so is the Hour, of which there is no doubt," you said, "We have no idea what the Hour is. We have only been conjecturing. We are by no means certain." (Surat al-Jathiya: 32)
But instead, they deny the Hour; and We have prepared a Searing Blaze for those who deny the Hour. (Surat al-Furqan: 11)
And the Hour is coming without any doubt ... (Surat al-Hajj: 7)
We did not create the heavens and earth and everything between them, except with truth. The Hour is certainly coming. (Surat al-Hijr: 85)
The Hour is coming-there is no doubt about it …(Surat al-Mu'min: 59)
This is Allah's pattern with those who passed away before. You will not find any alteration in Allah's pattern. (Surat al-Ahzab: 62)
We have never destroyed a city without giving it prior warning as a reminder... (Surat ash-Shu'ara': 208-209)
Your Lord would never destroy any cities without first sending to the chief of them a messenger to recite Our Signs to them. We would never destroy any cities unless their inhabitants were wrongdoers. (Surat al-Qasas: 59)
… We never punish until We have sent a messenger. (Surat al-Isra: 15)
We have never destroyed a city without giving it prior warning as a reminder. We were never unjust. (Surat ash-Shu'ara: 208-209)
Messengers bringing good news and giving warning, so that people will have no argument against Allah after the coming of the messengers. (Surat an-Nisa': 165)
We destroyed generations before you when they did wrong. Their messengers brought them the Clear Signs, but they were never going to believe. That is how We repay evildoers. Then We made you their successors on the earth so We might observe how you would act. (Surah Yunus: 13-14)
He ('Isa) is a Sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it. But follow me. This is a straight path. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 61)
The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split. (Surat al-Qamar: 1)
We pour down plentiful water, then split the earth into furrows. Then We make grain grow in it, and grapes and herbs and olives and dates. (Surah 'Abasa: 25-29)
The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split. If they see a Sign they turn away, saying "There is no end to this witchcraft!" They have denied the truth and followed their whims and desires, but everything has its time. News has come to them which contains a threat: consummate wisdom - but warnings are profitless. Turn away from them then. On the Day the Summoner summons them to something unspeakably terrible, they will emerge from their graves with downcast eyes, like swarming locusts, necks outstretched, eyes transfixed, rushing headlong to the Summoner. The disbelievers will say, "This is a pitiless day!" (Surat al-Qamar: 1-8)
Signs following one another like the pieces of a necklace falling one after the other when its string is cut.(Tirmidhi)
Allah's Messenger (saas) said: "The Harj (will increase)." They asked, "What is the Harj?" He replied,
"(It is) killing (murdering), (it is) murdering (killing)."(Bukhari)
The Hour will come when violence, bloodshed, and anarchy become common.(Al-Muttaqi Al-Hindi, Muntakhab Kanzul Ummaal)
The world will not come to an end until a day would come to the people on which there will be general massacre and bloodshed.(Muslim)
Corruption has appeared in both land and sea because of what people's own hands have brought about so that they may taste something of what they have done so that hopefully they will turn back. (Surat ar-Rum: 41)
Great cities will be ruined and it will be as if they had not existed the day before.(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman)
The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until ... earthquakes will be very frequent.(Bukhari)
There are two great hadiths before the day of Judgment ... and then years of earthquakes.(Narrated by Umm Salama (r.a.))
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)
The poor will grow in number.(Amal Al-Din Al-Qazwini, Mufid Al-'ulum Wa-mubid Al-humum)
Gains will be shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor.(Tirmidhi)
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those who are refugees in the way of Allah. They should rather pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat an-Nur: 22)
There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.(Bukhari)
The Hour will come when adultery becomes widespread.(Al-Haythami, Kitab al-Fitan
The Last Hour will not be established until they (wicked people) commit adultery on the roads (public ways).(Ibn Hibban and Bazzar) (like gay parade)
Men will imitate women; and Women will imitate men.(Allama Jalaluddin Suyuti, Durre-Mansoor)
People will indulge in homosexuality and lesbianism(Al-Muttaqi Al-Hindi, Muntakhab Kanzul Ummaal)
Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which (religious) knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and general ignorance will spread...(Bukhari)
There will come a time for my people when there will remain nothing of the Qur'an except its outward form and nothing of Islam except its name and they will call themselves by this name even though they are the people furthest from it.(Ibn Babuya, Thawab ul-A'mal)
There will come a time upon the Ummat when people will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go further than their throats, (into their hearts).(Bukhari)
Allah's Messenger (saas) spoke of something and said: "It will happen when knowledge will be no more. " (Ziyad) said: "Allah's Messenger, how will knowledge vanish despite the fact that we will be reciting the Qur'an and teaching its recitation to our children and our children will teach its recitation to their children up to the Day of Resurrection?" Thereupon he (the Prophet (saas)) said: "Ziyad, do these Jews and Christians not recite the Torah and the Bible but not act according to what is contained in them?"(Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi)
The Prophet (saas) said, "Surely you will follow the ways, of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e. inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a lizard, you too would follow them," We said, "O Allah's Messenger! Do you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He replied, "Whom else?"(Bukhari)
The Apostle of Allah (saas) said:Before the Last Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night (Abu Dawood)
Before the Last Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, or a believer in the evening and infidel in the morning.(Abu Dawood)
A time will come when a man will not care about how he gets things, whether lawful or unlawful.(Bukhari)
Wolves will give readings in the End Times. Let those who come to see those times seek shelter from their evil in Allah. They will be very corrupt people. Hypocrisy will prevail, and nobody will be ashamed of it and its manifestations.(Tirmidhi, Nawadir al-'usul)
There will appear in latter times a people who will gain this world with the help of religion.(Tirmidhi)
Allah's Messenger (saas) said, "In the End Times men will come forth who will fraudulently use religion for worldly ends and wear sheepskins in public to display meekness. Their tongues will be sweeter than sugar, but their hearts will be the hearts of wolves."(Tirmidhi)
In the End Times of the community of the faithful, people, those who adorn the mosques but leave their own hearts in ruins, who fail to look after their religion as much as they do their clothes, who forsake their religious obligations for the sake of their activities in this world, will increase in number.(Agreed upon)
The Last Hour will not be established until there will remain those people who will neither be aware of the virtures and never prevent the vices.(Ahmad)
Near the establishment of the Hour, good deeds will decrease.(Bukhari)
The Hour will come when voices are raised in the mosques.(Tirmidhi)
The Hour will come when leaders are oppressors.(Al-Haythami, Kitab al-Fitan)
There will come a time for my people when… the mosques will be full of people but they will be empty of right guidance.(Ibn Babuya, Thawab ul-A'mal)
A time will come when the hypocrites will live secretly among you, and the faithful will try to live their religion in secret among others.(Agreed upon)
A time will come upon people in which they will use the Masjid as a pavilion (a meeting place).(Narrated by Hasan (r.a.))
Let him who reads the Qur'an ask (his reward) from Allah. Because in the final times there will be many people who read the Qur'an and seek their reward from other people.(Tirmidhi)
When the Qur'an is read as if singing a song, and when a person is esteemed for reading in that way, even though he is not knowledged …(Al-Tabarani, Al-Kabir)
The Hour will come, when people believe in the stars and reject al-Qadar (the Divine Decree of destiny)(Al-Haythami, Kitab al-Fitan)
Undoubtedly, a period will come upon people wherein not a single person will be saved from indulging in interest. If anyone avoids direct indulgence in interest, yet he will not escape from the smoke (effects) thereof.. Its effects will somehow reach him.(Narrated by Abu Hurairah)
There will be years of deceit, in which a truthful person will be disbelieved and a liar will be believed(Ibn Kathir) (like bush- disbelieved)
The time will be years of confusion. People will believe a liar, and disbelieve one who tells the truth. People will distrust one who is trustworthy, and trust onewho is treacherous.(Ahmad)
The day of Judgment will not come until the very lowest people are the happiest.(Tirmidhi)
In the End Times, people will be carrying out their trade but hardly will there be a trustworthy person.(Bukhari and Muslim)
Verily in the presence of the Last Hour, there would be … false testimony and concealing evidence.(Ahmad and Hakim)
There will be false accusation of unchastity and slander.(Tirmidhi)
Before the Hour comes, there will be special greeting for the people of distinction.(Ahmad)
There will be no Judgment until greetings are given not to the people but to particular individuals.(Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi )
Only people one knows will be greeted with the salaam...(Ahmad Diya'al-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith)
When the power or authority comes in the hands of unfit persons, then wait for the Hour (Doomsday.).(Bukhari)
A man is unfilial towards his mother,and drives his father far off...(Tirmidhi)
There would (first) be turmoil for a person in regard to his family, his property, his own self, his children, his neighbors.(Bukhari and Muslim)
When the old have no compassion for the young, when the young show no respect to the old … when children grow angry … Judgment is at hand.(Reported by Omar (r.a.))
Divorces will be a daily occurrence.('Allamah Safarini, Ahwal Yaum al-Qiyamah)
There will be an abundance of illegitimate children.(Al-Muttaqi Al-Hindi, Muntakhab Kanzul Ummaal)
Meanness and greed will multiply.(Muslim, Ibn Majah)
At that time, people will sell their religion for a small amount of worldly goods.(Ahmad)
In the Last Days, there will be such people, who, when they meet, curse and abuse each other instead of greeting (with salaam).(Allama Jalaluddin Suyuti, Durre-Mansoor) (just like Islam chatroom non muslims comes and curse instead of saying hi)
There will be an abundance of critics, tale-carriers, backbiters and taunters in society.(Al-Muttaqi Al-Hindi, Muntakhab Kanzul Ummaal)
As Judgment draws near ... the most respected people of the age will be lickspittles and sycophants.(Agreed upon)
The Last Hour will not arrive till people come forth who make a living with their tongues as cows eat with their tongues.(Tirmidhi)
Deceit and cheating will be common,('Allamah Safarini, Ahwal Yaum al-Qiyamah)
Bribes will be called gifts, and will be considered lawful.(Amal al-Din al-Qazwini, Mufid al-'ulum wa-mubid al-humum)
The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until murder will increase.(Bukhari )
At that time ... life spans will grow longer.(Ibn Hajar Haythami, Al Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi 'alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar
Literacy will increase-as Judgment draws nigh.(Ahmad Diya'al-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith)
There will be no Judgment-until very tall buildings are constructed.(Reported by Abu Hurairah
The Hour will not be established-till the people compete with one another in constructing high buildings.(Bukhari)
The Last Day will not be established until …time will pass quickly.(Bukhari) (times pastes so fast with technologic devices.)
Great distances will be traversed in short spans of time.(Ahmad, Musnad)
And horses, mules and donkeys both to ride and for adornment. And He creates other things you do not know. (Surat an-Nahl: 8)
The Last Hour will not come before time contracts, a year being like a month, a month like a week, a week like a day, a day like an hour, and an hour like the kindling of a fire.(Tirmidhi) (with technologic devices again)
The Last Hour will not come before the end of a man's whip speak to him.(Tirmidhi)
There will be no Judgment ... until a person's own voice speaks to him.(Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi) (recording)
The sign of that day: A hand will be extended from the sky, and people will look and see it. (Ibn Hajar Haythami, Al Qawl a-Mukhtasar fi 'alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar) (a hand - satellites
The sign of that day is a hand extended in the sky and people stopping to look at it. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman) ) (a hand - satellites
A voice will call him by name … and even people in the east and west will hear it. (Ibn Hajar Haythami, Al Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi 'alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar) (like radio or TV)
This voice will spread over the entire world, and every tribe will hear it in their own language. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman) (like radio or TV)
A voice from the sky that everyone will hear in his own language. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman) (like radio or TV)
The Last Hour will not come before there come forth thirty Dajjals (imposters), each presenting himself as an apostle of Allah.(Abu Dawood) (False Prophets)
Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents lies against Allah or denies His Signs, or who says, "It has been revealed to me," when nothing has been revealed to him, or someone who says, "I will send down the same as Allah has sent down"? If you could only see the wrongdoers in the throes of death when the angels are stretching out their hands, saying, "Disgorge your own selves! Today you will be repaid with the punishment of humiliation for saying something other than the truth about Allah, and being arrogant about His Signs." (Surat al-Anam: 93)
The Last Hour will not come until you see the descent of 'Isa (as) son of Maryam (as).(Muslim)
"By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, son of Maryam (as), 'Isa (as), will shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims) as a just ruler. (Bukhari
The Hour will not be established until the son of Maryam (as) (i.e. 'Isa (as)) descends amongst you as a just ruler. (Bukhari)
At the time of his death, 'Isa (as) will have reappeared on this earth for forty years.(Abu Dawood)
'Isa (as), son of Maryam (as), will descend, rule for 40 years with the book of Allah and my sunnah, and die.(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman)
'isa (as), son of Maryam (as), will be a just judge and just ruler (in my community), break and crush the cross and kill the pig ... 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 Word and none shall be worshipped except Allah.(Ibn Majah)
The Hour will not be established until the son of Maryam (as) (i.e. 'Isa) (as) descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs…(Bukhari)
The likeness of 'Isa in Allah's sight is the same as Adam. He created him from earth and then He said to him, "Be!" and he was. (Surah Al 'Imran: 59)
My community will find such well-being at that time that the like will never have been seen before.(Ibn Majah)
My community, both the good and the bad, will be blessed with blessings they have never seen before (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman)
During the period, the earth will throw out its treasure…(Ibn Hajar Haythami, Al Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi 'alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar)
Give in charity because there will come a time on the people when a person will go out with his alms from place to place but will not find anybody to accept it.(Bukhari)
Goods will certainly multiply and flow like water at that time, but nobody will stoop to pick them up.(Al-Halimi)
After him (the Prophet 'Isa (as)) the day of Judgment will be but a matter of moments away.(Ahmad Diya'al-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith)
The day of Judgment will come after him (the Prophet 'Isa (as)).(Ahmad Diya'al-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith)
"Every communication has its time, and you will certainly come to know." (Surat al-An'am: 67)
"it cannot be delayed or advanced a single hour."
Say: "Praise be to Allah. He will show you His Signs and you will recognize them..." (Surat an-Naml: 93)
They will ask you about the Hour: when is it due? …( Surat al-A'raf: 187)
They ask you about the Hour: "When will it come?" (Surat an-Nazi'at: 42)
What are they awaiting but for the Hour to come upon them suddenly? Its Signs have already come. What good will their Reminder be to them when it does arrive? (Surah Muhammad: 18) --