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bless him and grant him peace) reveal that the life span of the Earth will
be 7,000 years.

Anas Ibn Malik narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him
and grant him peace) said: THE LIFE SPAN OF THE WORLD IS SEVEN
DAYS IN THE DAYS OF THE HEREAFTER. Almighty Allah has said:
ONE DAY IN THE SIGHT OF YOUR LORD IS LIKE A THOUSAND OF
YOUR YEARS. ALLAH WILL ASCRIBE THE EQUIVALENT OF GOOD
DEEDS OF THE SEVEN THOUSAND YEARS OF THE AGE OF THIS
WORLD to the one who meets the need of any of his brothers in the faith
on the path of Allah as if he spends his days in fasting and his nights in
worship. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-
Zaman, p. 88)
Narrated from Daqqaq Ibn Zaid Al-Juhani: I told the Messenger of Allah
(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) of a dream I had had. In that
dream the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
was at the top step of a seven-stepped pulpit. He said: THE SEVEN-
STEPPED PULPIT YOU SEE IS THE SEVEN THOUSAND YEARS OF
AGE OF THIS WORLD. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir az-Zaman, p. 89)

The life span of the community is one thing and that of the world
another. Said Nursi, the greatest mujaddid of the last 1000 years and
1300 (Hegira style), says that Muslims will remain on the true path until
a command comes from Allah, and will be victorious until around 1506
with the judgement day probably taking place in 1545 (Allah knows the
truth).
"A group from my community will remain in truth until Allah's
command [the Judgment Day]."
The abjad calculation of the clause "A group from my community..."
which is 1542 (2117) implies its [the community's] time of survival. The

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