Page 124 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf

SIGNS OF THE END TIMES IN SURAT AL-KAHF

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W e are informed in the Qur'an that Allah has sent
Messengers to every nation to spread His religion and to
W destroy the entrenched systems of unbelief. They have in-
vited the unbelievers in a variety of ways to believe in Allah and abide by
Islam’s morals. But throughout history, false beliefs have been deeply
rooted in society, and people have vehemently opposed the true religion,
defended false beliefs, strenuously promoted irreligion and immorality
and flagrantly tried to oppress others. They worked to destroy the positive
influence of Allah’s Messengers over the people and to prevent the people
from abiding by religion’s morality.
Societies based upon unbelief tried a variety of methods to prevent the
truth: slandering the Messengers to curb their influence and trying to plot
against the Prophets, objecting to the Messengers as well as the Books of
revelation that they brought, trying to stop people from reading them, and
resorting to violence when they deemed it necessary. For instance, the fol-
lowing verse relates the struggle of Nuh’s (as) nation to stop him, as fol-
lows:
The people of Nuh denied the truth before them and the confed-
erates after them. Every nation planned to seize its Messenger, and
used false arguments to rebut the truth. So I seized them, and how
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