Page 130 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf

SIGNS OF THE END TIMES IN SURAT AL-KAHF

enable them to turn to Him, ponder, understand, and become grateful.
But this applies only to this worldly life, for in the Hereafter, all gifts be-
long to the believers, who used them while in this world to get nearer to
Allah and win His good pleasure, and who were grateful, for He is the
most gracious and has promised Paradise only to the believers. The fol-
lowing verses make this clear:
Except for those who repent and believe and act rightly. They
will enter Paradise and will not be wronged in any way:
Gardens of Eden that the All-Merciful has promised to His ser-
vants in the Unseen. His promise is always kept. (Surah
Maryam, 60-61)
Surat al-Kahf 58 also touches upon another subject: There is a fixed
time for every nation that will be punished by Allah. In Allah’s pres-
ence, the exact moment of each person’s and each nation’s punishment
is known, as He reveals in: "No nation can advance its appointed time,
nor can they delay it" (Surat al-Mu’minun, 43).
The earthquake, flood, tornado, or any other catastrophe that will de-
stroy a nation is known in the destiny determined by Allah, including
its timing, severity, duration, and effects. Our Lord, Who encompasses
all time, has fixed the time in the destiny of the unbelievers,who deny
and do not believe in the Day of Judgment, right down to the day,
minute, and second, for:
He said: "Go! In this world you will have to say, 'Do not touch
me!’" And you have an appointment that you will not fail to
keep. Look at your deity to which you devoted so much time.

We will burn it up and then scatter it as dust into the sea. (Surah
Ta Ha, 97)

The picture on the right
depicts one of the places of
worship that was converted
into a grain store by the
128 Soviet Union's anti-reli-
gious communist regime.