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THE GOLDEN AGE

Unprecedented Abundance
The Golden Age will be a period of great abundance, for each indi-
vidual's material wants will be satisfied according to need.
Technology will produce such an
abundance of goods that hunger will
be eradicated forever and all people
will be provided with the necessities
of life. Earth's wealth will serve hu-
manity, and new agricultural tech-
nologies will lead to an unparalleled Anyone who acts
increase in crop production. People
rightly, male or fe-
of faith will receive great rewards for
male, being a believer,
every good deed they do, both in this
world and the Hereafter. Bounty and We will give them a
abundance, which will permeate good life and will rec-
every moment of life, will be a grace
ompense them accord-
that Allah will grant to those who
ing to the best of
live by the Qur'an's moral code.
Every good act they do will turn into what they did.
a great fortune. In one verse, Allah
(Surat an-Nahl: 97)
describes the great reward all believ-
ers will receive when they spend for
His good pleasure:

The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah
is that of a grain that produces seven ears: in every ear there are a
hundred grains. Allah gives such multiplied increase to whoever
He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (Surat al-
Baqara: 261)
Many hadiths reveal that there will be an unprecedented abundance
of crops and goods, all of which will be distributed without measure:
During this (period), my ummah (people) will lead a kind of comfortable and
carefree life that they have never known before. (The land) will bring forth its

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