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The message at the above
hadith is quite clear. During the End Times,
great distances will be traveled in a short
A high-speed automobile pro-
time by means of new vehicles. In our time, duced by the latest technology.
supersonic aircraft, trains and other advanced vehicles can, in a few hours,
travel the distance it used to take months to, and do it more easily, comfort-
ably and safely. In this sense, the sign related in the hadith has come true.
In the Qur’an Allah mentions vehicles that are the product of modern
advanced technology:
And horses, mules and donkeys both to ride and for adornment. And
He creates other things you do not know. (Surat an-Nahl: 8)
Here we may consider the meaning of the expression “time will pass
quickly” in the first hadith, in the light of what we have related. Clearly, as
our Prophet (saas) said, during the End Times, tasks would be completed in
a much shorter time compared to other periods. Indeed, the advancements
in science have allowed the possibility for most things to be finished in a
much shorter time and with much better results. A similar hadith confirms
this view:
