Page 11 - Signs Of The Last Day

T hroughout history, human beings have understood

the majesty of the mountains and the vastness of the
heavens, even through the use of their primitive
methods of observation. Though, they mistakenly thought these
things would exist forever. This superstitious belief formed the

backbone of polytheist and materialist Greek philosophies, and of
the deviant religions of Sumer and Egypt.
The Qur’an tells us that those who believe this are in grave er-

ror. One of the things that Allah (God) reveals in the Qur’an is that
the universe has been created and that it will come to an end. The
universe will, as will human beings and all other living things,
come to an end. This ordered world, which has functioned per-
fectly for billions of years, is the work of our Lord, Who created

everything, though it will come to a grand end at His command,
and at a time that He has determined.
The appointed time when the universe and every creature in

it, from microorganisms to human beings, including stars and
galaxies, will come to an end, is called the “Hour” in the Qur’an.
This “Hour” refers to not just any hour; but is a word used specif-
ically in the Qur’an to refer to that time when the world will come
to an end.

Along with the announcement of the end of the world, the
Qur’an contains detailed descriptions of the process of that event:
“When the sky bursts open,” “When the oceans surge into each

other,” “When the mountains are pulverized,” “When the sun is
compacted in blackness…” The horror and panic that people will
experience at this dreadful calamity is related in detail in the
Qur’an; the verses emphasize that there will be no escape and no
place to hide. What we can conclude from this that the end of the

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
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