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HARUN YAHYA - ADNAN OKTAR

prop er ty." This flame caus es the death of peo ple. In
addi tion, it burns up prop er ty, caus ing mate ri al dam -
age, and, by pol lut ing the sur round ing envi ron ment,
destroys what peo ple need in order to live.
"… spreads all over the world in eight days by fly ing
like a cloud with the assist ance of winds." This par tic -
u lar ele ment is the smoke that the flame pro du ces.
Thus, this met a phor indi cates that the smoke will reach
as high as the clouds and spread in all direc tions due to
the wind.
"Its heat at night is much high er than its day time tem -
per a ture." In other words, the flame will burn around
the clock.
"By going as deep as the cen ter of Earth from above
the heads of peo ple, that flame makes a ter ri ble noise,
just like the thun der between the ground and the sky."
Attention is drawn to the facts that the flame will climb
very high into the air and cause a very strong noise and
explo sions resem bling a thun der.
"… a brand new red ness, unlike the usual color of
red, spread ing over the sky…" This part of the had ith
points out that the inci dent will occur at night, for the
flames of a large night time explo sion lead to a very
strong illu mi na tion. The red illu mi na tion caused by such
red flames is very dif fer ent from the red "dawn" red -
ness with which peo ple are famil iar. Such an illu mi na -
tion at night, which is very sim i lar to day light, is an
extraor di na ry phe nom e non.
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