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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

voice." (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir az-Zaman, p. 32)

"I swear that a flame will engulf you. That flame is presently
in an extinguished state at the valley called Berehut. That
flame swallows up people with terrible pain inside it, burns
down and destroys people and property, and spreads all over
the world by flying like a cloud with the assistance of winds.
Its heat at night is much higher than its daytime temperature.
By going as deep as the center of Earth from above the heads of
people, that flame becomes a terrible noise, just like the light-
ning between the ground and the sky," he narrated.
(Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 461)
Here we give a brief explanation of this flame, as follows:
Some people wait for this flame as a sign that comes suddenly
and for no particular reason, that never goes out, and that everyone
in the world can see. Since the trial continues during the occurrence
of these signs, just because people will see them does not mean that
they will understand them. Thus, people will make their decisions
by using their intellect, mind, conscience, and will. If the End Time
signs had been narrated in full detail (e.g., how, when, and where
they will occur), everybody would have to accept them. Thus, no
differences of degree would be left among the people. For this rea-
son, these hadiths have been communicated in a semi-implicit man-
ner.
The sign concerning the flame must be evaluated in this man-
ner. A flame is the result of an accident and neglect, or of a deliberate
action. The hadith does not say that it must occur as a very strange
and extraordinary sign. What really counts is its occurence in com-
pliance with the properties of the flame described in the hadiths and
the time of its occurrence. To do this, first we must consider its prop-
erties.

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