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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

18. The Destruction of Great Cities

Great cities will be ruined, and
it will be as if they had not ex-
isted the day before. (Al-
Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi
`Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-

Zaman, p. 38)

When developed places are ruined, then Doomsday is no further
away than the distance between your two fingers. (Muhammad
ibn `Abd al-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha`ah li Ashrat as-Sa`ah, p.
143)

There will be ruins all around the world. Ultimately, Egypt will
also be ruined. But until Basra is destroyed, Egypt will remain
secure. The ruin of Basra will be because of Iraq's destruction.
Meanwhile, the downfall of Egypt will come with the drying up
of the Nile ... (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 530)

The ruin of great cities spoken of in this hadith brings to mind
the destruction that now arises from war and natural disasters. In ad-
dition to these, recently developed nuclear weapons, aircraft, bombs,
missiles, and other weapons have caused untold destruction. These
weapons have brought about a level of destruction heretofore un-
known. Indeed, the great cities targeted are most affected by this de-
struction.
The incomparable destruction of the Second World War is an ex-

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