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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

52. Corruption that Causes Conflict Everywhere

Fitnas will follow one another in

the near future. Then, there will
be other fitnas and the ones fol-
lowing them. (Mukhtasar

Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 374,
no. 684)

... Then there will be misfortunes, fitna, and many evil things
that you will not like. Such misfortunes will occur that the lat-
ter, often much greater, will make the preceding one appear in-
significant. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, pp. 394-95, no.
733)

The hadiths above mention a steadily expanding fitna that con-
tinues for extended periods of time. The term fitna also means "war,
disorder, quarrel, dispute," as mentioned earlier. As we know, these
events often spread far beyond the points where they begin, as ex-
pressed by the narrated hadith. This was especially true of the twenti-
eth century, which is remembered as "the century of wars." As for the
twenty-first century, it again started off with war and terror, both of
which remain common features all over the world.
About 180 million people lost their lives during the wars of the

twentieth century. This is certainly a record in the annals of human
history. According to historians, 165 wars and confrontations took
place, each causing the death of a minimum 6,000 people. 30

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