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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

117. A Hand from the Firmament

The sign of that day: A hand

will be extended from the sky,
and people will look and see it.
(Ibn Hajar Haythami, Al-Qawl

al-Mukhtasar fi `Aalamat al-
Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 53)

The sign of that day is a hand extended in the sky and people stopping
to look at it. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir az-Zaman, p. 69)
In these hadiths, the Arabic word for "hand" is yad. This word al-
so has other meanings, such as "power, force, strength, and means."

These hadiths probably use yad in these senses.
The idea of a "power, force, strength, or means" extending from
the sky and looked upon by people might not have made much sense
in the past. However, in our own time, it sheds considerable light on
the television, camera, and computer, which have become indispens-
able parts of modern life. In other words, the "hand" is used in the
sense of "force," thereby clearly pointing to television broadcasting in
the form of pictures coming down from the sky in waves.
Some other relevant hadiths are very interesting:

A voice will call him by name … and even people in the east and west
will hear it. (Ibn Hajar Haythami, Al Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat
al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, pp. 54-55)

This voice will spread over the entire world, and every tribe will hear

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