50 Signs of the Day of Judgment From the Words of
Allah and His Messenger [sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam ]
The 50 Signs of
the Day of Judgment from the Words of Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam).”
Of the fifty] 50], 10 are past, 13 are present and 27 are future.
Primary sources are varied concerning the number of signs. For example, Al-Muslim, in his collection of Hadith, mentions ten signs of “The Hour”:
Thereupon he [Muhammad] said: “It will not come until you see ten signs before and (in this connection) he made mention of the smoke, Dajjal [Anti-Christ], the beast, the rising of the sun from the west, the descent of Jesus son of Mary (Allah be pleased with him), the Gog and Magog, and land-slidings in three places, one in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn forth from the Yemen, and would drive people to the place of their assembly. (Vol. 4:6931)
Regrettably, it is not possible in this brief article to discuss in detail all of the above-mentioned portents.
The Signs are listed in roughly
chronological order, although the order is not necessarily precise, especially
for those in the future.
This is a brief summary of the
signs; there are many books, articles, cassettes etc. which discuss these in
greater detail.
"Are they waiting for anything
except the Hour, to come to them suddenly? But its Signs have already
come!" (Al-Qur’an, Surah Muhammad)
Past
1. Splitting of the Moon.
2. Death of the Prophet Muhammad,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
3. A form of death which will kill
thousands of Muslims. (Understood to refer to the plague of Amwas during the caliphate
of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.)
4. A major fighting in Madinah
(understood to refer to the battle of al-Harrah during the caliphate of Yazid,
63 AH).
5. The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem.
6. The Muslim conquest of
Constantinople.
7. Two large groups of Muslims will
fight in war.
8. A war between the Muslims and a
reddish people with small eyes, wearing sandals made of hair (understood to refer
to the Mongol Tatar invasion of the Islamic lands.)
9. A peace agreement between the
Muslims and non-Muslims from the yellow race
(Chinese, Mongols, etc.)
10. Thirty impostors (dajjal) will
appear, each thinking he is a prophet.
Present?
11. Naked, destitute, barefoot
shepherds will compete in building tall buildings.
12. The slave-woman will give birth
to her master or mistress.
13. A trial (fitnah) which will
enter every Arab household.
14. Knowledge will be taken away (by
the death of people of knowledge), and ignorance will prevail.
15. Wine (intoxicants, alcohol) will
be drunk in great quantities.
16. Illegal sexual intercourse will
become widespread.
17. Earthquakes will increase.
18. Time will pass more quickly.
19. Tribulations (fitan) will
prevail.
20. Bloodshed will increase.
21. A man will pass by the grave of
another and wish he was in the latter’s place.
22. Trustworthiness will be lost,
i.e. when authority is given to those who do not deserve it.
23. People will gather for prayer,
but will be unable to find an imam to lead them.
Future
24. The number of men will decrease,
whilst the number of women will increase, until for every man there are 50
women.
25. The Euphrates will reveal a
treasure of gold, and many will die fighting over it, each one hoping to be the
one who gains the treasure.
26. The Romans (Europeans) will come
to a place called A’maq or Wabiq, and an army
of the best people will go forth
from Madinah to face them.
27. The Muslim conquest of Rome.
28. The Mahdi (guided one) will
appear, and be the Imam of the Muslims.
29. Jesus Christ will descend in
Damascus, and pray behind the Mahdi.
30. Jesus will break the cross and
kill the swine, i.e. destroy the false Christianity.
31. The Antichrist (Al-Masih
Al-Dajjal, the false Christ) will appear, with all his tools of deception, and
be an immense trial. He will be followed by 70,000 Jews from Isfahan
(Present-day Iran).
32. The appearance of Ya’juj and
Ma’juj (Gog and Magog), and the associated tribulations.
33. The emergence of the Beast from
the Earth, carrying the Staff of Moses and the
Seal of Solomon, who will speak to
the people, telling them they did not believe with certainty in the Divine
Signs.
34. A major war between the Muslims
(including Jews and Christians who truly believe in Jesus after his return) led
by the Imam Mahdi, and the Jews plus other non-Muslims led by the Antichrist.
35. Jesus will kill the Antichrist
at the gate of Ludd (Lod in present-day Israel, site of an
airport and a major Israeli military
base).
36. A time of great peace and
serenity during and after the remaining lifetime of Jesus.
37. Wealth will come so abundant
that it will become difficult to find someone to accept charity.
38. Arabia will become a land of
gardens and rivers.
39. Society will then decay.
40. The buttocks of the women of the
tribe of Daws will again sway in circumambulation (Tawaf) around the idol
Dhul-Khulsah.
41. A great fire in the Hijaz, seen
by the inhabitants of Busra.
42. Three major armies will sink
into the earth: one in the east, one in the west, one in
Arabia.
43. An Abyssinian leader with thin
shins will destroy the Ka’bah.
44. The huge cloud of smoke.
45. The sun will rise from the west
(its place of setting).
46. A gentle wind which will take
the souls of the believers.
47. There is no-one left on the
earth saying, "Allah, Allah" or "There is no god except
Allah."
48. Eventually the Day of Judgment
is established upon the worst of the people, who copulate like donkeys in
public.
49. The blowing in the Trumpet by
the Angel Israfil, upon which everyone will faint except as Allah wills.
50. The second blowing in the
Trumpet, upon which everyone will be resurrected.
May Allah enable us to recognize and
heed the Signs, and strengthen us in the times of tribulation.
Sources:
From a lecture titled (Signs of the
Day of Judgment) at Cambridge University
Islamic Society, Shawwal 1420 /
January 2000....
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