The trust that Allah
(swt) places on His prophet is that He sends His messages upon him from heaven
and Allah wants His prophet to spread the message of his Creator to all
mankind, in the four corners of the world. The sacred duty of this prophet is
to spread the divine message in the name of Allah and it is this verily that
will lead [people] to the right path.
O humanity! Do you not see how Allah created the seven heavens one above the other and placed the moon therein as a light and made the sun as a lamp?
Allah (swt) has
produced you from the earth, just like a plant; then He will return you once
more to the earth and He will take [remove] you from there again, and indeed it
is Allah who has spread the earth for you like a carpet and Allah (swt) has
mentioned all this in the Quran.
Let’s talk about
information about the invisible, for religious purposes. Among these mysteries:
the signs of the approach of the Hour which relate to the knowledge of the future.
Knowing these signs of the Hour based only on the legends of [false stories
which have been incorporated into] the Abrahamic religions - that is, Judaism,
Christianity and Islam, as well as so-called “premonitory” dreams and visions,
or based on the occurrence of geopolitical events without any reliable evidence
is not a good approach. Nowadays the wheat mixes with the chaff and we see
flourishing in bookstores and on “internet” sites rumors and lies about
supposed future events. These submissions are constructed from verses from the Quran
and Hadiths all referring to Signs of the End of the World. Any research in
which the human being engages and any subject he addresses must be able to
provide him with benefits in terms of knowledge and research itself.
From this arises the
following question: Does being interested in the Signs of the Hour and knowing
them in a precise way bring something to our existence? Or is it just an
accumulation of new knowledge intended simply to enrich the personal culture of
the individual, without any impact on his daily life?
Reply: In the Quran and the Sunna there is explicit
reference to these famous Signs of the End of the World. Knowing them is
extremely useful for different reasons, among which is the realization of
faith.
Allah (swt) says:
Allaziina yu’ minuuna bil Graybi wa Yuqiimuunnas Salaata
Who believe in the Unseen, and establish worship. (Al-Baqara 2: 4)
A Hadith narrated by
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said that Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) said: “I was
commanded to fight the people until they testified that there is no other deity
worthy of worship except Allah and that they believe in me and in what I bring.
If they do so, then they have preserved their blood, their property from me,
except as regards a legal right, and their reckoning will be with Allah.”
Concerning faith in the
invisible, we therefore have the Signs of the Hour, the coming of the Anti-Christ
(Al-Massih ad-Dajjal), the coming of the Messiah, the Imam Mahdi – the coming
out of Gog and Magog, the coming of the Beast, the rising of the sun in the
West, etc.
The knowledge of these
signs prompts the individual to accentuate [double and treble] his efforts in
the worship of Allah and encourages him to prepare for the Day of Judgement. So,
let us enter through the door of hope. Indeed, we find among the signs of the
end of the world [i.e. the genuine ones] great victories for Islam,
especially its expansion throughout the planet. There will also be the
disappearance of the Jewish and Christian religions. All these events to come
have been recounted in the prophecies of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) thus confirming
the firm establishment of Islam and its domination over other religions,
whatever the repulsion shown by the polytheists (and the non-believers).
Satisfying this natural
curiosity present in the human being to want to know (certain hidden things
belonging to) the invisible and the future while noting that all the
information delivered by Allah on this subject has been proven and proves to be
accurate.
Islam came to close the
door to all charlatans, so-called soothsayers, and other sorcerers, while at
the same time we were able to measure the accuracy of these predictions
announced by Islamic Revelation concerning a certain number of signs of the end
of the world.
The emergence and
proliferation of troubles, calamities and problems in all their forms, these
are signs that seem to clearly mark our time. Everyone feels hemmed in on all
sides by various forms of serious trouble.
These include the
problem of the internet, magazines and satellite television channels that
broadcast and propagate indecent and pornographic images. This even goes as far
as the exchange between individuals of video and photographs, by means of
telephones, cell phones [or smartphones]. Whoever heeds all this and stays away
from this kind of temptation, out of fear of Allah and love and respect for
Him, then, Allah bestows upon him faith that is sweet and pleasing to the
heart. There is also the temptation of dirty and illicit money such as
interest, bribes (corruption), profit on the sale of goods which are themselves
illicit (e.g. alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, clothing indecent, etc.).
Allah (swt) does not
grant the supplications [duahs] of the one who acquires his money in an
illicit manner and moreover, Allah has threatened him with severe punishment.
There is also the scourge of illicit clothing worn by both men and women, even
young girls who wear very indecent clothing.
I advise all the Siraj
Makin Djawharat’ul Kamal around the world and for me, of course all of you -
all over the world - are my spiritual daughters and my prayers are,
accordingly, for all of you alike. So I warn all of you against your indulging
yourselves in the worldly temptations so much as to forget your spiritual
development altogether. If you really wish to share the blessings of Allah,
through your accepting the Khalifatullah of this era, you will have to pass
through the fire of the Love of God that burns away all the materiel filths.
You will have also to hand over your entire selves and all of your belongings
to Allah, and thus bring death to your temporary pleasures.
Hasten to do good deeds
before trials arise which will be like fragments of a dark night. Man will wake
up as a believer but he will fall asleep as a disbeliever, and he will fall
asleep as a believer and will wake up as a disbeliever, selling his religion [his
Islamic way of life] at a paltry price to acquire all the pleasures and powers
of this temporal life on earth.
Nowadays, space has
seen the development of satellite networks [and channels] to such an extent
that we can count about thirty thousand of them! These are all networks likely
to be carriers of calamities.
So, hasten to do good
deeds before troubles and plagues arise like fragments of the tenebrous night
[complete darkness].
Devastating deaths
(like Covid-19, Delta variant, Omicron, etc.) are all indeed signs of the end
times.
The term “devastating”
is deliberately used here to illustrate the catastrophic nature of the number
of deaths that will occur at that time.
After these three
viruses and the other variants that we know, there will be another virus that
will appear which will cause blisters and pustules on the body, an appearance
that will be accompanied by an extremely painful high fever. I’ve said it
before and I’ll say it again. It is a very virulent fatal disease.
It is a very hard and difficult
time for the Imam Mahdi [i.e. this humble servant]. Allah (swt) revealed to me
that woe to him who will fight the Imam Mahdi. Whoever fights the Imam Mahdi,
who rebels against him, against the one whom Allah has sent and who acts
hypocritically towards him, they are misguided, and they attract the wrath of
Allah on them.
The so-called
superpowers of this temporal world who use deceit to take over this world and
to attract people and make them stick to the pleasures of this world, they are
the ones who drag the world behind them and direct them towards misguidance and
disbelief. The Jews of the whole world will then be at the height of their
glory, holding Jerusalem and its holy places. The whole country will come by
sky and sea, except the countries of snow and ice as well as the countries of
furnaces and heat waves.
The Imam Mahdi will see
all nations using schemes and tricks against him but he will also see Allah
(swt) far above all their tricks. All of Allah’s creation will be used [in an
intelligent way] at His disposal and the return of everything will be to Allah.
Creation is comparable to a tree which belongs entirely from the roots to the
end of the branches to Allah and Allah will break them with one blow. He will
kindle earth, sky and sea over them; and the sky will deliver its devastating
rains. All earthly creatures will then begin to curse all the disbelievers, and
then Allah (swt) will put an end to disbelief.
May Allah help Islam to
gain victory in the world, and may His promise be fulfilled in all truth for
the creation on this earth is very temporary while it is the future life which
is true and eternal. May Allah establish His omnipotence on earth and make
Islam win victory, and may the people of the world turn in repentance to Allah
before this great overwhelming calamity comes, which will overwhelm everyone
from where there will be no return. We should all be accountable to the
Creator. So, may Allah have mercy on us and help us to return to Him with a
heart that is firmly established in His Tawheed [Oneness], Iman
[faith] and Islam. Insha-Allah, Ameen.
---Friday Sermon of 25 March 2022~ 21 Shabaan 1443 AH delivered by Imam-Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam Hazrat Khalifatullah Munir A. Azim (aba) of Mauritius.