The Alarm of Doomsday

thing required is to utilize these opportunities and perform this great task. The coming of the end of human history is no simple matter. It is directly linked with divine law. The present world was not given to man by way of right or reward, nor was it accidentally acquired. No indeed! He was placed here to be tested. After completing the test period, man will lose any justification to live in this world. It is just like being in an examination hall. The candidate can come to the hall for a limited period to take the test. The moment this time is up, he has to hand in his paper—whether he has completed it or not—and leave the room. The same is true of man’s stay in this world, only on a larger and more complex scale. The Age of the Global Divine Call Another aspect of the constructive task to be performed in the final stage of human history is dawah work on a global scale. A prediction is made in a hadith about this global dawah: “There will be no house, big or small, in which God will not cause the word of God to enter.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 23814) How will this event take place? In ancient times, it was just not possible for the word of God to enter all