English book · The Alarm of Doomsday

The Predictions in the Hadith About the Final Phase of Human History

English book, p. 87

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

APPROACHING SIGNS OF DOOMSDAY gold in present times. This has been discovered in considerable quantities in the Middle East. It was unthinkable during the times of the Prophet of Islam. Today this prediction has undoubtedly been fulfilled. This event is another sign that qiyamat is no longer far off. Doomsday, heralded by the signs mentioned above, will bring the first phase of human history to an end according to God’s creation plan. The post-Doomsday phase will then commence. 3. According to a tradition, the Prophet of Islam said, “There will be a very great occurrence in future, that is, a huge house will be burnt. This will surely happen.” (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 2940) Let us look at the wording of this Hadith. It is not about burning an ordinary house; it is instead about burning a colossal structure, the like of which did not exist in ancient times. This prediction is perhaps about the event on September 11th 2001, in New York, USA, where the famous World Trade Centre, built-in 1970-72, once stood. With its 110 stories, it was Himalayan in stature. It was impossible to demolish or burn it by ordinary methods. On September 11th 2001, two aeroplanes were hijacked and then crashed into the World

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