Prepare before It’s Too Late

Prepare before It’s Too Late Scientists from all over the world are repeatedly emphasizing that global warming is the greatest danger of present times. Both print and electronic media inform people daily of this perilous situation, often publishing reports based on international findings with headlines such as “Doomsday Not Far.” An international panel of 25,000 scientists from 130 countries, organized under the aegis of the United Nations, has submitted a detailed report on global warming titled Warning Signs. A more fitting title, however, would have been Warning Signs of Doomsday. Climate change caused by global warming has led scientists to conclude that the earth’s life-support system will become so disturbed that most forms of life may come to an end by 2050. Other alarming developments reinforce this outlook. The Covid-19 pandemic, rising floods, expanding forest fires, increasing earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions all signal serious disruption within the natural order. From the Quran and Hadith we learn that the present world is not eternal. A time will come when it will be wound up and replaced by an everlasting world. Today, both Quranic revelation and scientific observation point to the fact that the end of human history—Qiyamah—has drawn very near. Prophet Muhammad made it clear that human beings were never meant to remain on earth forever. A moment will arrive when the present inhabited world will end and be replaced by another. Then all evildoers will be removed, while those who obeyed God will inhabit Paradise. It appears that the time is approaching when this world will be terminated and humankind brought before God for accountability on the Day of Judgement. According to the Quran, God created this world as a testing ground to select suitable individuals for the eternal world of the Hereafter. Human life is divided into two periods: the pre-death period on earth, which is the time of trial, and the post-death period, which is the time of reward or punishment according to one’s deeds. These take the form of eternal Paradise or eternal Hell. God created man with unlimited desires so that he might seek the Paradise where these desires will find fulfilment. Yet throughout history, man has tried to build Paradise within this temporary world of trial. With the advances of modern civilization, he even imagined that worldly progress would allow him to create a perfect life on earth. Global warming and the coronavirus pandemic have now proven beyond doubt that Paradise cannot be established in this world. THE DIVINE WARNING OF DOOMSDAY