Approaching the West — Page 157
A pproaching the West—157 shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heaven to the other. (Matt. 24:30, 31) And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. (Luke 21:11) In the Holy Qur’ ā n, similar and additional Signs are given: Only in S ū rah Al-Takwir, Chapter 81, the following Sings are mentioned. Special eclipses of the sun and the moon; religious leaders (the stars) becoming corrupt and losing their spiritual light; the mountains blown away and passages made through them; replacement of camels by better and swifter means of transportation; animals gathered together; primitive people settles in organized colonies; flow of rivers diverted and linked through canals; large battle-ships fighting in open seas; sea-waters getting ablaze with fire; oceans joined together; mass immigrations of rural populations towards urban areas; interaction and intercommunication becoming fast; vast and rapid circulation of printed material; amazing progress in sciences