Approaching the West — Page 188
A pproaching the West—188 The Day shall be of climatic in nature, cosmic in its scope: One of the signs will be the dark visible Smoke—Al-Dukh ā n: So watch thou for the day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke, That will envelope the people. This will be a painful torment. On seeing it the people will cry, ‘Our Lord, remove from us the torment;’ … We shall remove the punishment for a little while, but you will certainly revert to mischief. (44:11-12, 16) He inquires ‘When will be the Day of Resurrection?’ When the eye is dazzled, And the moon is eclipsed, And the sun and the moon are brought together, On that day man will say, ‘Whither to flee?’ Not at all; there is no refuge! With thy Lord alone will be the place of rest that day. On that day will man be informed of that which he has sent forward and of that which he has left behind. In truth man is a witness against himself, Even though he puts forward his excuses. (75:7-16) So when the stars are made to lose their light,