Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 260
260 Are not these signs of our own time? Is it possible to apply these signs to any other age or era? Just because the first verses speak of the wrapping of the sun and the obscuring of the stars does not mean that all these events will come about on Doomsday. Many of the signs that follow have no connection to Doomsday at all. The chapter goes on to say that when that time comes, she-cam - els will be abandoned. Can this be a sign peculiar to Doomsday? No, because on that day not only camels but everything (animals, human beings, near and dear ones, father, mother, sons, daughters, wives, brothers, sisters) will be abandoned. Likewise, what does the splitting of oceans, or the meeting of seas, or the questioning about the girls who were buried alive have to do with Doomsday? We know that the Reckoning will take place after the raising of the dead and not at the time of universal chaos and destruction. The verses which follow the verses already quoted also indicate that all the events that have been foretold will take place in this world: 17 َو ِحْبُّصلا اَذِا َسَّفَنَت َو ِلْيَّلا اَذِا َسَعْسَع۰۰ۙ And I call to witness the night as it passes away and the dawn as it begins to breathe. This is a description of the alternation of night and day. If the first verse regarding the wrapping of the sun referred to Doomsday, then what would be the meaning of the alteration of day and night? In short, none of the signs in this chapter refers to Doomsday. Instead, they accurately depict the state of the world today with the prevalence of sin and materialism, as well as God’s great blessings. These prophecies, and how they have come to be