Lecture Sialkot — Page 13
L ECTURE S IALKOT 13 which can at times be prolonged. Just consider that al- though most babies are born within a period of nine months and ten days, still no one knows the exact hour when the labour pains will begin. Similarly, though a thousand years may pass before the world comes to an end, but no one knows the exact hour of Resurrection. Rejecting the arguments given by God in favour of Im a mat and Nubuwwat , 8 amounts to rejecting one’s faith. It is quite evident that all signs indicating the ap- proach of the Last Day have made their appearance together and a great revolution is taking place in the world. Most of the signs of the Last Day mentioned by God Almighty in the Holy Quran have been duly ful- filled. It is evident from the Holy Quran that when the Day of Resurrection draws near, canals would flow, books would be printed in large numbers, mountains would be blown up, rivers would be dried up, a large part of the earth would be brought under cultivation, contact among peoples would become easy and fre- quent, there would be a great religious fervour among the masses, and nations would fall upon the religions of other nations and try to annihilate them altogether. In those days, a heavenly trumpet would be blown and all people would be united under one religion, with the exception of the worthless dispositions who do not de- 8 Im a mat: Spiritual Leadership; Nubuwwat: Prophethood. [Publishers]