Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 661
NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST also have the appearance of camels. Perhaps, here it is not only the likeness to the colour of the camel, but also the shape of its hump which is highlighted. . People of the seventh century would not have been able to understand the significance of such a deadly cloud or smoke. It would have been beyond their comprehension. . However, today we know of atomic explosions and can understand the images of radioactive clouds they produce. . This fateful description is also referred to in another verse of the Quran which reads as follows: وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّيِّينَ * 77:16. Woe on that day unto those who deny. 4 'That day' (1) can refer to the day of judgement, but it also refers to a time here on earth, when those who refuse to believe in the signs () will be tormented by a smoke that casts a deadly shadow over whatever lies beneath. It will be a shadow which will move on, from land to land, bringing no relief, but only a shade full of agony. . That will be the age when having witnessed this Divine punishment of colossal dimensions, man would at last turn to God beseeching His favour to rescue him from this unbearable chastisement. But when the wrath of Allah overtakes people, the time for forgiveness and deliverance is already over. Thus the Holy Quran explains: الى لَهُمُ الذكرى وقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ * ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلِّم مجنون 15-44:14 مَّجْنُوْد. How shall a message be effectual for them, since a messenger has already come to them, explaining things clearly? 619