Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 660
NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST فَارتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ * يَغْشَى النَّاسَ هَذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ * 12-44:11. Then watch for the day when the sky will bring forth a manifest smoke. . That will cast a shadow upon people. This will be a painful suffering. 2. The nature of this cloud is further qualified by the following verses: انْطَلِقُوا الى مَا كُنتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ * انْطَلِقُوا إِلى ظِلّ ذِى ثلث شُعَب لَّا ظَلِيل وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنَ اللَّهَبِ * إِنَّهَا تَرْمِـــــى * بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ * كَأَنَّهُ حِمْلَتْ صُفْرٌ 77:30-34 ي 'Now move towards what you have been denying, 'Move on towards a three-pronged shadow, 'Neither affording shade, nor protecting from the blaze. '. It throws up flames like huge castles,. As though the castles were dusky yellow camels. . The words 'move towards' indicate that mankind will be gradually carried into an era where it will confront this calamity of a tormenting cloud which offers no shade or protection. Shadows provide relief and shelter. The clouds stand between us and the blazing heat of the sun. In the above verse no sun is mentioned, just a fire, from whose blaze this shadow affords no protection. Rather, the shadow of this cloud becomes a means of transmitting the torment of the fire which emits it. Nothing under its shade is safe. . This clearly is the description of a radioactive cloud. The event being described will throw up huge flames of a dusky yellow appearance, flames that are likened to castles and 618 | |