Ten Proofs for the Existence of God — Page 37
37 ease of communication is more evident in this age than in any other. Fourth : 23 ُ الرَّادِفَة تَتْبَعُهَا ُ الرَّاجِفَة ُ تَْجُف That is, powerful earthquakes would strike with more regularity and leave the earth shaken. With regards to this too, the present age has been marked by [many such calamities]. Fifth : 24 َا مُعَذِّ بُْه ْ اَو ِ ٰمَة ی ِ الْق ِ يَْم َ قَبْل مُهْلِكُوْهَا ُ نَْن َّ اِل ٍ قَرْيَة ِّْ م ْ وَ اِن There is not a township but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it. Accordingly, in the present time, numerous fatalities have been caused by the plague, earthquakes, raging storms, volcanic eruptions and wars. Currently, so many potential avenues to death have opened up, and with such force, that when taken as a whole, no similar example can be found at any other point in history. 23 This will happen on the day when the quaking earth shall quake, and a second quaking shall follow it. Surah An-Nazi‘at , 79:7-8 [Publishers] 24 Surah Bani Isra’il , 17:59 [Publishers]