Ten Proofs for the Existence of God — Page 35
35 dreams and revelations, the divine origins of which can be recognised from the fact that they possess news of the unseen which finds fulfilment at its appointed time, and clearly shows they did not emanate from the processes of the mind or dyspepsia. Sometimes, He reveals news of an occurrence hundreds of years into the future so that there is no danger it can be confused with current events which might be seen as having had a bearing on the dream, and which happened to subsequently transpire by chance. Accordingly, both the Holy Qur’an and the Torah not only mention, but also describe in clear terms, the advancements that have taken place under Christianity today and left the world astonished. Indeed, they also allude to those events that are yet to transpire. First , we can take the following example: 19 ْ اِذَاالْعِشَارُعُطِّلَت That is, a time will come when camels will be made redundant. In a hadith of Muslim this is explained in the following terms: 20 عَلَیَْا ٰ یُسْع َ فَل ُ الْقِلَص َّ وَلَیُتَْکَن 19 Surah At-Takwir , 81:5 [Publishers] 20 Muslim , p. 78, 2000 Riyadh, hadith no. 243 [Publishers]