Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 20
T E S T I MON Y OF T HE HOLY Q U R AN 20 Messiah. He said, 2 , 1 الْقِلَص َ فَل َ يُسْعٰى عَلَيْهَا َّ لَيَتْرُكَن , meaning that, in the era of the Promised Messiah, the riding of camels will be aban - doned. Hence, no one will mount them and make them run. This alluded to the train, after the invention of which there would be no need for making the camels run. And the camel is mentioned because it was the principal means of transport in the Arab world, onto which they could load all their household items and ride, too. This [hadith] also applies to smaller [means of transport], which are automatically included in the larger one. In short, it signifies that at that time, certain means of transport shall appear that will supersede the camel. As you now see, with the invention of the railway train, they are now doing nearly everything that the camels performed previously. Hence, which prophecy could be more evident and obvious than this one? Moreover, the Holy Quran has also foretold about this age, as it says: 3 َو اَذِا ُراَشِعْلا ْتَلِّطُع Meaning that the Latter Days are those when the she-camel will be abandoned. This, too, is a clear reference to the railway train. Both the afore-mentioned hadith and this verse give the same news. Since 1. The present day edition of Musnad Ahmad bin H anbal has the same wording, whereas in S a hih Muslim, instead of َّ َن ك ُ َتْر ي َ وَل the word َّ َن ك َ وََلتُتْر is recorded. [Publisher] 2. S a hih al-Muslim, Kit a bul- I m a n, Ch. 71, B a bu Nuz u li-‘ I s a bin Maryam [Publisher] 3. S u rah at-Takw i r, 81:5 [Publisher]