Fazl-e-Umar — Page 292
Fazle Umar 292 these verses particularly apply. Since a similar expression viz. , “saeedan joroza” (barren ground) used in verse 41 of this Surah in connection with the parable of “two gardens” clearly applies to the works of Western nations, as shown by the context, the expression “saeedan joroza” (barren ground) must also be taken as applying to them. The words “saeedan joroza as shown under Important Words mean, a land without herbage or a land of which the herbage has been cut or eaten. Now “herbage” in Quranic terminology stands for the works of men, and according to this sense of the word, the verse would mean that all the progress that the Western nations were to make and all their handiworks, their lofty and stately buildings, the beautiful scenery of their land and all their pomp, glory and grandeur would be destroyed. This means that a terrible visitation is in store for them. Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] also discussed the creation of new modes of transport such as steamships, trains, planes and automobiles, advance of communica- tions by aircraft and the bombs they would carry and creation of weapons more pow- erful than atomic bombs. For a thorough discussion of the machinations of Western Powers and their eventual destruction by their own nuclear weapons, the reader is referred to the commentary of Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] on Surah Al-Lahab, Chapter 111. One can go on and on giving quotation after quotation from the ocean of knowledge reaped by Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] from the Holy Qur’an. 8) The creation of the State of Israel “And after him We said to the children of Israel, ‘Dwell ye in the land; and when the time of the promise of the latter days comes, We shall bring you together out of various peoples. ’” (Ch. 17:V. 105) …In the present verse a promise has been held out to them (Jews) that they will be gathered in the Holy Land at the time of the fulfilment of “wadul aakhirat” “the promise of the Latter Days”…from all parts of the world. This is what is happening