Lecture Sialkot — Page 11
L ECTURE S IALKOT 11 not calculations that I have just made on my own, rather they have long been accepted by the scholars from among the people of the book, and even some eminent Jewish scholars have been of the same view. It is also clear from the Holy Quran that the age of the progeny of Adam—from Adam to the end—is seven thousand years. All previous scriptures agree with this and this is also what is inferred from the verse: 6 All the Prophets as have clearly communicated the same tidings. As I have already pointed out, the nu- merical values of the letters of S u rah Al-‘Asr indicate clearly that the advent of the Holy Prophet sa took place in the fifth millennium after Adam. Ac- cording to this reckoning, ours is the seventh millennium. I cannot deny that which has been re- vealed to me by God, nor do I see any reason for rejecting the unanimous verdict of all the Prophets of God. Since there is such strong evidence and as has been revealed by authentic Hadith and the Holy Quran that this is the last era, can there be any doubt that this indeed is the last millennium? What is more, the Promised Messiah was supposed to appear at the turn of the last millennium. 6 Verily, a day with thy Lord is as a thousand years of your reckoning. — Al- H ajj, 22:48 [Publishers]