Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 35
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 35 will be built for people travelling on foot or as passengers, or for trains to move about. In addition, signs of general darkness were described and it was said: 1 اَذِا ُسْمَّشلا ْتَرِّوُك When the Sun is wrapped up. Meaning that, the world will be engulfed in extreme darkness, ignorance, and sinfulness. 2 َو اَذِا ُمْوُجُّنلا ْتَرَدَكْنا And when the stars will be obscured; meaning that, when reli - gious scholars will lose the light of sincerity. 3 َو اَذِا ُبِكاَوَكْلا ْتَرَثَتْنا And when the stars will fall; meaning that, when divine scholars will pass away. For, it is impossible that people should continue to inhabit the earth while stars fall. Remember that the Gospel, too, contains a similar prophecy that the Promised Messiah will descend at a time when stars will have fallen, and the Sun and the Moon will lose their light. To take these prophecies literally is against rea - son. No wise person would ever suggest that when the sun literally loses its light and the stars fall to the earth—and yet the earth is 1. S u rah at-Takw i r, 81:2 [Publisher] 2. S u rah at-Takw i r, 81:3 [Publisher] 3. S u rah al-Infi ta r, 82:3 [Publisher]