Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 35
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS 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: إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُورَتْ When the Sun is wrapped up. Meaning that, the world will be engulfed in extreme darkness, ignorance, and sinfulness. 2 وَ إِذَا النُّجُومُ الكَدَرَتْ And when the stars will be obscured; meaning that, when reli- gious scholars will lose the light of sincerity. وَ إِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انْتَثَرَتْ 3 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. Sūrah at-Takwir, 81:2 [Publisher] 2. Sūrah at-Takwir, 81:3 [Publisher] 3. Surah al-Infitār, 82:3 [Publisher]