Many Muslim preachers discuss the End of Time and the hadiths of seditions,
warfare and the portents of the Last Hour in a way that suggests, in brief, that
disbelief is growing stronger and Islam is abating; that evil is triumphing and
goodness is being defeated; that vicious people are the victorious, whereas virtuous
people and the advocators of righteousness are vanquished.
Which means that there is no hope for a change or faith in setting things aright. That
we are moving from bad to worse, and from worse to the worst, for no day elapses but
its morrow is still eviler, until the Last Hour befalls.
Undoubtedly, this is a grave mistake that arises from a misconception of what is
stated in some partial text passages combined with an omission of many conclusive
crystal-clear auspices that the future belongs to Islam and Allah will surely make that
religion superior over all other religions, however deeply averse disbelievers are to it.
Therefore, we must discuss these (Auspices) and spread them amongst the Muslims,
in order to inspire hope that motivates willpower and defeat despair that kills souls.
Thanks to Allah these auspices are many. Some of them are quoted from the Noble
Qur’an and the Sunnah, while others are derived from history, the actual time and the
Laws of Allah in His Creation.
We shall discuss each of these auspices in the next pages as Allah may bestow.
Auspices From The Glorious Qur’an
The Glorious Qur’ân heralds the first of these auspices: the Promise Allah, Blessed
and Exalted be He, made to his believing servants; His Promise to grant victory to
Islam and perfect its light however deeply hostile the disbelievers are to it, and cause
it to prevail over all other religions however deeply hostile the infidels are to it.
In the context of discussing the enemies of Islam from the infidels and the people of
the Scripture (Jews and Christians) who have distorted their religion and have taken
their rabbis and their monks to be their lords in derogation of Allah, and those who
devour people’s wealth wrongfully (bribery, etc.) and those who debar men from the
Path of Allah, we recite from Surat At-Tawbah, the noble Qur’anic verse in which The
Most Exalted says: The noble Qur’anic verses say what means:
“They (the disbelievers, the Jews and the Christians) want to extinguish
Allah’s Light (with which Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, has been sent - Islamic Monotheism) with their mouths, but Allah
will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the
Kâfirûn (disbelievers) hate (it). It is He Who has sent His Messenger
(Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace) with guidance
and the religion of truth (Islam), to make it superior over all religions
even though the Mushrikûn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, disbelievers
in the Oneness of Allah) hate (it).” (At-Tawbah, 9: 32-33)
Regarding the interpretation of these two noble Qur’anic verses, the Muslim legal
scholar Ibn Kathîr said:
(Almighty Allah says what means that those disbelievers from amongst the infidels
and the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) want to {Extinguish Allah’s
Light} (At-Tawbah, 9:32). The Light is the guidance and the religion of truth
(Islam) with which the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
has been sent. Certainly, what the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant
him peace) has been sent with should be perfected and made superior. Therefore, in
opposition to what the disbelievers crave and desire, Allah, The Most Exalted, says
(what means): {But Allah will not allow except that His Light should be
perfected even though the Kâfirûn (disbelievers) hate (it)} (At-Tawbah, 9:
32). And a disbeliever is he who veils and bedims a thing. Then Almighty Allah says
(what means): {It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace) with guidance and the religion of
truth (Islam)} (At-Tawbah, 9: 33). The guidance: is the truthful message, the
genuine faith and the useful knowledge Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant
him peace) has been sent with, whereas the religion of truth: is the righteous good
and beneficial deeds in the life of this world and the Hereafter
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