The Light 2018 05 May Issue

May 2018 The
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Haqq) that He may make it prevail over all religions.
And Allah is enough for a witness.’ – (Holy
Quran chapter 48, Surat ul Fatḥ, The Victory,
verse 28).
For three hundred years after the demise of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s), the Religion
of Islam here referred to as Deenul Haqq, the Religion
of Truth, was dominant in Arabia, a small
part of Europe and Africa. Then a decline of
1000 years set in. The Holy Quran makes mention
of this as follows:
“He orders the Affair (i.e. Islam) from the
heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him
in a day the measure of which is a thousand
years as you count.” – (The Adoration, 32:5)
The mathematics is simple, 1000 plus 300 =
1300 that takes us to the 14 th Century Hejira
which spans parts of the 19 th and 20 th centuries
A.D. This is the age which, according to the
above calculation, will introduce the dawning of
a ‘spiritual enlightenment’ in the world. But let
us see if the Holy Quran supports this assertion.
Indeed, we find in surah Al Takwil, the Folding
Up, chapter 81 verses 17-18 the following:
“And the night when it departs
And the morning (subuh) when it
brightens.”
Commenting on these verses, Maulana Muhammad
Ali, in his famous English translation
of the Holy Quran, explains: “The departing of
the night and the rise of the bright morning is
the disappearance of the darkness of ignorance,
giving place to the bright light of the sun of Islam.”
These might seem to the casual observer
as common statements often made in the Holy
Quran. But if we look at the context in which
these verses appear, we find that they are
preceded by several prophecies that point very
accurately to the 14 th century Hejira (i.e. years
1300 -1400 Hejira coinciding with the years
1878 – 1978 A.D., i.e. the 19 th – 20 th centuries
A.D.)
In the light of this phenomenon, let us examine
some of these prophecies:
And when the camels are abandoned – 81:4
In AD 1886 (1304 Hejira) the first petrol or
gasoline powered auto-mobile the Benz Patent-
Motorwagen was invented by Karl Benz * This
steadily led to the replacement of camels with
petrol-driven vehicles and steam-driven locomotives
for the purpose of transportation.
And when the cities are made to swell – 81:6
Sociologist Kingsley Davis in his famous
book, The Origin and Growth of Urbanization in
the World, writes: “Urbanized societies, in
which a high proportion of the population lives
in cities, developed only in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries.”
And when men are united – 81:7
The League of Nations was formed in 1920
replaced by the United Nations in 1945, both
within the 14 th century Hejira. Graham Bell invented
the telephone in 1876 which
revolutionised communications bringing diverse
communities into contact as never before.
In 1895, a young Italian named Guglielmo Marconi
invented what he called “the wireless telegraph”
which led to the invention of the radio
further enhancing communication across national
boundaries and uniting them as never before,
thus introducing the birth of a ‘global community.’
The advanced technology such as the
‘internet’ of today came about as a result of the
technological inventions of the 19 th /20 th century.
And when the books are spread – 81: 10
Improved printing presses increased the
production and spread of books all over the
world. Although the printing press was
invented around 1440, it was only around 1864
that the Hoe’s 6-cylinder rotary press was
created which led to improved printing processes.
Together with the inventions of improved
land and air conveyance during this period
the spread of books dramatically increased.
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I Shall Love All Mankind.