The symbols {} are used to bring about a clearer picture of events.
If ALLAH were to punish men according to what they deserve, HE would not leave on the back of the (Earth) a single living creature: but HE gives them RESPITE for a STATED TERM: When their TERM expires, verily ALLAH has in HIS SIGHT ALL OF HIS SERVANTS. Quran (35:45)
And to how many populations did I give RESPITE, which were given to wrong-doing? In the end I punished them. To ME is the destination of (all). Quran (22:48)
But the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that every (Wrath) at which they had scoffed {made fun of} hemmed them in. Q (16: 34)
And because iniquity {meaning: who cares about religious rights and human rights and who cares how man should treat their fellowman (clearly stated by religious LAW) by showing helpful courteousness and kindness as the hearts of men shall grow cold towards one’s fellowman towards the coming of the son of Man} shall abound {shall be plentiful throughout the Earth}, {the result shall be that then} the love of many shall WAX COLD {in who really gives a damn about how my fellow man’s condition is}.*
{*One can take a long, close look at the Arab world as micro-example and see how many peoples hearts have shriveled and continue to shrivel towards showing kindness to their fellow Muslims by ignoring their rights especially those who have a real need.}
But he that shall endure unto the end {in the right way towards humanity as taught by their respective prophets}, the same shall be SAVED {WHICH IS THE REAL GOAL OF BEING BORN}.
And this gospel**of the kingdom {or this message that shall be in the future i.e. the RETURN TO THE RIGHT WAY OF RELIGION/BEHAVIOR} shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto ALL nations***; and then shall the end come. Matthew (24:12-14)
**{The word ‘Gospel’ meaning in Old English a good story or a good news as opposed to fanciful fiction or a deviation from real reality. In this case, it can reflect ‘good advice‘ of what to do or how to worship in the acceptable prescribed way.}
So the Good News will be universal in nature for it to be preached in ALL the world and act as a witness unto every nation. Of course, many people will be too ‘busy’ to pay attention to it or it will sound like loose marbles to many and hence to them it is but nonsense or a waste of time!!!
THE BIG PICTURE here, however, is one of Cause and Effect!!!
Doing what is right concerning one’s fellowman is spiritually helpful in holding together the society and warding off the punishment of being subject to degradation and societal destruction as what happened to many societies in the past as testified in the Quran!
Since the last prophet has been given, it will NOT be one society that faces excruciating hardships. It will be the WHOLE WORLD put under threat of annihilation. However, like in the times of Noah (pbh) and other prophets, there will be ‘salvation’ for those chosen to be around to help lead the way to (The Good News) OR THE PATHWAY OF SALVATION.
The Good News is not referring to the New Testament or Christianity but to the correct way of life under true guidance. Hence, the GOOD NEWS carries the meaning of the successful pathway or journey to the Promised Land!
This is when the Good News (THE RIGHT WAY – Islam) will be preached around the world. We can see from certain passages found in the Book of Acts and the Book of Revelation correlating to that which is mentioned in the Quran which is:
And All*** will believe on him (Jesus) before his {FINAL} death:
And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him {as a truth giver showing the way of REAL FAITH} Before his {final} death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them {as to his truthfulness as opposed to their lies}; Quran (4:159)
And who should shoulder this responsibility BUT THE MAN WHO RETURNS AS A KING (NOT PROPHET BECAUSE MUHAMMAD (pbh) WAS THE LAST PROPHET) TO LEAD ALL OF THE ONES WHO BELIEVE INTO RIGHTEOUSNESS UNDER THE BANNER OF ISLAM AS DECREED BY THE ONE GOD!
And so it makes sense that that particular being known functionally as ‘our type of adam in this age at least’ should be that leader who, with his associates, guide men to the clarion call of Islam in the future. And it is his right, given to him by THE ONE AND ONLY GOD, to say about himself with a certain meaning:
No man comes to the Father except through me!:
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John (14:6)
{***meaning all of those who are to inherit that special KINGDOM while those who reject it basically are the ones who will in reality reject Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) and Islam and hence GOD HIMSELF}.
Those REJECTING people will be removed FROM THE CHOSEN ONES OR THE INHERITORS OF THE KINGDOM as a stain from a cloth is removed by bleach. ****
{****Whom the heaven must receive {i.e. Jesus} until the times of restitution of all things, which GOD has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the LORD your GOD raise up unto you of your brethren {your Semite brother/cousins which are the Arabs from whom Prophet Muhammad shall spring} , like unto me; him shall you hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will NOT hear {adhere} to that prophet {his (Muhammad’s, Ways} shall be destroyed from among the people.
Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which GOD made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in your seed {Isaac/Ishmael} shall ALL the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Acts (3:21-25)
The reason why this is said is simple. ALL (those who will be classified as believers) will believe on Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) and will WILLINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND NATURALLY FOLLOW THE WAY that Jesus (pbh) will be following!!! If they disagree, then they are renegades and will be treated as such with the penalty of being ‘taken out’ of the equation!
This Kingdom will last for a specified time (a thousand years according to the Book of Revelation)***** and another repugnant kingdom will be set up when the Quran is taken away and the last person who has even a grain as small as a mustered seed of goodness in his heart is lifted up leaving the dregs of humanity behind. Finally, the Kabbah will eventually be destroyed. And with that, Earth will be ready to surrender what is inside of her for Judgment Day has arrived.
{*****And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit {Hell} and a great chain in his hand.
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years {such that he can’t cause any more problems during that duration}
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, {un}till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and AFTER THAT he must be loosed {set free to do his dirty work again} a little season {for a little while}.
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, AND for the Word of GOD, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ {IN A CHRIST-LIKE KINGDOM} a thousand years.
But the rest of the dead lived NOT again UNTIL the thousand years were finished {then they will be permitted to live by being born again into the society, rank upon rank, as to their wellness or lack of wellness of being}. This is the FIRST resurrection. Revelation (20:1-5)}
With the destruction of the last ‘repugnant’ kingdom and when the Kabbah is destroyed, Judgment Day or the Day of SORTING OUT WILL BEGIN FOR ALL SOULS. And ALLAH WILLING, this is the meaning of ‘and then shall the end come‘ as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.
We can trace these very specific thoughts by reading the selective hadiths on these topics and the Quran as to that day called The Day of SORTING OUT.
Now this is what Comparative Religion can give one. Also, when one opens their eyes, one can see the correlation between THE LAST PROPHET, THE LAST REVELATION, THE PUNISHMENTS INCURRED BY THE VARIOUS SOCIETIES IN THE PAST DUE TO TURNING A COLD HEART TOWARDS THE LAW (especially how humans treat each other and the PURE worship to THE ONE GOD).
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT BECOMES EXPONENTIALLY WORSE OCCURS WHEN IT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT MUHAMMAD (pbh) is not a prophet for only one nation but for the WHOLE WORLD THUS MAKING THE PUNISHMENTS UNIVERSAL IN NATURE AFFECTING THE WHOLE WORLD.
Never does THE ONE GOD punish a people for no just cause. HE punishes them because they have strayed far, far from the TRUTH (even if they can’t see it) and the importance of THE HEART in Islam is tantamount to success or failure in this world and the next especially in how one deals with his fellowman******!
{******If they disbelieve you {O Muhammad} so did the peoples before them (with their prophets {also}), – the people of Noah and ‘Ad and Thamud;
and those of Abraham and Lot;
And the Companions of the Madyan people; and Moses was rejected (in the same way). But I granted RESPITE to the Unbelievers and (only) AFTER THAT {Respite} did I punish them; but how (terrible) was MY punishment (of them)!}
How many populations have WE destroyed which were given to wrong-doing? They tumbled down on their roofs {their so-called strong infrastructure collapsed}. And how many wells are lying idle and neglected and {also their} castles lofty and well-built?
Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and minds) may thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear? Truly it is NOT the eyes that are blind but THE HEARTS WHICH ARE IN THEIR BREASTS*******. Quran (22:42-46)
{*******And from the New Testament the half brother of Jesus (pbh) states:
What does it profit, my brothers {fellow believers}, though a man say {with his tongue} he has faith, and {he} does not have works {good deeds done for the sake of GOD}? Can faith {a named religion} save him?????
Even so faith, IF it {faith} has NOT works, {any faith} is dead, being alone {and hence, faith alone cannot save anyone}.
{That} you believe that there is ONE GOD, you do well; the devils also believe {that there is only ONE GOD} and tremble {so in one sense both you (humans) and the devils are on the same footing}.
But will you know, O VAIN MAN, that faith without works is dead? James (2: 14, 17, 19-20)}
Now we get the same thing in Islam but with more depth of material and meaning from this hadith.
‘Ali reported that one day ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh) was sitting with a {piece of} wood in his hand and he was scratching the ground. He raised his head and said, “There is not one amongst you who has not been allotted his seat in Paradise or Hell.” They said, “ALLAH’s Messenger, then why should we perform good deeds, WHY NOT depend upon our destiny {as in doing our own thing}?” Thereupon, he {Muhammad} said, “No, do perform good deeds, for everyone is facilitated in that for which he has been created”; then he recited this verse:
“Then who gives to the needy and guards against evil and accepts the excellence (the truth of Islam and the path of righteousness it {Islam} prescribes {teaches}), WE shall make easy for him the easy end …”Q (92: 5-10) (Muslim)
When it is said to them: “Come to what ALLAH has {now} revealed to the Messenger”: They say: “Enough for us are the ways {customs and traditions} we found our fathers following {practicing}.” What! Even though their fathers were void of knowledge and guidance? Q (5: 104)
Once again there is a tale here to be learned so that life and its little problems do not conquer us but through the Grace and Mercy of ALLAH, we are allowed to conquer them. Amen!
One last thing about the cross:
The cross is real and not imaginary. It is a certain way or style that is equivalent to Jihad Kabeer or the Great Jihad in Islam of the control of the self (nefs). This can be done through prayer, fasting, appealing to THE GOD with Du’as, Reciting the Quran in earnest and all around self-control of obtaining the ‘virtues’ including patience.
So, even though Jesus (pbh) was NOT PHYSICALLY CRUCIFIED on a wooden stake, he was crucified by giving of himself SINCE THE TIME OF ADAM (AS ADAM) to be brought under the INFLUENCE OF THE ONE GOD AS AN EXAMPLE AS A SIGN UNTO MANKIND FOR THEIR SALVATION. That equates to a LEADER (not savior) saying, “DO WHAT I DO or FOLLOW IN MY FOOTSTEPS”!
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get you behind me, Satan: you are an offence unto me: for you savourest not the things that be of GOD, but those that be of men.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me {come after my pattern}, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, AND FOLLOW ME.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake {in my pattern that I have shown through the various stages******** I have had to travel} shall find it.
{********You shall surely travel from stage to stage. Quran (84:19)}
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and LOSE HIS OWN SOUL? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his FATHER with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall NOT taste {their cycle} of death, {un}till they see the Son of man coming in{to} his kingdom. Matthew (16:23-28)
