The symbols { } are meant to be used to add clarity only.

There is NOT A POPULATION but WE shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is {already} written in the (Eternal) Record {AND MUST BE FULFILLED}.                            Quran (17:58)

Corrections added to And So It Goes – Part 1:

                  {Repent therefore, and turn to GOD* so that your sins may be wiped out {not from magic, theories or anyone’s supposed death on a cross or otherwise}

             {*According to HIS dictates and NOT man’s own inventive theories.}

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the LORD {like as a gift sent from HIM being the era of excellence on the face of the Earth}, and that HE may {in due time} send the Messiah {Jesus} appointed for you {the Believers to lead this Kingdom}, that is, Jesus,

who must remain in heaven until the time of {the beginning of the} universal {total} restoration that GOD announced long ago through HIS holy prophets.

MOSES DECLARED, ‘The LORD your GOD will raise up for you from your BRETHREN {the other Semitic Line – the Arab line} a prophet like me {WHO WILL GIVE YOU A NEW LAW – ‘Sing a NEW SONG’ – Isaiah Chapter 42 verse 10 and 11– ‘Sing to the LORD a NEW SONG, HIS PRAISE from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants. Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar (Arabs) inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela (a famous mountain in Medina (city of the Prophet (pbh) in what is currently called Saudi Arabia today), sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains’.} You must listen to whatever he tells you {what he has commanded the believers to do}.

And it will be that everyone WHO DOES NOT LISTEN to that prophet {AND/OR HIS WAY} will be {eventually and} utterly rooted out of the people {AND DESTROYED for in this Messianic Era, as long as Jesus remains alive, NO stain will be allowed to disrupt the pure worship of THE ONE GOD}. And all the prophets, as many as have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, also predicted these days.          Acts (3:19-24)}

If any do wish {have a great, hot desire as their object in life} for the transitory things (of this life), WE readily grant them – such things as WE so choose to such persons as WE want {and all of this is done for only HIS purpose but none shall be dealt with unfairly!}: in the end have WE provided HELL for them {that have chosen of their own freewill unwisely}: they will burn therein, disgraced and rejected.

{HOWEVER} those who do wish for the (things of) the Hereafter, and strive therefore with all due striving, and have {true} Faith,- they are the ones whose striving is acceptable (to ALLAH).

Of the bounties of your LORD WE bestow freely on all – These as well as those {both to the good and to the bad}: The bounties of your LORD are not closed (to anyone).

See how WE have bestowed more on some than on others; but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence.

Therefore, take NOT with ALLAH another object of worship; or you (O man!) will sit in disgrace and destitution.

Your LORD has DECREED that you worship NONE BUT HIM, and that you be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honor {and respect}.                                   Q (17: 18-23)

Another problem raised its ugly head:

Another problem that has arisen is the misunderstanding about what the philosophers did to the understanding of the New Testament material. The problem they introduced was two-fold. First, they made the concentration on certain verses a prime consideration and tried to make a system that they did not understand into one which was more pagan draped on a ‘body’ of records sacrosanct.**

          {**It is ALLAH WHO has sent down to you the BOOK: In it are verses BASIC or FUNDAMENTAL, clear (in meaning); they are the FOUNDATION of the BOOK: others are NOT entirely clear. BUT THOSE IN WHOSE HEARTS IS PERVERSITY {will} FOLLOW THE PART THEREOF THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR. Seeking discord {while at the same time} searching for its interpretation but no one knows its true meanings except ALLAH. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: “We believe in it {in its entirety}, the whole of it is from our LORD {for HIS PURPOSES}and no one will grasp the MESSAGE {of such} except men of understanding.  Q (3:7)}

The second error that they (basically the German philosophers) so slovenly engaged in became apparent when a few centuries ago they practiced dismembering the New Testament as a bunch of stories with a lot of fabrications. Even in today’s world, one finds the old story of the ‘evil’ Paul and his inventions of fables, etc.

And {DO NOT hotly or wildly pursue} that of which YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE***; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart {as to its intent} will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).                     Quran (17: 36)

            {***Muhkamat verses and Mutashabihat verses are types of verses found in every Holy Book. Muhkamat verses are verses that are clear in meaning when studied around other verses in context and discuss actions a believer should perform and the way it should be performed.

Mutashabihat verses are verses carrying what some have called ‘supernatural meanings of things’. They are extremely complex and can form a minefield full of dangerous possibilities and can create a ‘trap‘ to catch the careless and impudent in their perilous, damning grip.}

Say, “If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about in peace and quiet, WE should certainly have sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger.” Quran (17: 94-95)

Say: “Enough is ALLAH for a witness between me and you: for HE is well acquainted with {ALL of} HIS servants, and HE sees (All things). What kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them, was nothing but this: they said, “Has ALLAH sent {just an ordinary} MAN (like us) to be (HIS) Messenger?”

Say: “Praise be to ALLAH, who begets no son, and has no partner in (HIS) Dominion: NOR (does HE need any) to protect HIM from humiliation: Yea! MAGNIFY HIM for HIS GREATNESS AND GLORY!

Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for you can’t rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.

Of all such things the evil is hateful in the sight of your LORD.

These are among the (precepts of) WISDOM, which your LORD has revealed to you. {THEREFORE} , DON’T TAKE with ALLAH, ANOTHER OBJECT OF WORSHIP, lest you should be thrown into HELL, blameworthy and rejected.     Quran (17: 96, 111, 37-39)

On poetry and philosophy:

Life sometimes can be very complex and even very confusing for example:

 Ubai bin Kab narrated that ALLAH’s Prophet (pbh) said, “Some poetry contains wisdom.”   (Bukhari)

Narrated Abu Huraira: ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh); said, “It is better for anyone of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry.” (Bukhari)

There is no conflicting notion here! When something is abused and turned into primitive nonsense, it becomes a distraction from true ‘spiritual guidance’. The same with food. Food is good, nutritious, and body enhancing but gluttony is a very bad vice and detracts from the human spirit.

The same is applied for saving money instead of being a useless, spendthrift. However, on the other hand, hoarding money is evil. So, one can take a look at poetry and philosophy in the same vain of thought.

Allah Most High says, “HE grants wisdom (hikma) to whomever HE WILLS.” Quran (2:269).

In my opinion, Islamic Philosophy is differentiated from ‘normal’ philosophy because it depends strictly on the Quran and the legitimate hadiths whereas the common run-of-the-mill type of philosophy doesn’t.

Islam first encountered what can be termed ‘Greek philosophy’ in the Abbasid Caliphate which eventually led to the adoption of the corrupted Mu’tazila school of thought. This resulted in the expansion of Greek Philosophy to the Arab public and eventually many deviations entered into the minds of weak and unstable Muslims who became ‘charmed’ by this faulty direction.

Common philosophy can be good for its logical value but when philosophy dives into the ‘spiritual realm’ it often does so in a careless, quirky fashion without the true guidance that can be found most importantly from the Holy Records – specifically those things that Islamically can be shown to be authentic! Therefore, it is better and most logical in religious matters to stay away from the ordinary ‘Greek-type-philosophy’.

In the previous article, what was meant by certain named land changes?:

The meaning behind the notion that ‘Note that a great deal of China and Russia (along with America and parts of Arabia) will be physically gone making what remains of these governments useless‘ is based on solid scientific and logical fact resulting in the logical lack of activity to be used against a most terrible foe (the Gog and Magog).

So, how will these things happen? Through various devastating means including great earthquakes by which land is being broken and covered over or sunk into the oceans or seas.

Khasf or the Earth being lost/swallowed up and disappearing is represented by the following hadith:

The prophet (pbh) said: “The Hour will not begin until you see ten signs, (including) three events where the earth {gets} swallowed up, one in the East, one in the West, and one in the Arabian Peninsula.” (Muslim)

These things are drastic reminders to the people that Judgment Day is at hand so that people, who by ALLAH’s Grace, will wake up and be serious in worshiping of HIM and appealing to HIS MERCY and FORGIVENESS – but time for this is running out.

The seven heavens and the earth, and ALL beings therein, declare HIS GLORY: there is not a thing but celebrates HIS PRAISE; And yet you {O people} do NOT understand how they declare HIS GLORY! Verily HE is Oft-Forbearing, Most Forgiving!

There is NOT A POPULATION but WE shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is {already} written in the (Eternal) Record {AND MUST BE FULFILLED}.                            Quran (17: 44, 58)

As to Acts (3:22):

who {Jesus} must remain in heaven until the time of {the beginning of the} universal {total} restoration that GOD announced long ago through HIS holy prophets Acts (3:22).

Of course, changes like that will affect the whole planet and the ‘mass’ (majority) of humanity that is currently residing on Earth’s surface must naturally and eventually be removed. The completion of this change (when the Earth will finally be destroyed) will be many, many years after the first altercations when the Earth, as one has known it, will fail to exist.

These pre-ocurances on the ‘Old Earth’ will also have a great deal of affect on climate and one can now ‘scientifically’ understand the following: Arab lands will become a land of gardens and rivers:

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said: “The Hour will not begin until the land of the Arabs once again becomes meadows and rivers.”  (Muslim)

Meadows, in this case, gives the meaning of a spread out land having a great amount of lush vegetation. That is quite a change from mostly desert and hot-type climates.

So by backtracking one can ask a simple question: “What can cause such a dramatic change to happen like what is recorded in the above hadith?” The answer being dramatic land-surface changes which will allow the ocean currents to bring in a more temperate, coastal type of climate and hence, the topographical changes being spoken about in the hadith literature.

It has been long known by scientists dealing with the weather that ocean currents and large bodies of water have a large impact on climate. Hence, the greatly reduced land surfaces in the areas mentioned, especially in hadith literature, shows the possibility of the magnitude of change to come.

Furthermore, just because Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) returns to Earth doesn’t mean that women won’t marry and become pregnant (they will), people won’t need to eat (they will), people won’t die and be buried (they will), people won’t need to pray or fast or go on Hajj (they will), gravity will cease to exist (it won’t)!!!

All of this is just logical, common sense based on what is recorded in the Holy Books and approved hadith materials.

Be wise to understand drastic behavior:

In true fashion, one should remember that one cannot judge a book by its cover. So, also apply that common sense saying to religious terms!!!

‘Ali said: Whenever I narrate to you anything from the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) believe it to be absolutely true as falling from the sky is dearer to me than that of attributing anything to him (the Prophet) which he never said … I heard the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) as saying: There would arise at the end of the age ****a people who would be young in age and immature in thought, but they would talk***** (in such a manner) as if their words are the best among the creatures. They would recite the Qur’an, but it would not go beyond their throats, and they would pass through the religion as an arrow goes through the prey. So when you meet them, kill them, for in their killing you would get a reward with ALLAH on the Day of Judgment.   (Muslim)

           {****Well we have seen a good deal of that activity recently in what has been called ISIS or Dash in a form of holier-than-thou attempts to persuade young and immature (non-thinking) people to proclaim a make believe system which they presumably but falsely called Islam.}

            {*****Basically, by creating a hash out of the Quran and self-glorifying themselves as special appointees from ALLAH, individuals became deluded. This is done by misconstruing Quranic verses and even Islam itself into something that was never intended. Not only that but to be guided by this phony thinking, it set up groups to become fanatical dupes for corrupted leaders of this general hogwash. Hence, the term of one becoming radicalized.}

So, words are just words and this is a proof that no one except ALLAH is able to read anyone’s heart as to its real intentions. So, the unwary can be fooled especially if they are NOT knowledgeable in what constitutes real faith.

This has been a recurring process throughout history as various peoples have become ‘duped’ into acting more like devils than saints running towards self-destruction rather than salvation.

In reality, the end result is that of what good is it to receive a supremely and expensively wrapped gift when its contents are found to be fresh animal droppings and decayed corpses of half-eaten rats!!!

So the REAL successful life actually depends on values sent down to the prophets given by ALLAH for mankind to carefully study and follow and not fancy theories or trick slogans geared to make ‘religion’ a three minute course for salvation or for show.

More concerning the Gog and Magog:

In a narration reported by An-Nawwaas Ibn Sam’aan, Prophet Muhammad (pbh) said:

          {“…ALLAH will send revelation upon Jesus (pbh) that ‘Such a creation of MINE is now going to emerge that no power will be able to stop them. Therefore, take MY servants and ascend Mount Tur.’ Then Gog and Magog will emerge and surge forth in all their fury.

When those from among them, who constitute the former part of their army, pass Lake Tiberias (in northern Palestine), they will drink up all the water of that lake and by the time those that constitute the latter part of that same army pass the lake, they will say, “There used to be water here.”

When they reach Mount Khamr in Jerusalem, they will arrogantly proclaim: ‘We have conquered the people of the earth, now we will annihilate those in the sky.’ So saying, they will fire their arrows towards the sky. When the arrows return to the ground they will be stained as if from blood.

In the meantime, Jesus (pbh) will be on Mount Tur with his followers. At that time, the head of an ox will be as valuable as is a hundred Dinars (gold currency) to you in this day {of lengthy hardships}******. Faced with these hardships, Jesus (pbh) and his followers will supplicate with a lengthy supplication unto ALLAH (to remove this calamity).

As a result, ALLAH will cause sores to appear on the necks of all of the Gog and Magog peoples and this will cause their sudden and collective deaths in a period of one day.}

The ‘time frame‘ of these horrors and when mankind or the survivors in that area are allowed to come out as to the ‘rebuilding’ process, might be explained by this hadith as well as taking the ‘time’ element found in the Book of Daniel (pbh) Chapter 12 into consideration.

                 {******This has been a recurring process throughout history as various peoples have become ‘duped’ into acting more like devils than saints running towards self-destruction rather than salvation.

The meaning of a recent type of a recurring process:

“And from the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate is set up {presumably by the Anti-christ and his army of friends}, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Blessed is he who WAITS and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

But go your way till the end {O Daniel}; and you shall rest, and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”                                Daniel (12: 11-13)

The continual burnt offering:

                    {******What appears to be happening is that fanatical Christian Evangelical and Jewish groups will have managed to further humiliate the Palestinians through their arrogant lack of understanding of scripture by supplanting the Dome of the Rock area with their own concept of trying to issue forth or ‘force’ a ‘sign’ on GOD for the coming of their own ‘supposed messiah‘.

The fanatical groups mentioned above do NOT want to wait upon the DICTATES OF THE LORD GOD but would rather bask in the self-glorification of supposed good deeds done by their own hand EVEN AS IT CAUSES PAIN AND HARDSHIPS TO THE PALESTINIANS. Hence, these criminals will rejoice in setting up a condition whereby they believe that special animal sacrifices are needed to appease their ‘god’ even though the Book of Hebrews in the New Testament (concerning animal sacrifice) refutes this.*******

{*******For since the LAW has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the TRUE FORM of these realities, it can NEVER, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.

Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered? If the worshipers had once been cleansed, they would no longer have any consciousness of sin.

But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sin year after year.

For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,

“Sacrifices and offerings YOU have NOT desired, but a body have YOU prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings YOU have taken NO pleasure.

Then I {Jesus} said, ‘Lo, I have come to do YOUR will, O GOD,’ as it is written of me in the roll of the book.”    Hebrews (10:1-7)}

Still:

As stated by the Prophet (pbh) “Whoever harms a non-Muslim at peace with us will never smell the fragrance of paradise, although its fragrance can be found a distance of forty years of travel,” (Bukhari).

The ‘abomination that makes desolate‘ apparently is the evil of the Dajjal who stamps his predominance on the territory for his and his devotees’ purposes. He has his own army and peculiar way of doing things so he doesn’t need those fanaticalmisfits‘ mentioned above in carrying out his most heinous plans.

Finally, the last time mentioned (‘Blessed is he who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days‘) seems to stress that a lengthy time period (days?, weeks? or months?) will be put in place for Jesus (pbh) and his companions to make du’a to ALLAH for relief from the Gog and Magog. This seems to be verified by several hadiths giving vent to a lengthy stay on Mount Tur of some unspecified time.

… What kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them, was nothing but this: they said, Has ALLAH sent {just an ordinary} MAN (like us) to be (HIS) Messenger?”  Q (17:96)

No matter how it has been accomplished, and quite frankly it is not our business to know these things or to even worry about them, every human being on the Earth has had his/her opportunities to come face to face with the correct teachings concerning the ONE GOD viz. from the teachings of HIS prophets.

ALLAH is MOST JUST and EQUITABLE so we should take care of OURSELVES rather than putter around worrying about how many ‘angels can dance on the head of a pin’ and other such nonsense.

Therefore, with this understood, it relates back to the idea that the ‘doing’ (performing religious rites in earnest as sanctioned by the prophets) is better than the ‘knowing’ of certain details. Performance beats just plain talk any day of the week!!!

The lynch pin or the ‘open’ start for these things was the election of that miscreant of a man as President of the United States. That is when the world entered a new phase of sterling stupidity and selfish pride and arrogance from whence it will not be able to recover – and more misfortunes will follow.

But what had to be, had to be as this was a long time cooking! And all of this and much more is yet to come.

ALLAH PROTECT THE BELIEVERS AND GIVE THEM THE SWEET SMELL OF PARADISE FOR THEIR LABORS! AMEEN!

All PRAISE, HONOR and GLORY belong to ALLAH by WHOM there is no other!