With the tumultuous time the world is going through, especially in the Middle East, and people thrown into lopsided confusion, it might be best to speak somewhat cryptically about what is happening. Especially note WHO is really in charge and how things are going to turn out!!!
Remember how the Unbelievers plotted against you, to keep you in bonds, or slay you, or get you out (of your home). They plot and plan, and ALLAH too Plans; but the best of Planners is ALLAH. Quran (8:30).
Things take time to have the ‘stage’ with all the participating souls organized but the ‘show’ will continue as scheduled! In other words, it may take a couple of decades but things will happen the way they are planned out to be!
Abu Hurairah said that the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said: ALLAH declared: the sons of Adam inveigh (protest) against the vicissitudes (the ups and downs) of Time, and I am Time {as its Determiner}, and in MY Hand is {both} the night and the day {meaning totality itself!} Hadith Qudsi
ALLAH! There is no god but HE, the Living, the Self-subsisting, the Eternal. No slumber can seize HIM nor sleep. HIS are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in HIS presence except as HE permits? HE knows what (appears to HIS creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they encompass aught of HIS knowledge except as HE WILLS. HIS Throne does extend over the heavens and the earth, and HE feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for HE is the Most High, the Supreme (in Glory). Quran (2:255)
This is not rocket science nor magic but rather a succinct outcome that has been predetermined and well planned! One doesn’t get thrown into HELL willy-nilly nor end up on the Last Day praying to be somehow overlooked!
Therefore, with this in mind and still speaking somewhat cryptically, one can hopefully get a sense of what is happening in the world at large today and especially in the Middle East! The title of this writing says it all while the ‘players’ in this drama are being manipulated according to their inner most REAL desires which often ends up making a hash of things.
Do the (ungodly) wait until the angels come to them, or there comes the Command of your LORD (for their doom)? So did those who went before them. But ALLAH did not wrong them: nay, they wronged their own souls. Quran (16:33)
He {the descendants (philosophical as well as biological) of Ishmael} shall be {likened unto} a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” Genesis (16:12)
So, we have a pathway to get to the desired result/the promised result featuring Islam and the misunderstood Messiah which is summed up in this Quranic verse:
And there is NONE from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death {upon his Second Coming}. And on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them {those who took him for other than just ALLAH’s Servant}. Quran (4:159)
OK! That is the desired result but look at the Title and see how we are going to get there! This is done in stages and ALLAH is in full control:
The ‘black flag’ people coming from the East will eventually be coming to kill the Mahdi but they will be destroyed by ALLAH as the vast majority of this army will end up being sunk beneath the desert sands. Only a few souls will be left to tell the woeful tale – hadith literature.
Jesus (pbh) will be sent down and a sword will come from his mouth by his breath {which will come from his mouth} will he be able to slay the unjust and foolish claimants to the Holy Land. Those who are in hiding for fear of their wicked lives will be uncovered by ‘the voice of the vegetation’ that will declare their presence ripe and ready for the slaughter – as conveyed by hadith prophecy written over 1,400 years ago.
Then he (Jesus) will kill the Anti-christ and him and his followers will be removed to safety while the Gog and Magog peoples have their way in a mop-up detail BUT they shall be ALL REMOVED at one time by ALLAH sending upon them a fatal reckoning while their rotting bodies will be disposed of by the entering in of special bird-like creatures – Hadiths and part of the Book of Revelation!
Now out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations {various peoples}. And he himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty GOD. Revelation (19:15). One doesn’t use a sharp sword to spread peanut butter on a bagel!
Again: And there is NONE from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death {upon his Second Coming}. And on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them {those who took him for other than just ALLAH’s Servant}. Quran (4:159)
And connecting with this idea which may not be as succinct or distinct as the Quran puts it are these two verses from the Old Testament:
Then to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him {in the worship of the True GOD}. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away {for its greatness will continue in the Hereafter}, and his {inherited} kingdom {in the Hereafter will be} the one which shall not be destroyed {not disappear or be depleted but last forever}. Daniel (7:14)
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem; the battle bow shall be cut off. {Then, after some time} he shall speak peace to the nations; {and} his dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth {as all those remaining alive shall believe in him before his {physical} death as recorded in the Quran and worship in ONE FAITH}.’ Zachariah (9:10)
It is important to note that the symbols { } are used only for clarification purposes as most readers do not tend to connect the dots and therefore miss out on an opportunity to see the harmony in Scripture when read and interpreted correctly thereby clarifying these verses in the Quran: (2:62), (2:121), (2:136), (2:285), (4:136), (7:157), (42:13).
And according to the Scriptures of the ‘People of the Book’, this is a mop-up campaign and then all who are left are ready to rebuild society again and worship with one accord in the Pure and Revitalized Islam under the auspices of the ‘Righteous king’ Jesus the son of Mary (pbh), as there is no prophethood after the prophethood of Muhammad (pbh), and the most excellent Islamic leader, the Mahdi! This is the beginning of the paradise on Earth and after both of their reigns there shall be 12 Caliphs coming from the Quraish line (hadiths).
Jarir bin ‘Abdullah reported: The Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said, “He who is not merciful to people ALLAH will not be merciful to him“. (Bukhari and Muslim).
That sentiment has a lot to do with what is happening in the world today including the rage people have undergone due to various types of repression. And in this world, as the Ad and Thamud peoples found out, there are consequences to be paid when the bill becomes due!
If a person’s Term of Appointment is UP and his soul’s journey or contract (stated for lack of a better term) is finished, there is no recourse but to face the dreaded but much misunderstood ‘TORMENT OF THE GRAVE’ which equals a hell before the actual HELL, so to speak. This makes more sense than at first thought due to ALLAH’s continued MERCY and permitting the soul, by giving it a chance, to enter into a state of real repentance.
Why? Because life as we know it is not a ‘one shot affair’ or a win through by a ‘luck of the draw’ type occurrence! And with ALLAH being MOST MERCIFUL, there comes the giving of the soul a fighters’ chance to be the recipient of his CREATOR’s AID IF AND ONLY IF that soul BY ITS OWN INITIATIVE AND DESIRE wakes up to actual REALITY instead of clinging to beast-like ways. Then comes the aid from ALLAH to the repentant soul measured out in due proportion and this is called being ‘led to the LIGHT’!
ALLAH is the PROTECTOR of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness HE will lead them forth into Light. Of those who reject faith, the patrons are the evil ones: from Light they will lead them forth into the depths of darkness. {As} they will be companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (Forever). Quran (2:257)
Beyond that notion lies the area of the UNSEEN and no man can express things concerning these ideas with any degree of truthful certainty. So, it is important for the soul to ‘get on with it’ and not worry about what is beyond its control but just to learn what will foster that level of Mercy from its CREATOR LORD that it would want for itself!
So, it is true and necessary: First You Get Rid of the Garbage; Then You Throw Away the Trash!
And So It Goes!
