THE INITIAL SIGNS OF THE JUDGMENT DAY

 
 

which will be the greatest and most terrifying earthquake ever experienced on the Earth.
....This earthquake, unprecedented in the history of humanity will shatter the entire world. No one will be able to help anyone. People will act and talk as if they were drunk.
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The Destruction of the Towns
....Allah Almighty says:
...."And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the day of resurrection or chastise it with a severe chastisement; this is written in the Divine ordinance." (Isra, 58)
....All of the towns, the last of which will be Medina, will be destroyed. Some will be destroyed by natural disasters and epidemics, and some by divine torture, as happened to the people of Lot and Pompeii.
....The Cleaving of the Sky
....Allah Almighty says:
...."When the Sky is cleft asunder." (Infitar, 1)
....The sky, literally the highest level or degree, here will be outer space as viewed from the Earth. It is also rain cloud formation at the lowest level.
....Indeed, Allah Almighty says:
...."And He it is Who sends down water from the sky." (Anaam, 99)
....The sky mentioned at the beginning of Sura Infitar is used in the singular, which means that it only one sky will