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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Basic Beliefs of Islam Chapter 15 : Explicit Signs of the Qiyamat Exact timings of the Qiyamat, as mentioned earlier, is an absolute Divine secret. No one knows it except Allah Taala. Even the archangel Israfeel, who has been assigned the duty from the first day to blow the Soor on its appointed time, does not know its exact time and is vigilantly waiting the command of Allah.

But Allah Subhanahu taala has told His last Prophet (sws) some of the major signs which will appear before the commencement of the Qiyamat. This is a great favor to him and his Ummah. The Holy Prophet (sws) has explained these signs in many different ways. But it was impossible to illustrate the exact signs to the people of his time who were totally unaware of the things which would happen in future.

For example, the people during the time of the Holy Prophet (sws) had no idea about the television, computers and many other sophisticated products of modern technology. Thus, the Holy Prophet (sws) had used simple symbolic expressions familiar to the people of his time to ascertain the identity of the future events.

It is, therefore, imperative to analyze the metaphorical expressions of the hadith, ser ving as illustration, in order to identify the figurative objects hidden in the words to elucidate the related events of the future. This kind of explanations based on deep research can give the true picture of the scene. Hudhaifah bin Usaid al-Ghafari, quoting the Prophet (sws), narrated the following 10 specific signs of the Doomsday.

Some of them are as follows: (1) The Smoke (2) Dajjal (3) Dabbatul-Ardh (4) Rising of the sun from the West (5) Re- appearance of Imam Mehdi (as) and Hazrat Isa (as) (6) YaJooj and Majooj. The Smoke - Climax of the climatic deterioration According to many traditions, some kind of smoke will spread throughout the world near the Doomsday. This will penetrate the ears (and eyes) of the people.

Possible explanation : It may be the result of big volcanic explosions releasing many kinds of volcanic gases followed by strong wind storms, and excessive meteorite showers. The combined effect of all these catastrophic things can fill the whole atmosphere of the ear th with smoke. Dajjal - Climax of the spiritual deterioration According to many hadith, Dajjal will rise near the Doomsday. He will be a powerful ruler and a staunch enemy of the Muslims.

He will demonstrate incredible things to attract the people.