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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Prophecy of the Atomic Hell Mutual Corroboration of Hotama and Atomic Hell Following is the description of the fire of Hotama given by the Quran:- A " It is Hotama". B " It is fire of Allah enkindled, which leapeth upon the hearts. It is a fire closed in on them in outstretched columns" Following then are the characteristics:- 1 That it is Hotama. Hotama means a crusher. 2 That it is fire and is the fire of Allah. 3 That it leaps up unto the hearts.

4 That it shows encompassing characteristics and it raises columns We will now treat each point individually to show these characteristics as shown by the atomic fire;- (I) THE QURAN SAYS " HOTAMA" THAT IS A CRUSHER. The atomic fire and nuclear phenomenon both are crushers. The Quran has used the word Hotama. Hotama is a qualitative noun formed from the root-verb Hatama which means to " break any thing to pieces". Hotama thus means "a crusher".

The sound of the word Hotama recalls to our mind the word Atoma. Mark the phonetic resemblance between the two, though one is the pure Arabic and the other is an adoption from the Greek word Atomos which means uncutable. The word Atom thus has assumed the meaning opposed to the word Hotama which means " to break something to pieces". Yet both basically are concerned with the same action, that of breaking.

The scientist does not need to be reminded that the word atom is a misnomer, for atom has been cut and deserves no more to be called as atom. The scientist had after breaking the atom assembled and discussed the inconsistency, yet after some discussion they left the word atom as it were.

This particular point that of the retention of the word atom may or may not be of any particular scientific interest to our theme, yet this phonetic resemblance of the two words, Hatam and atom adds some interest in a way. It may serve as the formula of open sesame to the gate of that great atomic mystery that lay concealed in the words of the prophecy.

We will not show that the atomic energy from its beginning that is its generation to the last reactions of its radiation is a series of crushing (breakings):- (1) The atomic energy is the binding energy of the atom: The binding of the atom which keeps the nucleons of the atomic nucleus packed close together is broken and energy is released. Thus the binding of the atomic nucleus is crushed and the energy is released. No match stick, no sparkling system, no fuel is required to produce atomic fire.