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Moreover, our positive outlook is to that extent that if we are sure that tomorrow is the Day of Judgment and only one day remains from the end of this world, yet we will say that the final outcome will be implemented. This last day will be prolonged to a length so that sufficient time is there for the accomplishment of this final result.

The Messenger of Islam (s.a.w.a.) has conveyed the aforementioned concept in a beautiful tradition, come down in successive transmission (tawaatur) and recorded in the books of both Shias as well as Sunnis. The tradition goes as follows: 3 These lectures were prior to the breaking up of Soviet Russia (U.S.S.R.) and other East European countries. But this disintegration is in no way contradictory to the discussion that the future of mankind is better than the past.

لَو لَم ي.بقُ مِنُ الدنيا الا يوم واحد لطول اللّه ذلك اليوم حتي يبعثَ فيهِ رج.لاً مِن أمتي و مِن أهل » .« بيتي ي.واطئُ اسم.ه. اسمي يملأ الأرض. قسطاً و عدلاً كَما ملِئت ظُلماً و جورا “If there remains only a day for the world to come to an end, Allah will prolong this day till He raises a man from my progeny/nation. His name will be my name.

He will fill the earth with justice and equity as it would have fraught with injustice and oppression.4” Therefore, even if all the angels of the heavens descend and declare that tomorrow is the Day of Judgment, we will contend that since the reformer, who will fill the earth with justice and equity, has not yet appeared, this day will be prolonged to an extent that the promise is fulfilled.

Yes, we are so positive about the future that if all scientists come together and prophesize that tonight the earth will split and come to an end, we will not believe it. We will refute it as we have firm conviction in the Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) prediction and hence, despite all threats of doom, will sleep comfortably. The following sentences of Doa-e-Ahd are the best proofs of a positive outlook about the future: اَللّهم إن حالَ و ب.يني و بينه. الموت. الّذي جعلتَه. علي عِبادِك.

حتماً م.قضِياً فأَخرِجني مِن قَبري » .« م.ؤتزراً كَفني, شاهِراً س.يفي, م.جرداً قناتي, م.لبياً د.عوه الداعي في الحاضر و البادي “O Allah!