Dhurriyya ذريه...

Dhurriyya ذريه: offspring, issue, progeny, descendants, children Dinar or Deenar دينار: an Islamic (now Arab) gold currency varying in weight Dirham درهم: (historically an) Islamic silver currency weighing approx. 3.12 grams Diyya دية: blood money, monetary compensation for manslaughter or intentional murder Du `a' دعاء: supplication, invocation, prayer Du'at دعاة: plural of da'iya or da`iyah, a caller to Islam or any ideology Dukhan دخان: smoke.

Chapter 44 of the Holy Qur'an is called "Al-Dukhan", the smoke. If you read the first 16 verses (out of a total of 59), you will notice how the Almighty warns those who disbelieve in the message brought from Him to (ص): "Keep waiting, therefore, for the day when the sky brings an evident smoke that shall overtake men" (Qur'an, 44:10-11).

The Prophet, in a tradition dealing with the signs that denote the approach of the Day of Judgment, is quoted as having said, "The first of such signs is the smoke [to which reference is made in these verses]." He was asked what smoke it would be. He said, "It will cover the east of the earth and the west; it will remain for forty days and nights. It will affect the believer just like a cold [catarrh]. As to the unbeliever, he will feel as though he is intoxicated.

It [smoke] will come out of his nostrils, ears and rear end." Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (ع) is quoted as having said, "There will be a smoke that will overwhelm both ends of the earth (east and west or north and south), causing the death of two thirds of the world's population." This "smoke" can now be said as caused by the explosion of nuclear and hydrogen bombs and by the poison gases they release. Dunya دنيا: this world or life as opposed to the Hereafter, mortality Previous…