✦ Technology, End-Time Signs, and the Demands of Faith ✦
✔ In the modern era, technology is a visible and undeniable reality, with its benefits and harms clearly evident.
✔ Experts continue to research its long-term implications.
✔ However, it is important to recognize that technology is not eternal or permanent.
The Qur'an mentions nations of the past who possessed the technological marvels of their time—such as massive dams, grand architecture, and construction mastery.
✔ Even today, the world holds traces of ancient engineering wonders, such as the Pyramids of Egypt.
✔ Scholars continue to investigate their construction methods, purpose, and function.
✘ Yet, to assume that modern technology will remain forever is not only irrational, but for a believer, it contradicts the demands of faith.
✔ Especially when the same technology has enabled mankind to create deadly weapons—capable of destroying the world entirely.
✔ Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued statements about new nuclear advancements.
✔ Western experts are now asking when—not if—such weapons will be used in actual warfare.
✔ The destruction in countries like Iraq, Syria, and Libya offers a grim example of how technological warfare can reduce nations to ruin.
✔ It is astonishing that despite real threats and observable chaos, some attempt to reinterpret eschatological signs like:
– The mount of Dajjal
– Dajjal bringing a man back to life
– The emergence of Dābbat al-Arḍ (the Beast of the Earth)
…through purely scientific or symbolic explanations.
Has our belief in Allah’s power become so weak that we no longer believe He can bring forth a speaking creature from the Earth?
✔ Did Allah not bring forth a she-camel from the mountain for the people of Prophet Salih عليه السلام?
✔ If such a miracle occurred in the past, then why is the emergence of Dābbat al-Arḍ so hard to accept?
✘ Yet today, many present Artificial Intelligence and robotic interpretations for these signs, implying that divine miracles must conform to human logic.
✔ Earlier generations lacked our level of technology, yet:
➤ They believed in the Isra and Mi'raj,
➤ And accepted that the moon was split at the Prophet’s gesture.
✘ But modern man, despite scientific advancement, denies such miracles,
✘ And attempts to confine the signs of the Hour within scientific frameworks.
✦ Trying to explain the signs of the Last Hour through science is not only unnecessary, but also an implicit limitation placed on Allah’s omnipotence.
✦ It weakens our faith in divine miracles and contradicts the examples set by believers of the past.
✔ The modern human must understand that technology is temporary,
✔ And Allah’s power is far greater than anything human hands can produce.
❖ The Reality and Usefulness of Technology
✔ In the modern era, technology is a visible and undeniable reality, with its benefits and harms clearly evident.
✔ Experts continue to research its long-term implications.
✔ However, it is important to recognize that technology is not eternal or permanent.
The Qur'an mentions nations of the past who possessed the technological marvels of their time—such as massive dams, grand architecture, and construction mastery.❖ Evidence of Ancient Technology
✔ Even today, the world holds traces of ancient engineering wonders, such as the Pyramids of Egypt.
✔ Scholars continue to investigate their construction methods, purpose, and function.
✘ Yet, to assume that modern technology will remain forever is not only irrational, but for a believer, it contradicts the demands of faith.
✔ Especially when the same technology has enabled mankind to create deadly weapons—capable of destroying the world entirely.
❖ Modern Technology and the Risk of Global War
✔ Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued statements about new nuclear advancements.
✔ Western experts are now asking when—not if—such weapons will be used in actual warfare.
✔ The destruction in countries like Iraq, Syria, and Libya offers a grim example of how technological warfare can reduce nations to ruin.
❖ End-Time Signs and Misplaced Scientific Interpretations
◈ Signs of the Hour: Dajjal and Dābbat al-Arḍ
✔ It is astonishing that despite real threats and observable chaos, some attempt to reinterpret eschatological signs like:
– The mount of Dajjal
– Dajjal bringing a man back to life
– The emergence of Dābbat al-Arḍ (the Beast of the Earth)
…through purely scientific or symbolic explanations.
Has our belief in Allah’s power become so weak that we no longer believe He can bring forth a speaking creature from the Earth?❖ Historical Precedents of Divine Power
✔ Did Allah not bring forth a she-camel from the mountain for the people of Prophet Salih عليه السلام?
✔ If such a miracle occurred in the past, then why is the emergence of Dābbat al-Arḍ so hard to accept?
✘ Yet today, many present Artificial Intelligence and robotic interpretations for these signs, implying that divine miracles must conform to human logic.
❖ A Comparison Between Past and Present Faith
✔ Earlier generations lacked our level of technology, yet:
➤ They believed in the Isra and Mi'raj,
➤ And accepted that the moon was split at the Prophet’s gesture.
✘ But modern man, despite scientific advancement, denies such miracles,
✘ And attempts to confine the signs of the Hour within scientific frameworks.
❖ Conclusion
✦ Trying to explain the signs of the Last Hour through science is not only unnecessary, but also an implicit limitation placed on Allah’s omnipotence.
✦ It weakens our faith in divine miracles and contradicts the examples set by believers of the past.
✔ The modern human must understand that technology is temporary,
✔ And Allah’s power is far greater than anything human hands can produce.
