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October 24, 2005

death of this earth

over the last few centuries, many new probable causes for the world's end have emerged, and their number continues to increase every day. our planet's current situation contains a strong message: earth's end is a certainty, and its time is approaching. physicists, in particular, frequently express their concerns about this, as follows:

"If the universe has a finite stock of order, and is changing irreversibly towards disorder—ultimately to thermodynamic equilibrium—two very deep inferences follow immediately. The first is that the universe will eventually die, wallowing, as it were, in its own entropy. This is known among physicists as the 'heat death' of the universe. The second is that the universe cannot have existed for ever, otherwise it would have reached its equilibrium end state an infinite time ago. Conclusion: the universe did not always exist."
[Paul Davies, God and The New Physics]

it is surprising that so many people continue to live without considering their own end and being in awe of Allah, and remain totally absorbed by their worldly lives despite the proximity of death. and, it is even more surprising that most people, when reminded of death and the ensuing hardships, consider it a distant possibility. as they reject the Qur'an outright, its descriptions of the Day of Judgment have no meaning for them. they behave as if they will live forever, and so endanger the eternal life for the sake of a temporary life. death, which people try to avoid at all costs, will find all of them, for neither humanity nor the universe can avoid or prevent death. the Qur'an reveals this reality, as follows:

Say: "Death, from which you are fleeing, will certainly catch up with you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, and He will inform you about what you did."
[QS al-Jumu‘a 8]


given that earth's destruction is a physical fact rather than a belief, the factors that will contribute to its end reveal themselves in the light of scientific discoveries. even people who do not believe in Allah or any other religion must acknowledge that the universe is approaching its inevitable end. hence, a new reality besides belief in the Day of Judgment and the Hereafter emerges. this is a frightening reality, because it means endless nothingness. the signs of the approaching Last Day leave people with a number of options: some unbelievers see it is an endless nothingness, whereas believers see it is either eternal pleasure or eternal suffering...

The Hour is coming, but I have concealed it so that every self can be repaid for its efforts.
[QS Ta Ha 15]