The End is near - The modern Pop Culture

Few days ago, I met one of my students wearing a cap. It seems ordinary and usually in the days of summer, people especially students wear caps, but the thing which caught my attention was not his cap but the logo printed on it. That logo was closed to the letter “M” but actually it was not. It was the combination of the Hebrew letter “Vav”.

If we write the letter “Vav” three times, it will seem like a “M” and more interestingly it is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabets. So, I easily concluded that the three times “Vav” means 666, which is actually the Number of Beast (The Antichrist) as mentioned in Bible:

15-And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16-And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads :

17-and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18-Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the  beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

(Revelation 13:15-18, King James Version)

At that time, I knew nothing about this logo but after doing some research, I figure out that it is the logo of an American company called “Monster Beverages Corporation”.  After going through their website, I find out that their aim and ambitions are to promote the modern pop culture. As written on their website:

In short, at Monster all our guys walk the walk in action sports, punk rock music, partying, hangin’ with the girls, and living life on the edge. Monster is way more than an energy drink. Led by our athletes, musicians, employees, distributors and fans, Monster is...A lifestyle in a can. 

Not only this, their slogan is also very interesting, which is “Unleash the Beast!” These all things are now getting connected. Monster, 666, The Beast all sign are pointing out to none other than the Antichrist.

So what’s the connection between the Antichrist and the Modern Pop culture? Let’s explore it. A pop culture is something, which is beyond the political boundaries of the world and this modern pop culture is spread by transmitting its contents through mass media like Television, Newspapers, and Internet etc. The target of this new pop culture is mostly the younger people who can easily deceived by the colorful advertisements and glamour. This pop culture includes mostly entertainment like music, acting, movies, and drama including fashion. The people belongs to entertainment industry are usually the Icons and Idols of this modern pop culture. They have a huge fan followings. Their fans, now followers follow everything their Icon do in their life whether it is right or wrong. From hair cut to outfits, they copy their idol in every aspect because the icons are now become the Idols.

Pop/Rock stars are now become Idols all over the world.

People, especially younger generation follow these pop icons blindly and they get nothing from them except moral destruction. The people related to this pop culture, usually entertainment industry are the most controversial people in this world. Their life style is the worst case scenario for anyone. They openly perform adultery, most of them also homosexuals or bisexuals and also they are drug addicts. Drinking alcohol, taking heroin and cocaine and other form of drugs is common in their life style.

Hadhrat Ali Bin Abi Taalib (radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "When my Ummah indulges in fifteen misdeeds, calamities will settle on them. Among these are singing girls and musical instruments." 

(Tirmizi)

Singers and musicians are the important part of today’s pop culture. People indulged with this pop culture argue that music is pure entertainment and universal language of love and their pop icons (Singers, Actors) are spreading the love and happiness to the world. But the truth behind this beautiful lie is so much bitter. World’s Leading female pop singers including Madonna, Lady Gaga, Britney spears, Katy Perry, Rihanna and others are not promoting love and happiness, in fact they are working on the satanic agenda to spread misdeeds and to earn money by whatever it takes. Their songs and videos contain extremely disturbing and misleading ideas including Satanism, homosexuality, fornication, nudity and blasphemy.

The blasphemous ideas are widely propagated through the music industry. Now a days, most of the music videos contain blasphemous contents and humiliation to religion, prophets and God. In these videos, nuns are depicted as prostitutes with revealing clothes. Lady Gaga, the leading female pop icon of today after Madonna is openly promoting homosexuality, adultery and Satanism. One of her song is about falling in love with Judas, the man who betrayed Jesus Christ for some gold coins.

Lady Gaga portrayed herself as a nun in revealing clothes.

Some music genres including Metal and different variants of it, are purely based on the Satanism. The bands affiliated to this kind of music appeared as some evil beings and their lyrics and music videos are mostly based on satanic rituals and blasphemy to religion and God. These metal bands uses reverse cross symbol to their affiliation to Satanism. The reverse cross they use is an opposite to Christian cross means they are against the God and followers of Antichrist. Their music is so provocative against the religion but they are widely accepted and listened all over the world by the youth, because youth is a soft target for them.

Rock bands depicting pure evil with the satanic symbolism. Inverted Cross and  Reversed Pentagrams.

John Lennon, the founder member of the Rock band, The Beatles formed in 1960, was shot dead by a fundamentalist Christian named Mark David Chapman. The reason behind that murder was Lennon's statement published in a magazine In 1980 that "The Beatles were more popular than Jesus". The Beatles were also openly declared disbeliever of God.

Famous Pop/Rock band-The Beatles, showing their affiliation with the Devil by hand signs. 

Different hand symbols are used to depict the Number of Beast (The Antichrist). By making a zero with first finger and the thumb and left open the rest of the fingers makes three sixes (666). Bending the two middle fingers and left open the rest of the fingers makes the symbol of Bephomet. The Bephomet, a goat headed man is an old deity and the depiction of the Devil. These symbols are common among the pop icons. Reverse pentagram is also used to depict the satanic affiliation and it is also a widely used satanic symbol in today’s Pop culture.

Bephomet, the depiction of Evil is so popular in today's music industry.

The Skull and bone symbol and the number of the beast (666) are also widely used in music industry. These symbols can be easily identifiable in the music videos and the posters of singers and their album DVD covers. The number of beast (666) is used to fulfill the devilish agenda and to promote the Antichrist.

The list of songs on various rock band CD covers. Pure Evil and Extremely disturbing.

The Illuminati and Freemasonry symbols are also easily identifiable. The eye of providence enclosed in a triangle is the most controversial symbol widely used in music videos today.

Jay Z and Beyonce making masonic triangle.

The reversed pentagram sign is widely used by modern day occultist and it is officially used by the The Church of Satan. A Logo is not just a random symbol or design but it has a complete representation of some idea by shapes and colors used in it. But the logo designed for 46th Grammy Awards 2004 is basically a pentagram closely resembles with the satanic one.. 

Pentagram used as a  46th Grammy Music Awards 2004

One of the signs of End Times is that people will dance late into the night. This is also happening today in almost every corner of the world. Night clubs, Discos and Bars are the meeting place for people to drink, gamble and dance all night long. Musical concerts are usually organized in the evening and cover the whole night.

Nudity is one of the prominent elements of modern pop culture. Revealing clothes are worn by women all over the world in the name of fashion. But modern day female pop stars are going way ahead to revealing clothes to complete nakedness. This is also one of the signs of End Times as quoted in Muslim and in Malik:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Two are the types amongst the denizens of Hell, the one possessing whips like the tail of an ox and they flog people with their help. (The second one) the women who would be naked in spite of their being dressed, who are seduced (to wrong paths) and seduce others with their hair high like humps. These women would not get into Paradise and they would not perceive the odour of Paradise, although its frag- rance can be perceived from such and such distance (from great distance).  

Muslim :: Book 40 : Hadith 6840

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam from Abu Salih that Abu Hurayra said, "Women who are naked even though they are wearing clothes, go astray and make others go astray, and they will not enter the Garden and they will not find its scent, and its scent is experienced from as far as the distance travelled in five hundred years."

Malik :: Book 48 : Hadith 48.4.7

These female singers and actors are now wearing clothes transparent enough to reveal all their body including their private parts. They wear these types of clothes openly in public and media propagate them all over the world through Newspapers, Magazines, Television and Internet. It is a shameful act to gain publicity and to become more famous. This shameful act was recently performed by leading female pop icon Rihanna on the occasion of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards at Lincoln Center in New York June 2, 2014. These types of revealing dress also worn by other leading female pop icons including Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.

Madonna, the most famous female singer of all time was also the most controversial person. She simulates masturbation when she performed one of her famous song "Like a virgin" onstage. Lady Gaga and R Kelly also simulated sex onstage. What these singers are promoting with their music is Satanism, nudity, fornication and Adultery.

Men are also begun to wear Silk in various forms like silk necktie and clothes made from different variants of silk. Gold chains are so common among the young people because their pop icons wear gold chains.

Modern pop culture icons wearing gold chains.

As we know that gold and silk is forbidden for Muslim men but the modern pop culture has mesmerized our young generation. As a Muslim we must avoid these non-Islamic traditions in the name of fashion and modernization.

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: 

The Prophet of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) took silk and held it in his right hand, and took gold and held it in his left hand and said: both of these are prohibited to the males of my community.

Dawud :: Book 32 : Hadith 4046

Modern pop culture and Alcoholism are correlative to each other and inseparable. Everyone in the world knows that alcoholism and intoxicants are harmful and produce diseases and severe damage to our internal organs. Intoxicants damage not only a person’s body but it also damages the morality of our society.  That is why it is prohibited in Islam as mentioned in the following hadith:

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: 

Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever drinks alcoholic drinks in the world and does not repent (before dying), will be deprived of it in the Hereafter."

Bukhari :: Volume 7 :: Book 69 :: Hadith 481

It is also one of the signs of End Times. Statistics shows that the consumption of alcoholic drinks and other intoxicants is huge in these days. Cocaine is used as fashion and being modern in this pop culture. Almost all the singers and actors are addicted to intoxicants. Jean Claude Van Dame, a leading actor of Hollywood and a renowned action hero was also a drug addict and he gave up his addiction to the drugs after he had a near death experience.

Narrated Anas: 

I heard from Allah's Apostle a narration which none other than I will narrate to you. The Prophet, said, "From among the portents of the Hour are the following: General ignorance (in religious affairs) will prevail, (religious) knowledge will decrease, illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, alcoholic drinks will be drunk (in abundance), men will decrease and women will increase so much so that for every fifty women there will be one man to look after them."

Bukhari :: Volume 7 :: Book 69 :: Hadith 483

What kind of icon are these? And what kind of sick culture is this? Is this called the modernization of the society? I don’t think so. This culture is bringing the total destruction of our society. Muslims are also adopting the modern pop culture rapidly and absorbing its essence either willingly or without knowing it.

Hadiqa and Ali Azmat - Judges of Pakistan Idol with masonic symbolism.

I had written an article about it titled as “Mind Control – Our morality is dying”. This disobedience was foretold by Allah’s Apostle:

Narrated Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari: 

that he heard the Prophet saying, "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."

Bukhari :: Volume 7 :: Book 69 :: Hadith 494

Promoters of this culture indoctrinating the essence of this paranoia by using mass media and the people are accepting it either willingly or subliminally.  Their aims are clear; they want to “unleash the beast” (The Antichrist) by spreading the satanic ideas, culture and life style.


The End is near - Masih ad-Dajjal (The Antichrist)
The End is near - Adultery, Fornication and Homosexuality
The End is near - Reaching for the Skies
The End is near - Effeminate men and Masculine women
The End is near - Talking shoe, whip, stick and thigh
The End is near - End Times and Hollywood

The End is near - Talking shoe, whip, stick and thigh

Several years ago, when I was quite young, I read a hadith in a book about End Times about the Talking thigh and shoes. I could not understand that what does a talking thigh or talking shoe mean. But now the technology is so evolved that these things are not impossible and Information, Communication and Computer technology has completely changed the world. Now those things are possible which are impossible few years back. GPS system, Wireless internet, Bluetooth connectivity, WiFi and other means of communication and networking to get connected with millions of people around the world are the some examples of great technological change.

There are so many gadgets available made by different companies based on the above mentioned technologies. Everything is smart now, smart phones, smart Tv, smart cars etc.A year ago, I read on the internet that Google has experimentally developed a shoe that talks. It reminded me the Hadith mentioned in Tirmizi as :

It was reported from Abu Sa'id that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said: "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, the Hour will not come until wild animals talk to men, and a man speaks to his whip or his shoe, and his thigh will tell him about what happened to his family after he left." 

Tirmizi - Kitab Al-Fitn

It is also mentioned in another book of Hadith i.e. Ahmed:

It was reported from Abu Sa'id that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said: "The Hour will not come until the time when a man will leave his home, and his shoes or whip or stick will tell what is happening to his family."

Modern day communication technology has made it possible to make gadgets mentioned in the Hadith. Now a days, every company is trying to make its products "Smart", means to automate them with the computer technology and the products should be controlled with wireless communication technology. Now the shoes are also available that can be connected to your smart phone and generate statistics about your workout and share them on social media. Various companies like Adidas, Nike etc. are developing such smart shoes.

Smart Shoes available in the market.

According to Daily mail about Google's Talking Shoes:

Google, which unveiled the trainers at the SXSW technology festival in Austin, Texas, developed the concept to showcase the possibilities of integrating everyday objects with cutting-edge technology.

 Advertising executive Aman Govil said:

The shoe was an exercise in showing what could be done – ‘an experiment’ in connecting any kind of object to the web and using it to collect and analyse information.

Google Talking Shoes.

Now lets explore how'd a thigh inform about anyone's family. It was really difficult to understand but when I did some research on the Internet about the latest gadgets, I found the a product called "Thiphone". It is actually a holster that straps your phone to your thigh. The benefit of Thiphone is that your both hands are free to do anything else and you also want to see you phone's screen for text messages and other things.

In the search of smart gadgets, I found another interesting thing called "Smart walking stick" for elderly people developed by Fujitsu, a Japanese company.This may be the stick mentioned in Hadith. This smart walking stick is equipped with all the latest communication technologies like GPS, 3G and WiFi. It has an LED screen which shows the directions and this stick also helps to avoid obstacles. With this stick, elderly people will be connected to their family back at home.

Smart walking stick equipped with latest communication technology.

The above described equipment and gadgets are proving the prophecies foretold by the prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) and I am sure, the things described in above mentioned hadith are pointing out the latest communication technology used today. It is the fact that we are living in the era of tribulations and we just have to realize this fact.


The End is near - Masih ad-Dajjal (The Antichrist)
The End is near - Adultery, Fornication and Homosexuality
The End is near - Reaching for the Skies
The End is near - Effeminate men and Masculine women
The End is Near - The Modern Pop Culture

The End is near - Effeminate men and Masculine women

Last month i.e. May, I was watching news on TV when I saw a news about a song competition named as Eurovision Song Contest 2014, which is quite normal but the thing that caught my attention is that the winner of the that song competition was a bearded woman named Conchita Wurst. I was startled to saw that.because this was a mega event, contestant came here to participate in this contest from all over the Europe. Amazingly the organizers of the event allowed that bearded and weird looking woman to participate in the contest.

Conchita Wurst (Tom Neuwirth) after winning the Eurovision 2014.

After watching the news, I turned on my computer and did some research about her and I found out that the bearded woman is actually a man disguised him self as woman. His real name is Tom Neuwirth and he is an Austrian singer and openly declared gay.

Tom Neuwirth without make.

The above mentioned story reminded me the famous character of Pakistan called "Begum Nawazish Ali". In the same manner as Tom Neuwirth, Ali Saleem was born and raised as a boy but eventually he turnout to be a gay and convert himself as Effeminate man. He also openly declared him self gay and sometimes bisexual.

Eurovision is a European event and they do what ever they want to do but the case of Begum Nawazish Ali was quite surprising. The show hosted by Ali Saleem (Begum Nawazish) was On-Aired by Aaj Tv a Pakistani channel. The interesting part of this program is that it is a serious talk show participated by Politicians, Athletes, Sportsman, Business Tycoons, Social Workers, Showbiz celebrities and many more. All the people participated in his show and no one even criticized him about his guise as a woman. It was the sign of general acceptance of transgenders in Pakistan. He was also welcomed by Indians as he also did the show in the same guise as Begum.

Begum Nawazish Ali and Ali Saleem.

These guys reminded me the things I heard in my childhood by my elders. Something about the effeminate men and Masculine women. My mother told me that the time will come when men will begin to look like women and women will begin to look like men and this will be the sign of the Hour. According to the Hadith narrated by Imam al-Hafidh Abu Na'im bin Abdullah al-Asfahani, it is a sign of End Times:

He(Muhammed - peace be upon him) said: "Approaching the Hour you will find: men imitate women, and women imitate men".

Anyone can say that the Cross-dressing is not a sin and they can by found everywhere in the world and in history. I want to clear that, I am not talking about the people with disabilities by birth or they are born neutered. I am discussing here about the people as normal men and women but represent themselves as opposite sex, including people like cross-dressers and transgenders. According to Islamic teachings, Cross-dressing and being a transgender is prohibited.

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: 

The Prophet cursed effeminate men (those men who are in the similitude (assume the manners of women) and those women who assume the manners of men, and he said, "Turn them out of your houses ." The Prophet turned out such-and-such man, and 'Umar turned out such-and-such woman. 

Bukhari :: Book 72 :: Volume 7 :: Hadith 774 

It is not only prohibited in Islam but also an omen of End times and it is happening now that these cross-dressers and transgenders are widely accepted by the masses and elites like never before in the history. Many of the famous female models and actresses are actually transgenders. They born as a male but after gender reassignment surgery they became women. There is another interesting things is that, there is beauty contest organized for transgenders. The Miss International Queen is the largest beauty pageant for transgenders from all over the world. This contest has been held every year since 2004 in Thailand. The purpose of this beauty contest is to recognize transgenders and create awareness for their rights all over the world, means to legalized it.

Few months ago, I read a news on social media and other news websites about a US Navy Seal veteran, Chris Beck that he is now living the life of a woman after retiring from the Navy. He served in special forces as Senior Chief, twice married and has two sons.

Christopher T. Beck  now Kristin Beck

It was quite amazing that a person severed in the toughest war zones like Afghanistan and Iraq as a member of Special Forces unit commando ultimately turned into a woman. Not only him, there are so many examples of transgenders you can find on the Internet. These men are suffered by the psychological disorder like Homosexuals but transgenders are widely accepted just like the Homosexuals. Allah's Apostle (Peace be upon him) prohibited even to dress like opposite gender but the people now a days are transforming themselves into opposite sex biologically by hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery.

Narrated Abu Hurayrah: 

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) cursed the man who dressed like a woman and the woman who dressed like a man. 

Dawud :: Book 32 : Hadith 4087

Thomas Trace Beatie, a transgender activist is famous as "The Pregnant Man" when a documentary was telecast via Discovery Channel in 2008. Thomas Beatie was actually born and raised as a girl named Tracy Lehuanani LaGondino. But eventually became a man by hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery. He decided to become pregnant when he finds out that his wife is infertile.

Tracy Lehuanani LaGondino now Thomas Trace Beatie.

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: 

Ibn AbuMulaykah told that when someone remarked to Aisha that a woman was wearing sandals, she replied: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) cursed mannish women. 

Dawud :: Book 32 : Hadith 4088

Anyone can easily observe that now the women are imitating men in every aspect, from dresses to foot-ware and men imitating women by wear silk and gold which is prohibited in Islam for men. These are all signs which are foretold by Prophet (peace be upon him) and mentioned in various books of Hadith. This is the time of great afflictions and tribulations but people laugh at me when I tried to convince them. They just want to cover their eyes and minds and want to live in the dream world. The signs are everywhere, you just have to look around and realize the fact that “The end is near”.


The End is near - Masih ad-Dajjal (The Antichrist)
The End is near - Adultery, Fornication and Homosexuality
The End is near - Reaching for the Skies
The End is near - Talking shoe, whip, stick and thigh
The End is Near - The Modern Pop Culture

The End is near - Reaching for the Skies

There are many signs of End times mentioned in the various books of Hadith, some of them have been passed and some of them are yet to come. Now a days, every aware person can easily find the sign everywhere with every passing day. I brought up in a moderate Muslim family but my parents and my grandparents told us about the Antichrist and the tribulations of the coming days in bits and pieces. One of them was about the Sky scrapers as the sign of End times.  Now, I am witnessing the sign that was told by my parents when I was just a kid.

Few days ago, I read an article on a news website about a building called “Kingdom Tower”. That building will be constructed by Saudi government in the period of four years (2018).

Kingdom Tower at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The total estimated cost to build the Kingdom Tower is $1.23 billion (USD) and It will be the tallest building ever constructed in the world (1000 m). This news reminded me a hadith written in Sahih Bukhari:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

One day while the Prophet was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, "When will the Hour be established?" Allah's Apostle replied, "The answerer has no better knowledge than the questioner. But I will inform you about its portents. 

1. When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master. 

2. When the shepherds of black camels start boasting and competing with others in the construction of higher buildings. And the Hour is one of five things which nobody knows except Allah.

Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 1 :: Hadith 47

Now the Arab nations are competing with each other to build the skyscrapers. The shepherds of black camels are now the owner of the world’s best luxurious hotels like Burj Al Arab and the world’s tallest buildings. Burj Kalifa is tallest building (828 m) ever built so far is situated in Dubai. In 2012, Saudis constructed the “The Makkah Royal Clock tower” hotel (601 m), which was the second highest skyscraper in the world in 2012 (Now the third highest) and now they are competing with UAE and constructing the 1007 m tall “The Kingdom Tower” at Jeddah. The race for reaching for the skies by constructing the skyscrapers has begun.

Burj Khalifa at Dubai, UAE

The world’s tallest building, the tallest residential building and the tallest hotel are all constructed in UAE and Saudi Arabia.

• Constructed in 1990, Jeddah Light House (113 m) is the tallest light house in the world.
• Constructed in 1993, World’s tallest minaret(210 m) Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco.
• In the year 1999, Burj Al Arab (321 m) was the tallest building in the world used as a hotel.
• Constructed in 2007, The Rose Tower, Dubai (333 m) is the second tallest hotel in the world.
• Constructed in 2010, Burj Khalifa (828 m) is still the tallest man-made structure in the world.
• In the year 2012, The Makkah Royal Clock Tower (601 m) was the second tallest building in the world (Now third tallest).
• Constructed in 2012, the Princess tower (413 m) is the world’s tallest residential building.
• Constructed in 2012, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower (355 m)is the tallest hotel in the world.
• In the year 2018, the Kingdom tower (1007 m) would become the tallest building ever constructed in the world.

Makkah Clock Tower Hotel

   Burj Al Arab at Dubai, UAE

Princess Tower Dubai, UAE

Rose Tower Dubai, UAE

JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower

Some buildings are still in construction phase and soon will be included in the list of greatest skyscrapers in the world.

• Pentominium, Dubai (516 m)
• Burj Al Alam, Dubai (510 m)
• Diamond Tower, Jeddah (432 m)
• Dream Dubai Marina (432 m)
• Marina 106, Dubai (425 m)
• Lighthouse Tower, Dubai (402 m)
• Capital Market Authority Headquarters, Riyadh (400 m)

When I saw pictures of Makkah clock tower few years back on the Internet, I was totally amazed and speechless because I never thought that I will see the prophecies of Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) with my own eyes. The signs are now clearly visible to us.

Narrated Sayyidn'a Abdullah bin Umar: 

When the belly of Makkah will be cleft open and through it will be dug out river-like passages (i.e. tunnels) and the buildings of the Holy City of Makkah will rise higher than its mountains, when you observe these signs, then understand that the time of trial(Judgment day) is near at hand

Nu`aym b. Hammad narrated it with its chain in Kitab al-Fitan (1:43 no. 59).

Picture speaks itself - Buildings higher than the mountains.

Above mentioned Hadith was not understandable few years ago. But now, every word of the Hadith is fully understandable to us. From dusty port towns to wealthy and luxurious cities, UAE and other Arab countries reached the height of advancement in few years when oil was discovered in the Gulf. As mentioned in Sahih Muslim's hadith:

Abdullah ibn Umar said: My father, Umar ibn al-Khattab, told me: One day we were sitting in the company of Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) when there appeared before us a man dressed in pure white clothes, his hair extraordinarily black. There were no signs of travel on him. None amongst us recognized him. At last he sat with the Apostle (peace be upon him) He knelt before him placed his palms on his thighs and said: Inform me about the hour (of the Doom). He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: One who is asked knows no more than the one who is inquiring (about it). He (the inquirer) said: Tell me some of its indications. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and master, that you will find barefooted, destitute goat-herds vying with one another in the construction of magnificent buildings.

Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 1 

Dubai, 1970s

Not only Arabs, nations all over the globe are participating in the race to build skyscrapers.

Narrated Abu Huraira: 

Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established till the people compete with one another in constructing high buildings".

Bukhari :: Book 88 :: Volume 9 :: Hadith 237

In the last decade, many tallest buildings were constructed in different parts of the world. Some of them are:

• Shanghai Tower, China (632 m) constructed in 2014
• One World Trade Centre, USA (541.3 m) constructed in 2013
• Taipei 101, Taiwan (509 m) constructed in  2004
• International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong  (484 m) constructed in 2010
• Petronas Tower, Malaysia (452) constructed in 1998
• Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait (413 m) constructed in 2011

Construction of Skyscraper in Middle East is the most visible sign of the End times.The signs are everywhere, you just have to look around and realize the fact that “The end is near”.

The End is near - Masih ad-Dajjal (The Antichrist)
The End is near - Adultery, Fornication and Homosexuality
The End is near - Effeminate men and Masculine women
The End is near - Talking shoe, whip, stick and thigh
The End is Near - The Modern Pop Culture

The End is Near: End times and Hollywood

Many people think that End times is the favorite subject only for the religious people, but in fact it is the favorite topic for Hollywood too. Today, most of the movies created in Hollywood are , in some extent,  based on End of times. Let's explore some of the Hollywood block buster movies.

Terminator

I saw the first movie that based on such idea about end of the human kind and end of the world was almost twenty years ago. Terminator 2-Judgment Day was the block buster movie, won many Oscars and other awards and done a huge business all over the world and Arnold Schwarzenegger became a most famous action hero. But wait a minute, what was the story of that movie? Some says it was just an action movie and nothing more, some say it was a SiFi thriller movie based on the time travel and Artificial Intelligence. But in-fact it was based on the religious idea of End times.

The name of the movie clearly shows the basic idea of that film i.e Judgment day (Yawm al-Qiyāmah). But the idea of End times was totally rationalized in that movie. The movies shows that the world will be destroyed by the nuclear war between the humans and the machines having the artificial intelligence. The role of Antichrist was depicted as the highly sophisticated and advanced robot called T-1000 and the role of the Saviour of human kind was also a robot. That role was performed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

 A scene from the movie Terminator 2-Judgment Day
T-1000 model Terminator

In the movie, T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sent back in time to protect a kid, that will be the leader of human race in the future, and T-1000 (Robert Patrick) sent back in time to kill that future leader i.e John Conner. In my analysis, the kid was depicted as Jesus, because in the first part of the film shows that the mother of John Conner was a single mother i.e Sarah Conner. The character of Sarah Conner was actually the depiction of the virgin Marry and she gave the birth to the future leader of the world. In Christan and Muslim eschatology, the future leader of the world will be Jesus. When I first saw that movie, I was very young and did not get the theme of that film and many people are still unable to realize this.

The Matrix

The other film I want to discuss here is an another mega hit movie "The Matrix" released almost a decade ago. Winner of the many Oscars and other awards, that film was also based on the events of End Times. The film makers merged the End time events with the modern day Information Technology and Computer technology. In that movie like Terminator, the world and human race is ruled by the machines having Artificial Intelligence. The Leader of the Machines (The Architect) created a dream world called "The Matrix" to deceive and control the slaved population of the humans. The Character of the Architect is actually the depiction of Antichrist.

The another lead character of that movie was Morpheus, That freed Neo or Thomas Anderson. The name Morpheus is actually the name of an ancient Greek god of dreams. There was another character named Oracle who prophesied the coming of a Saviour for human kind. The name Oracle is actually an ancient Greek or Roman deity that a priest or priestess would consult for advice on behalf of troubled or uncertain people. Name of the Morpheus's ship in the movie was also interesting, it was Nebuchadnezzar, the famous Biblical character, the king of Babylon who destroyed the the temple of Jerusalem.

The lead female character was Trinity who fall in love with Neo, the Lead character and the focus of the story of the movie. Every body knows trinity is the religious term used by Christians, and it is the base of their ideology. Neo was the one who prophesied by Oracle that he will become the savior of the human kind. The character of Neo is actually depicts the Jesus Christ, because according to Christianity, Jesus crucified and then resurrected and he will return and then remove the thread of Antichrist. In the same manner, in the movie, Neo died by the bullet of the Agent Smith and then resurrected again with the power and glory.

The last city of the humans in that movie was named "Zion". Zion is the promised land of Jews. That is why the founders of Israel are called Zionist. It is the Christian's belief that Jesus will return after the establishment of the Zion or the promised land.

The Lord of the Rings

The lord of the rings is the movie which is the mixture of End times events and European fairy tales or we can say that the End time events presented as a an interesting fairy tale.

This film is based on three parts. "The fellowship of the ring", "The two towers" and "Return of the King". In the first part the dark lord Sauron emerges with great power to conquer the "Middle Earth". The dark lord Sauron is actually the depiction of Antichrist and the Middle Earth is actually refer to Middle East because Armageddon will occur in middle east and Palestine is the center of all the End time events.

Some Lead characters in this movie like Gandalf the Grey and Aragorn are also the depiction of Biblical prophecies. In Bible prophecies about a man in End times, who fight for good and he will fight many wars and will gain the victory:

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

Revelation 6:2

In the second part of the movie the charater of Gandalf the Grey changes to Gandalf the White and he rides the white horse and fights against Sauron forces. This is the depiction of Biblical "Man on a white horse". According to some Muslim researchers, this Biblical character is actually the "Imam Mahdi" who will lead an army and will fight many wars and will win them.

Gandalf-The White
Depiction of Biblical character

The most interesting thing I saw in this movie is the "Eye of Sauron", at the top of a tower. As a Muslim, we know that Dajjal or Antichrist is one eyed. According to Hadith:

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: There is never a prophet who has not warned the Ummah of that one-eyed liar; behold he is one-eyed and your Lord is not one-eyed.

Muslim :: Book 41 : Hadith 7007 

The Eye of Sauron

And in the last part of this epic movie series i.e Return of the King, Aragorn becomes the king of the middle earth. "Return of the king" means "return of Jesus Christ" because Muslims and Christians are both believed that at End times Jesus will return and rule the world from Palestine. The character of Aragorn is actually the depiction of Jesus Christ.

These films are the most expensive and box office super hit movies made in Hollywood and watched all over the world without realizing that these movies are based on the End times events. Some films are based on Antichrist emergence like the famous movie "The Omen". There are many other movies based on the subject "End of the world" like Deep Impact, Armaggedon, 2012, End of Days and many more.


The End is near - Masih ad-Dajjal (The Antichrist)
The End is near - Adultery, Fornication and Homosexuality
The End is near - Reaching for the Skies
The End is near - Effeminate men and Masculine women
The End is near - Talking shoe, whip, stick and thigh
The End is Near - The Modern Pop Culture

The End is near - Signs of Masih ad-Dajjal's (Antichrist) coming - Adultery, Fornication and Homosexuality

As I mentioned in my previous article, Masih ad-Dajjal or Antichrist will raise at the time of great tribulation and afflictions, the signs described in the bible and Hadith are depicting the worst ever era of human race.  I will discuss all the sign of his coming one by one on the current world scenario. Before the coming of Dajjal, there will be a system, based on devilish ideas and life style will flourish all over the world. That system will provide the ground to Antichrist to sustain and raised as a world leader.

The sign, which is very common all over the world is huge rise in Adultery, fornication and Homosexuality. We are living in the worst era of human race because the sins like fornication and Homosexuality never committed on this vast scale.

The New York Times reported:

Out-of-Wedlock Birthrates Are Soaring, U.S. Reports

WASHINGTON — Unmarried mothers gave birth to 4 out of every 10 babies born in the United States in 2007, a share that is increasing rapidly both here and abroad, according to government figures released Wednesday.

Much of the increase in unmarried births has occurred among parents who are living together but are not married, cohabitation arrangements that tend to be less stable than marriages, studies show.

Out-of-wedlock births are also rising in much of the industrialized world: in Iceland, 66 percent of children are born to unmarried mothers; in Sweden, the share is 55 percent.

(New York Times - 13 May, 2009)

 And, The Telegraph reported about UK:

Almost half of babies are now born outside wedlock, official figures show.

The demise of the traditional family set-up is continuing despite growing evidence that children suffer when they are not raised by a married mother and father.

Data published by the Office for National Statistics show that in 2007, 44.4 per cent of live births were outside marriage.

The proportion is the highest on record, up from 43.7 per cent the previous year, and has risen from just 9 per cent in 1976, when illegitimacy was taboo.

It is set to rise still further as early figures for 2008 show a record 93,000 babies were born to unmarried women the third quarter of the year.

Among British-born mothers the proportion of babies born out of wedlock is likely to be above the landmark 50 per cent already, as immigrants are more likely to have children within marriage.

The marriage rate in England and Wales is now the lowest since it was first calculated in 1862, as the population increases but the number of people getting married falls. 

 (The Telegraph - 27 March, 2009)

 And also, CNN reported:

Out-of-wedlock births hit record high

Nearly 40 percent of babies born in the United States in 2007 were delivered by unwed mothers, according to data released last month by the National Center for Health Statistics. The 1.7 million out-of-wedlock births, of 4.3 million total births, marked a more than 25 percent jump from five years before.

The above reports shows that nearly half of the population of US and UK is consist of illegitimate children.
This is an enormous growth of fornication and Adultery in Western culture. This is also affects the social structure of the society and the illegitimate children have to raise without their fathers and in some cases their mothers also, in orphanages. The following graph shows the illegitimate birth rates in some countries. These statistics are really shocking.

The above statistics shows only the the births without wedlock, but it doesn't include all the couples who are living together without wedlock or Cohabitation. The US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development reports:

"Cohabitation, once rare, is now the norm: The researchers found that more than half (54 percent) of all first marriages between 1990 and 1994 began with unmarried cohabitation. They estimate that a majority of young men and women of marriageable age today will spend some time in a cohabiting relationship. ... Cohabiting relationships are less stable than marriages and that instability is increasing, the study found."

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website reports:

It’s no secret that many couples are cohabiting, that is, living together in a sexual relationship without marriage. Currently, 60% of all marriages are preceded by cohabitation, but fewer than half of cohabiting unions end in marriage.

As of 2005, 4.85 million unmarried couples were living together, and as of 2002, about half of all women aged 15 to 44 had lived unmarried with a partner. Seven states still have anti-cohabitation laws on the books, but they are almost never enforced and are now believed to be unconstitutional since the legal decision Lawrence v. Texas in 2003.

Above, I discussed about the Cohabitation, in which two people live together with emotional attachment, give birth to their children and share money, home etc but what about the casual sex or one time sex. Casual sex is common now a days in America and Europe specially in teenagers because they want to explore their sexuality and to satisfy their sexual desires and don't want to extend their relationship to cohabitation. Now it is rapidly spreading in Eastern part of the world also.

Homosexuality

Homosexuality is prohibited in all the major religions of the world, because it is unnatural, unethical and cannot be justified by science too. But today it is accepted that a man can lie with man and a woman can lie with a woman. But the countries where religion is still alive and practiced is still considered as a great sin and taboo. The below mentioned Hadith clearly stated that gay and lesbian relationship is prohibited and how to avoid to develop such feelings.

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man should not look at the private parts of another man, and a woman should not look at the private parts of another woman. A man should not lie with another man without wearing lower garment under one cover; and a woman should not be lie with another woman without wearing lower garment under one cover.

Dawud :: Book 31 : Hadith 4007

The Catholic Church teaches that such acts are always violations of divine and natural law. The rejection of homosexual behavior that is found in the Old Testament is well known. In Genesis 19, two angels in disguise visit the city of Sodom and are offered hospitality and shelter by Lot. During the night, the men of Sodom demand that Lot hand over his guests for homosexual intercourse. Lot refuses, and the angels blind the men of Sodom. Lot and his household escape, and the town is destroyed by fire.

But in the western liberal and secular society, legitimacy of homosexuality was approved by different European nations like Poland in 1923, Denmark in 1933, Sweden in 1944 and UK in 1967. Indian High court decriminalize the homosexuality in 2009. Time Magazine's website reported:

India’s Historic Ruling on Gay Rights With one sweeping judgment Thursday, the Indian High Court decriminalized homosexuality, shook off a stubborn piece of colonial baggage and may have added momentum to a broader regional movement for gay rights. “This is a huge step forward,” says Anjali Gopalan, director of the Naz Foundation India Trust, an advocacy group based in New Delhi that successfully brought a public interest petition to overturn India’s anti-sodomy law, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. “We can now take the next step forward for the community in securing our rights.”

Prior to 1962, the U.S. military, and all of the states and territories had maintained "sodomy" laws on their books, some dating back more than a century. Some were worded so generally that they would even criminalize consensual oral sex in private between a married couple. The penalties for violating sodomy laws often called a "crime against nature" were often severe. In 1961, Illinois "adopted the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code, which decriminalized adult, consensual, private, sexual conduct. They were the first U.S. jurisdiction to repeal its sodomy law.

During the 1970s, laws were repealed in additional 18 states and two territories: American Samoa, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Guam, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington state, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Alaska, Nevada, North Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands followed suit during the 1980s. Three more jurisdictions, the District of Columbia, Nevada, and Rhodes Island did so during the 1990s. Arizona repealed its law in 2001. Some states still criminalize the homosexuality but these laws remains on books only. No implementation of these sodomy laws observed now a days.

Homosexuality is a psychological disorder and unnatural behavior but in 1973 the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This action gave the scientific approval to the Gay and Lesbian life style. Western people have also accepted the homosexual life style and started to consider as a normal life style. According to Wikipedia:

Societal acceptance of non-heterosexual orientations such as homosexuality is lowest in Asian and African countries, and is highest in Europe, Australia, and the Americas. Western society has become increasingly accepting of homosexuality over the past few decades.

It is not ends here, Since 2001, eleven countries (Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden) and some sub-national jurisdictions (parts of Mexico and the United States) have begun to allow same-sex couples to marry.

A lesbian married couple.

Prostitution and Pornography

Prostitution and Pornography is legal almost every corner of the world in different ways. Before the rise of the internet is very difficult to distribute and exhibit such kind of obscene material but by the rise of Internet, pornography and prostitution broke all the  barriers and limitations. Now everyone can access sexually explicit materials like, porn films or pictures, erotic stories and books, comics, animations, games etc within no time by clicking some buttons on keyboard.

The statistics regarding Prostitution and Pornography are frightful. Every second $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography. Every second 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography. In that same second 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines. Every 39 minutes a new pornographic video is being created in the U.S. Estimates place the annual revenue generated from the porn industry to be over $1 billion on Internet only.  Some statistics are given below to blow you mind.

2006 and 2005 Pornography United States Industry Revenue Statistics

Porn Web pages by Countries.

The obscene material available on the Internet is not only promoting nudity, sex and homosexuality but also promoting the brutal ideas of child abuse and rape. This is not ends here, some movies shows sex with the dead people which is called Necrophilia and Sex with closed relatives called Incest.

Prostitution never legalized in the world in entire human history but now, almost half of the world legalized it in different forms. Estimates place the annual revenue generated from the global prostitution industry to be over $180 billion. The picture shows the current status of legalization of prostitution in the world.

After reading the shocking statistics reader should understand the current situation of the world. It is almost clear the Antichrist or Dajjal will soon emerge because the stage has already been set in the form of the recent economic and social system,  for his arrival.


The End is near - Masih ad-Dajjal (The Antichrist)
The End is near - Reaching for the Skies
The End is near - Effeminate men and Masculine women
The End is near - Talking shoe, whip, stick and thigh
The End is Near - The Modern Pop Culture


Statistics source:
www.havocscope.com
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