THE NUMERICAL VALUES (EBCED)
IN SOME OF THE VERSES IN THE SURAT AL-KAHF POINT TO TIMES
VERY CLOSE TO OUR OWN DAY
And We strengthened their hearts
with patience… (Surat al-Kahf, 14)
1400 A.H. (Anno Hegirae, the Muslim calendar)
or 1988 A.D. (Anno Domini, “In the year of our Lord,”
the Christians’ Gregorian calendar)
He said: That power which my
Lord has established with is better. (Surat al-Kahf, 95)
A.H., or 2019 A.D.
Surely, We gave him a strong
rule on Earth… (Surat al-Kahf, 84)
A.H., or 2019 A.D.
The beginning of the fourteenth century in the
Muslim calendar, which overlaps with the end of the twentieth
century or the beginning of the twenty-first century in the
Christian Gregorian calendar, is the figure 1980, which is
a number obtained by multiplying the number of verses in the
Surat al-Kahf by its sequence number among the 114 suras in
the Qur’an, namely number 18. This number corresponds
to the beginning of the fourteenth century in the Muslim calendar.
Sura 18: the Surat al-Kahf (contains 110 verses)
18 x 110 = 1980.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi also pointed to the same
dates as marking the beginning of the endtimes. He said, “These
unjust people who are unaware of the truth say: ‘Why
did the companions of Prophet Mohammed, who had vigilant hearts
that take lessons from the full measure of the other world
as well as sharp foresight, think that the reality which was
going to take place 1,400 years later was going to happen
soon?’ ” Nursi talks about the time 1,400 years
after the lives of the Prophet Mohammed’s companions,
and this coincides with the 1980s. Here, he didn’t say
1373, or 1378 or 1398, he said exactly 1400, in the Muslim
calendar.
The Surat al-Kahf has very good news for believers,
namely the drawing near of the endtimes as foretold by our
prophet. Interpreted this way, the sura points to the beginning
of the endtimes for Islam, its development and dominance over
the world, which will end with the return of the Prophet Jesus.
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