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).

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.

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.

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”.

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