Muhammad’s prophecy: Saudi’s desert turning green sign of Doomsday?
Saudi Arabia is well-known for its dry and hot deserts. World is shocked as holy cities turn green after immense rainfall.
Cities of Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah showed greenery in several dry regions according to reports issued by Terra Satellite image on January 7. Internet users admitted that they were frightened amidst heavy rainfall that greenery might appear.
Its February and still the images and videos are circulating on internet comparing both arid and green regions in frame and discussing that Muhammad’s prophecy might actually be true. Many Muslims around the globe confessed that prophecy has been fulfilled and Judgement Day is nearer than we can imagine. Around 1400 years ago, Prophet Muhammad (SAW) narrated:
لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَكْثُرَ الْمَالُ وَيَفِيضَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الرَّجُلُ بِزَكَاةِ مَالِهِ فَلاَ يَجِدُ أَحَدًا يَقْبَلُهَا مِنْهُ وَحَتَّى تَعُودَ أَرْضُ الْعَرَبِ مُرُوجًا وَأَنْهَارًا
“The Final Hour will not come before wealth becomes abundant and overflowing so much so that a person takes Zakat out of his property and will not be able to find anyone to accept it from him and till the land of Arabia reverts into meadows and rivers.” (Sahih Muslim-157c)
This Hadith is mentioned in the second most authentic collection of Prophet’s sayings. The word “revert” implies that these holy cities were once filled with greenery and vegetation. Archeologists discovered fossils like elephant’s tusks decade ago which confirmed that gigantic creatures existed in this land thousands of years ago and could not have survived if Saudi Arabia wasn’t a wetland.
Pilgrims in Makkah were shocked to see greenery in holy cities and were not pleased as they have faith that the Last hour is nearer. Saudi Green Initiative is also in gear which will result in vegetation and plantation leading to Green Saudi Arabia by 2030. In order to restore natural greenery, 17 new initiatives are launched and 18 million trees have already been planted.
If you see, one part of hadith is yet to come true-Rivers. There are still no permanent rivers in Saudi Arabia however there are valleys. Immense rainfall just like recent one can also give rise to rivers once again as geologists confirmed the climate change might be one of the reasons.