Al-Anbya 1: (The Day of) Judgement has come close for humankind. But they have turned away in ignorance.

We have come to Surah Al-Anbiya.

We have come to Surah Al-Anbiya. The first verse.

The day on which people will be called to account.

That day has drawn near, it says. It has drawn near. According to this verse

— since the verse was revealed in the time of the Prophet — the Prophet (peace be upon him) is the prophet of the end times. According to this verse. What does it say? The day on which people will be called to account has drawn near, it says. So, since Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Seal of the Prophets, since no other prophet will come again, since it says the day they will be called to account has drawn near, as members of the Prophet's community we need to know that we are living in the end times and are approaching the end of time. Yes. Even so, they turned away in heedlessness, it says.

They turned away in heedlessness.

And I call out to people from here. I say: O sons of Adam, his children.

You know well who your father is. Your father too was not created for no reason. He too had a Creator, and that Creator sent him to the world as a human factory. In this case, as children of Adam, your father, since your father obeyed the One who created him, what has happened to us that we do not obey the One our father obeyed but turn our backs?

Isn't that so? Yes.

One must be awake. We must use our reason.

When a father sees that his own child is far from shameful crimes, when he sees a life in keeping with his own culture and honour, that is a child worthy of that father. Is that so? But if that father's child commits shameful crimes, that father is saddened, feels sorrow. He is saddened. So we too, in order to be worthy of our father Adam, must walk in his way. As his children — in the world, but as his children — if we, the sons of Adam, came from his loins, if we came from the loins of our father Adam — mind you, I am not the one saying it. Allah Almighty says it. Allah Almighty: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Ve iz ehaze Rabbüke min benî Âdeme min zuhûrihim zürriyyetehüm.

See what it says? From his offspring, (?), it says. Ve eşhedehüm, He made them witness, enfüsihim, against their own selves. Elestü bi Rabbiküm, I am your Lord, He said, it says. So, since we came from his loins, since our father Adam obeyed our Lord, and since both to him and — the Prophet (peace be upon him), who came as a mercy to the worlds, made the truth known to us and left us the Quran as an inheritance — because of that, why? Because he left us Islam as an inheritance, why should we tarnish the Prophet's honour, (?), why should we not be worthy of him? Isn't that so? We will be worthy.

So we will help people. We will refrain from the lawful, from the unlawful, from the unlawful. We will heed the lawful and the unlawful. In this case, when Allah Almighty says I will not load on your back a burden you cannot bear, while everyone, within the burden they will bear, should help one another, while they should leave the religion of Islam to their children as the greatest inheritance, people who chase the feelings of the nafs, in pursuit of fame and glory, envying non-Muslims, with the halter Satan had put on their necks, strip stark naked, make their children stark naked too and throw them out into the open.

So, when it says the day people will be called to account has drawn near — if tomorrow you do not think of this day of reckoning, if with the whims of your nafs you push the limits of Allah's command and move on to a life beyond them, then at least, using the partial reason He gave you, hold your hand to a candle's flame or the light of a struck match, and if you can bear it, then say I can bear hellfire too, and go about your business. If you cannot bear it, use your reason a little, do not push Allah's limits, and, living Islam, listen to His saying that the day people will be called to account has drawn near.

Tomorrow at the Great Tribunal, facing a deed you cannot account for, your weeping and wailing, and because Allah cuts off His mercy upon you, when misery seizes you by the collar, knowing it is a journey with no return to the world, headed into Hell, so that you guard against this fire, at least while the treasure of life is in your hands, while the world is an opportunity for you, (?) and obey Him, ask your Lord for pardon and forgiveness for the faults you committed in the age of ignorance, and know that there is no sin our Lord will not forgive; take refuge at His door of repentance. Yes. The day on which people will be called to account has drawn near.

Even so, they turned away in heedlessness. What does Allah Almighty say? I call no one to account for a thing I have not made known. See how beautifully He makes it known. How beautifully He makes it known. And now He is making it known to the world too. What did I tell you many years ago? I will make you known to the seven great powers, He said, He said. Isn't that so? Perhaps you do not know. The old ones know. He is making me known to the seven great powers.

Allah Almighty calls no one to account for a thing He has not made known. Our children here, our children who listen to us, the people who read our book — they see the truth. But they turn their backs and leave. They do not use their reason. So Allah calls no one to account for a thing He has not made known.

Yes. Allah Almighty, speaking of the Last Day: the Last Day has now drawn near. The day on which people are called to account has (?). Allah Almighty speaks of the nearness of the Last Day in the following respects. One: a thousand years of the earthly world are like one day of the world of the hereafter. In this respect, according to the time with Allah, the Last Day in earthly time is near. Two: the Prophet (peace be upon him) came as the Seal of the Prophets. He brings all prophethood to an end. Since no other prophet will come after him, Allah Almighty will not leave people for a long time unattended, without a prophet.

From this too the nearness of the Last Day is understood.

Between Jesus and the Prophet there were 400 years. 400 years.

Moreover his people say: never has the time between prophets lasted this long. Is the Last Day about to come, they say. Yes. In those 400 years they say this. 1436 years have passed. Yes. That is, about a day and a half.

About a day and a half.

Consider from this Allah Almighty's attribute of patience. He has created time within time.

Three. Eight Kutbu'l-aktab will come to the world. They come once every two hundred years. Since the Prophet (peace be upon him), 1424 years have passed. So it has been 12 years since I wrote this. Yes. I wrote it 12 years ago.

Yes.

Where else did we leave off?

As a result of research done with today's technology, it is established that the world (?) about 200 years. This too is a short time compared to the day of the hereafter. If we apply it to human generations, and take a normal human life to be 60 years, then after a few generations the world's life will have ended. So, where people came from, how they were created, what their duties in the world are, and where they go after they die — these things must be considered. And Allah says that He created people. No other god besides Allah turns up. Allah openly proves His existence with knowledge to everyone who has reason.

Despite this, people do not think at all. If they thought, they would not take Allah and the hereafter lightly. Such people do not give up the deviant paths shown by the nafs and Satan either. So people, in this state, continuing their lives in heedlessness and misguidance, turn their faces away from Allah.