[The Last Hour, Mujtahids, and the comparative excellence of humans and angels]

 

وَمَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ: مِنْ خُرُوجِ الدَّجَّالِ، وَدَابَّةِ الأَرْضِ، وَيَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ، وَنُزُولِ عِيسى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَطُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا فَهُوَ حَقٌّ.

049- What the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him) has reported of the signs (sharṭ) of the hour1 (sāʿa) such as the appearance of the Dajjāl, and the beast (dābba) of the earth, and Yaʾjūj and Maʾjūj, and the descent of Jesus (God’s peace be upon him) from heaven (samāʾ), and the sun rising from the west is a reality (ḥaq).

 

  1. Final hour of the final day, it does not mean that all these will take place at that moment, but these are events that signal the coming of the last days.