The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 195
Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama'at, and Instructions 195 And the multiplication of irrigation canals which is obvious from the verse: 111 وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجْرَتْ " And the continuous falling of stars as indicated in: وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انْتَثَرَتْ 112 And the occurrence of famines and the spread of epi- demics and the scarcity of rain as contained in: إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْفَطَرَتْ 113 And a total eclipse of the sun; thus spreading darkness as stated in: إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ And the moving of the mountains as is generally un- derstood to be the meaning of the verse: وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ 115 And the rising of the fortunes of the people who are wild, lowly, and unacquainted with noble Islamic vir- tues, as is obvious from the verse: وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ " And the multiplication of the means of communica- tion and travel, whereby it will become easy for people to meet one another, which is an accepted in- terpretation of the verse: 111 Al-Infițār, 82:4 [Publisher] 112 Al-Infițār, 82:3 [Publisher] 113 Al-Infițār, 82:2 [Publisher] 114 Al-Takwir, 81:2 [Publisher] 115 Al-Takwir, 81:4 [Publisher] 116 Al- Takwir, 81:6 [Publisher]