Navigating the End of Time - by Asrar Rashid (Now available)

Description Title: Navigating the End of Time – by Asrar Rashid Format: [A5] Hardback Author: Shaykh Asrar Rashid Publisher: Rigel Publishing Published Year: 2022 Edition: 1st Language: [English ] ISBN: 9781739629205 Added to our Catalogue:  On 7th July 2022 Length: 245mm Width: 165mm Height: 23mm Weight: 710g Pages: 404 Back in stock – 29/09/2022 Navigating the End of Time- Description Forward IN THE RECENT war, the Ukrainian Government ordered residents of Kyiv to remove all the street signs so that the invading Russian soldiers would be lost and confused. Our need for maps is dire. Without knowledge or guidance in a strange territory, all sense of security evaporates-_-fearful imagination sets in. Today, our reliance on GPS and navigating systems in cars or phones is nearly absolute. These facilities are usually taken for granted and as the phrase goes, ‘we would be lost without them.’ More generally, as the writer Wendell Berry has said, “If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know who you are.” A map is not merely a chart, but something that unveils paths and gives directions through illumined way markers- lamp posts if you like. Rewards and dangers lie on the way. It is no coincidence perhaps that the teaching game “Snakes and Ladders’ was invented in Moghul India [Shataranj al-Urafa]. An inability to map-read or interpret the virtues and dangers in those signs renders them futile. In such a case, one must be led, grasping the hand of a guide. Whose hand today can be trusted? The key to following any map is that one must be ready for a journey. Ready or not, mankind’s journey is simply one of time; a journey imposed on its wayfarers without options. This chronological journey began at the creation of man and will end with the Day of Judgement, a journey full of trials [fitna (pl. fitan)], from which few of us can escape. The long awaited works of Asrar Rashid Navigating the End of Time is now available. The author Asrar Rashid who also wrote the excellent book Islam Answers Atheism now brings another masterpiece of work. Table of Contents PUBLISHER’S FOREWORD INTRODUCTION   THE MAP The Gabriel Tradition The Realm of Similitude The Four Pillars The Slave Girl and the Bedouins The Development of Islamic Sciences The Pivotal Role of the Chapter of the Cave [Sura al-Kahf) Understanding Sara al-Kahf The Links of the Qur’an Islamic Eschatology Literature Disastrous Misunderstandings Cult Mind Control False Miracles & Charlatan Süfis The Case of Juhaymän al-Utaybi Cults in our Midst The Cult of Abdullah Hashem Claims of the Past Mirza Ghulam Qadiyäni Qadiyani Deceit Wahhabi/Deobandi Support The Veiled The Carmatians Riyaz Gohar-Shähi Mental Health & Claimants Heaven’s Gate Armageddon Abuse Jonestown Characteristics of Doomsday Cults Safeguarding Fallacies Kashf Claims Conspiracy Theories THE COMPASS Headings and Bearings Category I: Signs that have Occurred or are Occurring The Passing Away of the Prophet The Rightly Guided Caliphate, the Trials of False Prophets & the Conquering of Jerusalem The Plague of Amwas The Martyrdom of Caliph Umar The Martyrdom of Caliph ‘Uthman The Battle of the Camel The Battle of Siffin Disputes Amongst the Companions The Battle of Nahrawan The Martyrdom of Imam ‘Ali The Peace of Imäm Hasan with Emir Mu’äwiya The Umayyad Dynasty The Martyrdom of Imam Husayn The Events of al-Harra Ibn al-Zubayr, Hajjaj and Mukhtär al-Thaqafi The Caliphate of Umar b. Abd al-‘Aziz The Kingdom of the Abbasids The Mongol Invasion of Baghdad & the Fire The Crusades, Saläh al-Din & the Ottomans The Ghutha’ Period The Industrial Revolution The Four Stages of the Ghutha’ Period The First Fitna: the Ahlas Stage The Second Fitna: the Sarra’ Stage Geopolitics in the Middle East Ripples of the Arab Spring Globalisation & Economic Turmoil Pharoahs & Zionists Cars, Planes & Palestine The Anglo-European Monoculture The Third Fitna: the Duhayma’ Stage Mindless Killing The Fourth Fitna: the Umya’ Bukma’ Samma’ Stage Hot Coal The Forty Abdal & Smartphones Interspersed Fitan My Experiences with Conspiracy Theorists COVID-19 & Lockdowns Other Signs Occurring before the Appearance of the Mahdi Leadership of Children Profusion of Wealth & the Refusal to Take Charity Following Previous Nations & Loss of Trust Disappearance of Knowledge & Appearance of Ignorance Fighting the Non-Muslim Turks and Non-Muslim Arabs Ornamenting Mosques Selling Leadership Increase of Policing Severing Ties of Kith and Kin Reciting the Qur’än like Music Devious Fatawa Alcohol Consumption & its Permissibility Media, Technology & Immorality Materialism Musical Instruments Towering Constructions and Shifting Mountains Excessive Business The Coming of Interest-Based Banking The Fitna from the East Widespread Adultery, AIDS & Other Viruses Unravelling the Ties of Islam and Faith The Abandonment of Jihad The Supported Group Economy & Currency Natural Disasters Shifting Roles The Believer’s Dream Ignoring the Book of Allah Abandonment of the Prophetic Way [Sunna] The Bloating of the Crescent Space Travel Lack of Empathy Neighbourhood Threat Cold Greetings Vices Increasing in Intensity Category II: Signs that are yet to Happen The Euphrates River Where do we Stand Today? Legalised Homosexual Marriages Fighting Tyranny and the Column of Fire The Emergence of Sufyani The Gathering of Saints Other Signs Preceding the Appearance of the Mahdi The Mahdi and his Period of Rule The Great Slaughter The Appearance of the Dajjal Tamim al-Däri’s Encounter with the Dajjal Notes on the Personality of In Sayyad The Forty Days of the Dajjal & the Retreat of the Mahdi The Descent of Jesus The Gog and Magog Period The Order of Events after the Period of Jesus The Ten Major Signs   POSTSCRIPT: PROVISIONS & PRESCRIPTIONS ENDNOTES & REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY Other books you may be interested in Islam Answers Atheism Questions and Answers by Sunni Scholars Seekers Path