পৃষ্ঠা 216: তৃতীয় অধ্যায়: কিয়ামতের মহা আলামতসমূহ (মাহদী, দাজ্জাল, ঈসা (আ.), ইয়াজুজ-মাজুজ, পশ্চিমাকাশে সূর্যোদয়)

Clarification: The meaning of 'al-Minshar' (the saw)

And among them is that: "He will come to a river and command it to flow, and it will flow; then he will command it to return, and it will return; then he will command it to dry up, and it will dry up." Narrated by Nu'aym ibn Hammad on the authority of Ka'b al-Ahbar.

And among them is that: "He will command Mount Sinai (Tur Sina') and Mount Zayta to clash with one another, and they will clash; and he will command the wind to raise clouds from the sea so that it rains upon the earth." Narrated by Nu'aym from him as well.

And among them is that: "He will say: I am the Lord of the worlds, and this sun runs by my permission; do you want me to hold it back? They will say: Yes. So he will hold back the sun until he makes a day like a month, and a week like a year. Then he will say: Do you want me to make it move? They will say: Yes. So he will make the day like an hour." Narrated by Nu'aym ibn Hammad and al-Hakim on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

And among them is that: "Before his emergence, there will be three harsh years during which people will be stricken by severe famine. In the first year, Allah will command the sky to withhold a third of its rain, and command the earth to withhold a third of its vegetation. Then Allah will command the sky in the second year, and it will withhold a third of its rain, and command the earth, and it will withhold a third of its vegetation. Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will command the sky in the third year, and it will not drop a single drop of rain, and command the earth, and it will not sprout any greenery; so no animal with a cloven hoof will remain without perishing, except what Allah wills." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, by what will people live then?" He (ﷺ) said: "Glorification (tasbih) and magnification (takbir) of Allah; it will nourish them just as food does." Narrated by Ibn Majah, Ibn Khuzaymah, and al-Hakim on the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him).

And among them is that: "He will be given power over only one soul, and he will saw him in two with a saw until he casts him into two pieces. The Dajjal will then walk between the two halves and say: Look at this person, for I am reviving him right now, and yet he will claim that he has a Lord other than me. Then Allah will revive him, and the wicked one will say to him: Who is your Lord? He will reply: My Lord is Allah, and you are the enemy of Allah, the Dajjal! By Allah, I was never more certain about your reality than I am right now. Thereupon, he will want to kill him a second time, but he will not be given power over him." Narrated by Ibn Majah, Ibn Khuzaymah, al-Hakim, and al-Diya' on the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Clarification

'Al-Minshar' (the saw): with the letter Nun (al-minshar) and with the two-dotted letter Ya underneath (al-mayshar) are two eloquent dialectical forms derived from 'al-nashr' and 'al-washr', and both carry the same meaning.