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A Contemporary Sufi Speaks On The Signs of Destruction By: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Introduction Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with him) was a man of extraordinary wisdom and compassion. For over seventy years he selflessly shared his knowledge and experience with people of every race and religion, from all walks of life. Born well before the turn of the century, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen spent his early years traveling throughout the Middle East and India, examining the world’s religions and a myriad of spiritual practices. Our record of his life begins around 1914, when pilgrims traveling through the jungles of Sri Lanka first encountered him. Awed by the depth of his wisdom, they asked him to come to their village to be their teacher. Some time later he did so, thereby beginning a life of public service—feeding, healing, and uplifting the lives of all who came to him. The name Muhaiyaddeen literally means ‘the giver of life to the true belief’, and indeed Bawa Muhaiyaddeen did devote himself tirelessly to awakening faith in God within people’s hearts. As a Sufi, he had that special gift of distilling and revealing the essential truth contained within all religions—the oneness of God. Thus, whenever he spoke, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, and Christians would sit together for hours listening to his wisdom. In 1971 he was invited to come to the United States, to Philadelphia, the ‘City of Brotherly Love’. There, also, learned and unlearned, young and old responded to his message of unity. The next fifteen years, until his death on December 8, 1986, proved to be a time of maximum outreach. Speaking in person on university campuses, in churches, meeting houses, and private homes, as well as on numerous radio and television programs, he reached audiences around the globe, from the United States and Canada to England and Sri Lanka. He was interviewed by Time Magazine, Psychology Today, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and numerous other publications; over twenty books of his discourses and songs were published, as well as scores of audio and video cassettes. Within the archives of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, there are thousands of hours of taped discourses covering almost every topic conceivable. This is the first publication in which we began with a topic and then tried to research all the available information. Because these archives are just in the early stages of indexing, this was not an easy task. The bulk of this pamphlet was given on October 7, 1981. We also found several other discourses which revealed additional information, highlighting various points. We excerpted this new information and inserted it into the main discourse. Wherever this was done, the date of the discourse from which the information was taken follows the sentences extracted. It proved to be a delicate task to capsulize the information without altering it in any way. We pray that we have done justice to the words of M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and hope we have assisted the readers in their quest for knowledge. May God help us use this information to improve and better our lives. Amin. The Signs of Destruction As far as I know, God has spoken of forty-one signs that signify the destruction of the world. (9/25/79) These were revealed about one thousand years ago. (1/8/74) So far I have seen the secrets for thirty-seven of these signs, and they have all occurred in the way that was foretold. The four final signs cannot be avoided; they will happen. They might happen within a single day, or they might take a thousand years. However, if you look at the signs that have already occurred, it seems as if they might happen very fast. Everything is taking place according to the words of Allah, according to the explanations which Allah gave to Prophet Muhammad, the Messenger, the Rasul (Sal.). (6/1/78) To be continued... The 35th-41st Signs of Destruction and How to Escape the Destruction. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. (1992). A Contemporary Sufi Speaks on The Signs of Destruction [Pamplet]. Philadelphia, PA: M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
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