WHAT IS ZAMZAM TOWER HIDING BEHIND IT? <\/p>\n
When you see in Makkah, that already its mountains are with holes (pierced through them), and you see that the buildings have already surpassed over the tops of the mountain, then know that the command (of the Hour) has already cast its shadow over you (or the matter is close at hand).<\/p>\n
[Narrated by Al-Azraqi in the Book of reports about Makkah \u2013 Kitab Akhbaar Makkah, Hadiyth-1724]<\/p>\n
When you see the belly of Makkah will be cleft open and through it will be dug out river-like passages (i.e. tunnels) (or water in the road to Makkah), and you see the buildings surpass its mountains, then take care (or beware, or a variant has: then know that the matter is at hand, or then understand that the time of trial (Judgment day) is near at hand).<\/p>\n
[Narrated by Al-Azraqi in the Book of reports about Makkah \u2013 Kitab Akhbaar Makkah, Hadith-1725;<\/p>\n
Nu`aym b. Hammad in Kitab al-Fitan 1:43 no. 59 (with its chain);<\/p>\n
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Fath al-Bari: Kitab al-Hajj, Bab ayna yusalli al-zuhra yawma al-tarwiya, and he sourced it to al-Fakihi\u2019s Tarikh Makkah;<\/p>\n
[Ibrahim al-Harbi in Gharib al-Hadith]
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The Hadith has both literal and metaphorical implications. The metaphorical implication is that the Hour has already cast its shadow means that the Hour is approaching<\/p>\n
When the Mecca Clock Tower was built in 2012, it reached, or even surpassed, the mountain tops of Mecca. And, the Hadiyth says that when you see the buildings in Mecca reach (or surpass) the mountain tops, then the Hour has already cast its shadow, i.e. this is a sign that the Hour is near (close by).<\/p>\n
The Clock Tower is also called Burj as-Sa\u2019ah, one of the meanings of as-Sa\u2019ah is the Clock. The Clock Tower actually casts its shadow over the Kaba. So, in a literal fulfilment of the prophecy, as-Sa\u2019ah (the Clock) has already cast its shadow (over the Kaba).
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