Thread on

#Plagues, #flood & #LocustSwarms as distinct signs in reference to the #holyQuran, #Bible, #torah & #Hindu eschatology.

I will try to structure this with similarities to current events occurring in and around us. Apologies in Advance for typos & if I've hurt any

one's sentiments, sorry.

Quoting from the books that we read [hopefully] every day.
1. On #Locustswarms from Surah al-Araf (The Heights Border Between Hell & Paradise), it is the seventh surah [verse] of the Holy Qur'an, with 206 verses. It is a

Its is a Meccan [revealed in Meccah] Surah.

From The Holy Quran ,Surah 7 Al-A'raf, Ayat 133-133 , :

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلَٰتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

translating to :  So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

Explanatory Note :

At this juncture, the supreme power of God intervenes: “So We plagued them with floods, and

Floods, and locusts, and lice, and frogs, and blood: clear signs all.” (Verse 133) All these clear signs were meant as a test and a warning. Their import was very clear, and all of them gave the same message, with each subsequent one endorsing what had gone beforehand.

These clear signs were shown to them separately, but the sūrah mentions them all together here.

God gave them that year plentiful harvests which gave them fruits and crops as they had never known before. They said: “We now have all that we ever wished for.” God then plagued ..

hem with the locusts which started ruining their meadows. When they saw what the locusts were doing to their meadows, they realized that they would also ruin all their harvest. Therefore, they appealed to Moses to pray to his Lord to lift the plague of locusts and promised

promised that they would believe in him and let the Children of Israel go with him. He prayed to his Lord and the locusts went away. Nevertheless, Pharaoh’s people refused to believe in him or to release the Children of Israel.
 
Thus, they had their harvest safe and stored all

all their crops at their homes and storehouses. When they completed their work, they were very pleased with themselves. God then sent on them lice. A person would take out ten full sacks of his grains to the mill, but he would not get even one sack of flour. Once again, they

they rushed to Moses, imploring him to pray to his Lord to lift this plague. They again promised to believe in him and to release the Children of Israel. Once more, he prayed to his Lord and He lifted their hardship, but they nevertheless rejected his message and refused to

refused to release the Children of Israel.
 
Moses was sitting with Pharaoh when he heard the sound of a frog. He said to Pharaoh: “You and your people will soon suffer from this.” Pharaoh said: “What harm could this one do?” They hardly reached the evening when the frogs

frogs were all over them. A man would be up to his neck in frogs. If he opened his mouth to speak, frogs would jump into it. They again appealed to Moses to pray to his Lord to make the frogs go away. They again promised solemnly to believe in him and to release the Children

Children of Israel. When that plague was lifted, they reverted to their hardened attitude.
 
Now, God plagued them with blood. Every time they collected water from any river or any well, and indeed all the water they had in their containers, it turned into blood.

They complained to Pharaoh and said that they had nothing to drink. He suggested that Moses had cast a spell on them. They said: “How could he have done that, when we find every drop of water that has been in our containers has turned into blood?” Again, they rushed to Moses an

to Moses and implored him to pray to his Lord, making the same solemn promises. He prayed as they had requested, and God answered his prayer and lifted the plague of blood off them. Nevertheless, they continued to refuse to believe in Moses and would not release the

he Children of Israel.
 
God knows best which of these stories corresponded to the fact, and in what form each one of these signs was given. Any differences that might have occurred would not affect the message of these verses. God sent these signs by His own will, at a time

at a time He had determined, in order to test a particular people according to His law which punishes the rejecters so that they may turn to Him.

So Clearly, this noble verse is not directed towards any particular faith or community, entity, or country, but towards

people of mischief & people associated with corruption & blatant misuse of power.

2. On #Blood in reference to the #Jewish #torah & #bookofExodus

To unleash the first plague upon the Egyptians, Moses struck the river Nile with his staff, turning its waters to blood

waters to blood. At the same time, his brother Aaron performed an identical transformation in the canals, tributaries, ponds, and pools throughout Egypt. After the water turned to blood, "the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could n

could not drink water," according to the Bible, Exodus chapter 7, verse 21

3.  On #Famine, #Plaugues, #pestilence from the #Bible

The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath: Revelation 16:1-21
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on

“Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.” So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The second angel poured out his bowl

his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea. The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “Just are you

“Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.

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The Fifth Plague: Livestock : Exodus 9:1-7

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go into Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.

For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them, behold, the hand of the Lord will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks. But the Lord will make a distinction between the

between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die.”’” And the Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land. And the next day the Lord did this thing. All the lives

livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

There are still dozens of verses ..

in the #bible about calamity, plagues & torments unleashed upon evil-doers & commoners.

4. From #Hindu eschatology

Kali Yuga [ #Kalyug] : The fourth age is ruled over by Kali, not the goddess Kāli but the demon Kali.
Puranas go on to write that king in the fourth age w

fourth age will be godless, wanting in tranquility, quick to anger, and dishonest. They will inflict death on women, and children, and will rise and fall to power quickly. Undisciplined barbarians will receive the support of rulers.

From the four pillars of dharma :-

dharma—penance, charity, truthfulness, and compassion—charity will be all that remains, although it too will decrease daily. People will commit sin in mind, speech, and action. Plague, famine, pestilence, and natural calamities will appear. People will not believe one ..

believe one another, falsehoods will win disputes, and brothers will become avaricious. As each age progresses, the human life span decreases, starting from thousands of years in the Krutha Yuga to 100 years in the current Kali Yuga.

Sannyasins will wear red. There will be m

will wear red. There will be many "false religions", and many will profess "false knowledge" to earn their livelihood. Life will be short and miserable. Marriage will be for pleasure alone. Being dry of water will be the only definition of land, and any hard to reach water will

o reach water will define a pilgrimage destination. People will hide in valleys between mountains, and suffering from cold and exposure, people will wear clothes of tree bark and leaves. People will live less than twenty-three years and the pretense of greatness will be proof ..

..proof of it Ultimately, humankind will be destroyed.

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I hope there is sufficient context provided here to conclude that what we are currently facing is not new & unique. #Earthquakes, #locust, #corona et all have existed in the past & most likely will contin

continue in the near future. We can try to "fight" it & perhaps claim victory, but have we really claimed victory over ourselves?
In conclusion, I'm mentioning 5 quotes below. Let's take inspiration & believe in something good in times like these.

1. "If You Judge People, You have no time to love them" - Mother Teresa
2. "The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane"  - Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi

3. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that" - Martin Luther King Jr
4. "A man is great by deeds, not by birth." - Chanakya
5.

5. "The world is a Bridge, pass over it, but build no houses upon it. He who hopes for a day, may hope for eternity; but the World endures but an hour. Spend it in prayer for the rest is unseen." - Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar [Akbar]

Ref From

http://www.quran-wiki.com/ayat.php?sura=7&aya=133
https://www.livescience.com/58638-science-of-the-10-plagues.html
https://www.openbible.info/topics/plagues 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_eschatology

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