Did the Quran Predict the Smoke Disaster

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Question:

Does Quran 44:10 about smoke as punishment refer to modern disasters like Australian wildfires? - A discussion of Quran 4410 about the smoke near the end times, and whether it relates to modern events like wildfires in Australia. :::

Answer:

Smoke covering the entire sky as punishment is one of the Major Signs before the day of judgement and this Prophecy is not at all vague and is very clear; There are more than 50 minor and 10 major signs or prophesies regarding the day of judgement. These prophesies were made 14 centuries back and most of the 50 minor signs have already appeared.

However lets not be in a haste to link any natural or manmade disaster to these Prophesies unless the proof is clear and the conditions are fully met.

In this particular case Quran States:

“Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke, covering the people, this is a painful torment.” [al-Dhukhaan 44:10-11].

Which implies that this would impact all or major part of world population and its impact would be very severe. Such situation cannot be linked to anything at present or past which means that it will occur sometime in future.