Chapter Seven: The Sun Rising from the West
The sun rising from the west is one of the major signs of the Hour. It is established in the Quran and Sunnah.
- Evidence of its occurrence:
A. Evidence from the Noble Quran:
Allah Most High says: “On the Day when some of your Lord’s signs come, no soul will benefit from its faith if it had not believed before or earned some good through its faith” [al-Anām: 158].
Sound hadiths indicate that the “signs” mentioned in this verse refer to the sun rising from the west. This is the view of most Quranic commentators (1).
After citing the commentators’ views concerning this verse, al-Tabarī said: “The opinion most deserving to be deemed correct is the one corroborated by the reports from the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—that he said: