for the sky to send down rain and for the earth to bring forth vegetation. Were you to sow your seed on bare rock, it would sprout. There will be no rivalry, envy, or hatred.”]

44 - Every venomous creature will be stripped of its venom [and safety will spread over the earth, so that lions will feed alongside camels, leopards alongside cattle, and wolves alongside sheep and goats. Children will play with snakes without being harmed], to the point that a little boy will put his hand into a snake’s mouth without being harmed. A little girl will send a lion fleeing, and it will not harm her. A wolf will live among the flock as though it were their own dog. The earth will be filled with peace as a vessel is filled with water. All will be of one accord, and none but Allah will be worshipped. War will cease, and Quraysh will be stripped of their rule. [Then it is said: “The earth will be like a silver platter, bringing forth its vegetation as it did in Adam’s time.”]

45 - [Jesus, blessings and peace be upon him, will remain on earth for forty years. Then he will die, and the Muslims will offer the funeral prayer for him.]

46 - While they are in this state, Allah will send a wind [cold, from the direction of the Levant]. It will reach them beneath their armpits and take the soul of every believer and every Muslim. (In the hadith of Ibn ‘Amr: “No one on the face of the earth with an atom’s weight of faith in his heart will be left without