Hundred Questions - The Problem of Children’s Birth
The Problem of Children’s Birth
Q24 How will this world come to an end, while thousands of children are born every minute?
A24 My dear! Your question is most interesting and your logic too is very wonderful. Somebody might have said that the world is going to come to an end and you thought what would happen to those young children who continue to be born in thousands every minute. As if, according to you, the birth of children is the guarantee of the subsistence and survival of this world. I think that is what you meant!
My dear, how kind and simple you are! May I be sacrificed for your simplicity! Here is a simple answer to your question. But the amazing thing is that there is knowledge even in this simplicity. It is alluded in verse (22:55) that the Hour, i.e. the Resurrection will come hiddenly, but its consequences will appear gradually. One of these consequences is that at one time women will be sterile and no child will be born. This is regarded in the Qur'an as "a Sterile day". Now, let us be grateful to God that if the world comes to an end there will be no children in front of us.
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