Some of the surer things...

Are the subtle and major changes happening to the world.

I learnt....

that the learned are not necessarily the academically qualified. And scholarship, is not based on the books you write or the papers you published.

Sometimes, knowledge is carried by something more powerful. More subtle perhaps, in the first glance but is actually more impactful.

And Allah is the Most Knowledgeable of All and His Knowledge encompasses all things.

*sigh*

Did u see the latest news? A big sinkhole has occured in Guatemala. Its perfectly round and its depth is even deeper than the Statue of Liberty! When I first saw it today at Channel NewsAsia, I am reminded straight away of one of the biggest signs of Qiyamah.... a talking creature named Dabbah whom all these while stayed underground...

وَإِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَابَّةً مِنَ الأرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا لا يُوقِنُونَ

And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), we shall produce from the earth a beast to (face) them: He will speak to them, for that mankind did not believe with assurance in Our Signs.

Surah An-Naml:82

Perhaps then, Justice will prevail in this world..

103.001 وَالْعَصْرِ

103.001 By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),

103.002 إِنَّ الإنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ

103.002 Verily Man is in loss,

103.003 إِلا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ

103.003 Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.

Al-Qur'an, 103.001-003 (Al-Asr [The Declining Day, Eventide, The Epoch])