Why the Qurʾān uses history without being a history book, and what the hour means against the other Arabic words for time. The prophets as a challenge to the mega machine, the signs already fulfilled and those still intensifying, the meanings of Dajjāl drawn from the classical dictionaries, and the choice to remain people of hope.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:17 The Qurʾān Is Not a History Book
2:15 The Hour, and the Words for Time
4:16 Shutting Down the Mega Machine
6:02 Only Twelve People in China
8:03 The First Sign of the End
11:14 The Slave Girl Will Give Birth to Her Mistress
12:44 Paradise at the Feet of the Mothers
14:27 The Rebellion That Was Not There
16:16 The Reign of Quantity
17:54 Three Kinds of Sign
19:02 The Signs That Keep Intensifying
20:43 Where the Signs Are Found
21:35 The Meaning of Dajjāl
22:54 The Imposter Christ
26:33 The All-Seeing Eye
28:55 The Second Coming
30:08 Barefooted Herdsmen Building Towers
32:24 Each Generation a Watered-Down Version
36:00 Reading the Sun for the Prayer Times
37:04 Words With Stereotypes Attached
39:26 Opportunity and Crisis
41:22 Go Back Where You Came From
43:43 Majesty and Beauty

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