阿布·胡莱赖传述：安拉的使者ﷺ说：“在财富变得丰裕、充盈到这样的程度之前，末日不会来临：一个人拿出应缴的天课，却找不到愿意接受的人；阿拉伯半岛的土地也将重新变成草原和河流。”317 虽然早前已有对这一预言中空前富足的应验，但当今所谓“第一世界”的生活方式表明，人们所享受的奢华程度，超过了有记载的人类历史的99.9%。

Abū Hurayrah  reports that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The Hour will not commence before wealth becomes abundant and overflowing, to the point that a man brings out the charity due on his wealth and cannot find anyone to accept it from him, and to the point that Arabia’s lands will revert back to being meadows and rivers.”317 While acknowledging earlier manifestations of this prophecy about unprecedented affluence, current lifestyles in today’s “first world” illustrate that they live in greater luxury than 99.9% of recorded human history.

即使是经济拮据的人,在家中也能享用比古代国王的宝座更舒适的躺椅,墙上装有温控系统,还能乘坐各种交通工具,把原本令人痛苦、需要一整月的旅程缩短为几个令人愉快的小时。更加引人入胜的是,先知ﷺ在谈论财富盈余的同一语境中提到了阿拉伯半岛的农业变革。十四个世纪以前,现代科技近来发明的大规模灌溉方法是难以想象的。我们正是最早有幸亲眼目睹这一地质现象的几代人。

Even those financially struggling enjoy recliners at home that are cozier than any ancient king’s royal throne, and climate controls on their walls, and access to modes of transport that have turned an excruciating month-long journey into a few entertaining hours. Perhaps even more intriguing is the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم mentioning the agricultural transformation of Arabia in the same context as the surplus of wealth. Fourteen centuries ago, the extensive irrigation methods recently invented through modern technology were inconceivable. We are the very first generations privileged to witness this geological phenomenon.

此外,与此相关的一个奇迹是,先知ﷺ知道阿拉伯半岛曾经有草原和河流。

318 Furthermore, a related miracle here is the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم awareness that Arabia once contained meadows and rivers.

阿拉伯"空旷之地"（Empty Quarter）的石化淤泥中布满了河马牙齿、水牛骨骼和数千年前石化的蛤蜊壳。319

The petrified mud of Arabia’s “Empty Quarter” is replete with hippopotamus teeth, buffalo bones, and clam shells fossilized thousands of years ago.319