关于物质繁荣将成为末世之兆一事，先知穆罕默德ﷺ说：“如果你看到赤脚、衣不蔽体的骆驼牧人在争相建造高楼大厦，那么这就是末日的迹象之一。”320 如今，海湾国家干旱的沙漠地区，一个世纪前还同样贫困，如今却建成了世界三座最高“摩天大楼”中的两座，难道这不值得惊叹吗？

Regarding how material prosperity will be a sign of the endtimes, the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “And if you see the barefoot, naked shepherds of camels competing in the construction of high-rise buildings, then this is from among the signs of the Hour.”320 Is it not remarkable to witness the arid desert regions of the Gulf States, as impoverished as they were a century ago, develop two of the world’s three tallest “skyscraper” buildings today?

在一段类似的圣训中，先知ﷺ说："在人们以清真寺相夸耀之前，末日不会来临。"叙述者伊本·阿拔斯补充道："你们会像犹太教徒和基督徒装饰他们的礼拜场所那样，装饰你们的清真寺。"这种激烈的竞争必然会伤害他人，因此在先知的圣训中，我们也可以找到关于享乐与剥削的类似预言。在米斯瓦尔·本·马赫拉姆的圣训中，先知ﷺ说："以安拉发誓，我不担心贫穷会降临到你们身上，我担心的是，你们像前代民族那样拥有了丰厚的财富，并为之相互竞争，就像他们曾经竞争那样，然后它毁灭你们，就像它曾经毁灭他们一样。"322

In a similar hadith, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The Hour will not commence before people boast of their mosques.” Ibn ‘Abbās , the narrator, added, “You will ornament your mosques just as the Jews and Christians did with their temples.”321 This intense competition will involve mistreatment of others, and thus we find parallel prophecies of hedonism and exploitation in the prophetic tradition as well. In the hadith of al-Miswar ibn Makhramah , he صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “By Allah, I do not fear poverty overtaking you, but I fear that you will have abundant wealth at your disposal like the nations before you, causing you to compete in it as they competed in it, and then it destroys you as it destroyed them.”322