I now write to direct attention to the fact that the city of New Orleans sank by some twenty feet (and is still sinking) before experiencing massive destruction in late August 2005 by floods provoked by hurricane Katrina, and I want to suggest that the world may have just witnessed the second of those three sinkings of the earth with precisely the same unforgettable drama that attended the first. And Allah Knows best!
If I am correct, then around the world all eyes should now be focused on Arabia in order to monitor that third and last ‘sinking of the earth’ that must occur before Jesus (peace be upon him) returns. And even if I am wrong, I would not have passed far from the target, and there must be blessings in store for those who direct the attention of mankind at this time to this subject.
The blessed Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon him) gave precise information concerning that third sign which we wish to now share with our readers. But before we do so it would be helpful if we could look again at the evidence which led us to conclude that December’s Tsunami in the east was, perhaps, the first of the three ‘sinkings’ of the earth, and that the sinking and destruction in New Orleans in the west may have been the second.
Firstly, the prophecy of the blessed Prophet was that a ‘Khasf’ (i.e., the earth sinks down or caves in) would occur in the East, and another in the West, etc. A ‘Tsunami’ is defined as a sea wave of local or distant origin that results from large-scale seafloor displacements associated with large earthquakes, major submarine slides, or exploding volcanic islands. December’s Tsunami was caused by precisely such a sinking of the ocean floor. The severity of the earthquake (9 on the Richter scale) which provoked that ‘sinking’, the massive damage inflicted by the resultant Tsunami, and the instantaneous and dramatic televised coverage of that damage, made it an absolutely unique event in modern history. It certainly woke up the world that is located in the east!
New Orleans, on the other hand, sits atop a swampy delta made of unconsolidated material that has washed down the Mississippi River for thousands of years. If a city is built on top of a sponge, and water is then drained out of the sponge, it is only natural that the city would sink. Information now reaching us informs us that when the city was first built it was ten feet above sea level. But by the time the recent hurricane struck it had already sunk to ten feet below sea level and was still sinking. US engineers have entered into ‘the record book of the misguided’ for yet another time. Their numerous interventions with the Mississippi River resulted in the sponge being so drained of water that the city sank. Dramatic television coverage of the drowning and destruction of an entire American city with its significant loss of life—almost all black—has similarly made this an absolutely unique event in modern history. It certainly woke up the world that is located in the west!
Last December’s massive under-water ‘sinking’ of the ocean-bed L in South-East Asia spawned a Tsunami which caused more than a hundred thousand deaths, most of them in the faithfully Muslim province of Aceh in Indonesia. It also provoked me to write an essay entitled “Ten Major Signs of the Last Day – Has One Just Occurred?” That essay directed attention to three ‘sinkings’ of the earth, as prophesied by Prophet Muhammad, that would herald the return of Jesus, the true Messiah (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon them both). The first, he said, would occur in the East (i.e., east of the Arabian city of Madina), the second in the West, and the third and last in Arabia itself.
I argued at that time that events now dramatically unfolding in the world were linked to that momentous ‘Messianic return’ with which history would culminate, and that December’s Tsunami was very likely the first of the three signs mentioned above, i.e., the sinking of the earth in the East. And Allah Knows best! That view of mine found ready acceptance amongst many Muslims in different parts of the world, but has so far failed to provoke a serious response, either positive or negative, from the scholars of Islam.
During the 75-year period between 1930 and 2005, more than 1.2 million acres of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands disappear. From 1932 to 1956, Louisiana loses 9,600 acres (15 sq. miles) of wetlands per year. The rate peaks between the years 1956 and 1978 at 26,000 acres (41 sq. miles) per year and then declines, falling to 20,000 acres (31 sq. miles) per year during the 1978-1983 period, and 16,000 acres (25 sq. miles) per year between 1983 and 1990. [WICKER, 1980 
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