Mayan Calender And Prophecy

(Rashd, xy)

Miss Tahira Inam wrote an article about Mayan calendar and Qiyamat. The article had some inaccuracies and i am writing this to correct those.

The Maya is not a religion but a civilization. The mayan people were very advanced in Astronomy and Astrology, infact they were totaly devoted to astronomy and were so advanced in astronomical knowledge that there solar calendar even today 1000th os second more accurate than the modern calendar we have. The mayan book that Ms. Tahira is referring to is not a book but a calendar with astrological predictions. Basically Mayans believed that time is cyclical so same kind of events happen during similar times. There calendar ends on Dec 21 2009 but they never said that the world would end too but their prediction is that after that time world will enter into a tumultuous and critical phase. They might be right that world will enter the final phase and rest of the Nishanian will come to pass after that date. Also the earth will not meet sun on that date as the writer have eluded but there will be astronomical alignment between sun earth and the center of our Galaxy milky way in other words they will form a straight line and in Astrology according to mayans this phenomenon have great significance. Another point is that mayan civilization had such a advance knowledge of astronomy that they figured out more than 1000 years ago that Earth takes 2600 years to complete a cycle in movement of its Axis. Earth revolves around the sun and at the same time it spin's on its Axis. The revolution around the sun gives us the year and its spinning around axis gives us night and day. When Earth spins around its Axis it wobbles a bit this wobbling phenomenon takes 2600 years to complete cycle and with this phenomenon our view of the sky changes a little bit over 2600 years that's why we dont notice it. Some people speculate that when this cycle is completed Earth switches its poles meaning north becomes south and south becomes north this is significant because of our magnetic field during this transition stage the magnetic field of the earth that shields us from solar, weakens. Scientists have found conclusive evidence that polar shift have happened many times in the past. Now its interesting to point out that when it happens the earth might start to spin in opposite side and hence Sun might rise from the west even for once as our faith indicates. So the conclusion is that Mayan calendars long count ends on DEc 21st 2009 but it might begin the cycle again the next day just like our own solar calendar begins when dec ends all of the rest is mere speculation. Only ALLAH knows when qiyamat will commence.

Rashd
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