Chapter 19: The Rising of the Sun from the West / The Smoke at the End of Time
Allah SWT says in the Quran: ‘Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them or your Lord Himself or certain of the Signs of the Lord? The day that certain of the signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then, if it believed not before not earned righteousness through its faith. Say: Keep waiting: we too are waiting.’ (Quran, 6:158)
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ explained this Ayat (above) by referring to the rising of the sun from the West. (Ahmad)
Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: The Hour will not come until the sun rises from the West. When the people see it, whoever is living on earth will believe, but that will be the time when no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then, if it believed not before. (Bukhari)
Abu Hurayrah also reported that the Prophet said: There are three things which, if they appear, ‘no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then, if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through its faith’ (Quran, 6:158).
They are: the rising of the sun from the West, the Dajjal and the Beast of the Earth. (Ahmad, Muslim, Tirmidhi)
The Smoke at the End of Time:
The smoke that will appear is one of the major signs of the Day of Judgement and it is mentioned in the following Ayat from the Quran:
‘Wait then (O Prophet) for the day (when) the sky will be veiled in haze, clearly visible, overwhelming the people. (They will cry,) ‘This is a painful torment.’ (Quran, 44:10-11)