Solar energy is now the cheapest source of power worldwide, driving a massive shift toward renewables. Falling battery prices and innovations in solar materials are making clean energy more reliable than ever. Yet, grid congestion and integration remain key challenges so sustained policy support is crucial to accelerate the transition. 

Solar power has become so affordable that in the world’s sunniest regions, producing one unit of electricity now costs as little as £0.02, cheaper than power from coal, gas, or even wind, according to new research from the University of Surrey. “O mankind, we have created you … into [different] nations and tribes that you may come to know one another [respectfully]” (49:13).

In 2011 the “Arab Spring” filled most of the world with great hopes. Now, almost 15 years later, the near east is filled with conflicts, anxieties, fears, and despair. Anti-Muslim politics in India, like the Hindu radical organizations Bajrang Dal, Ram Sena, and other hate mongers, are getting steadily worse. According to a worldwide poll for Reuters back in May of 2012 “nearly 15 percent of people worldwide believe the world will end during their lifetime”. That number has doubled now.

“Whether they think it [the world] will come to an end through the hands of God, or a natural disaster or political events, whatever the reason, one in seven thinks the end of the world is coming,” said Keren Gottfried, research manager at Ipsos Global Public Affairs which conducted the poll for Reuters. So ˹Watch for˺ the Day when every soul will be presented with whatever good it has done. And it will wish that its misdeeds were far off.  Allah warns you about Himself as Allah is Ever Gracious to ˹His˺ servants.” (Quran 3:30)

From Biblical prophets, to rabbinic, and mystical thought, the Hebrew words commonly rendered as “end of days” never implied a cataclysmic conclusion, but rather the culmination and transfiguration of human history. The phrase Aḥarīt ha-Yamim (אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים) literally means “the afterward of the days,” ie. what follows—not what ceases. Yaʿqov’s blessing in Genesis 49:1, be-Aḥarīt ha-Yamim (בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים), is interpreted by the Sages as bayamim ha-baʾim (בַּיָּמִים הַבָּאִים), “in the coming days,” emphasizing future rather than final.¹ Likewise, the rabbinic term Yemot ha-Mashiaḥ (יִמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ), “the days of the Messiah,” denotes not a cosmic annihilation but a transformation within the created order.

Gog and Magog (“Gog u-Magog” in Hebrew and “Yajuj and Majuj” in Arabic) are names that appear in the Hebrew Bible, and in the Quran. Sometimes personified as individuals, and sometimes identified as nations or as geographic regions: all references in Bible, Quran and hadith clearly indicate that they are terrible troublemakers, and will appear toward the end of times, before the Day of Judgement. (Qur’an 18:94-99) Is fear of  “Yajuj and Majuj” why so many people are so negative and pessimistic about the future of........

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