Episode 4

Hamza Yusuf – Foundations of Islam Series: Signs of the Last Day

About this lecture

In this lecture from the Foundations of Islam series, Hamza Yusuf explores Islamic eschatology — the signs of the Last Day — drawing on Hadith literature, Qur'anic narrative, and insights from Western thinkers like Lewis Mumford and René Guénon. He examines the Qur'an's ahistorical approach to storytelling, Arabic concepts of time, the three categories of end-time signs, and the nature of the Dajjal (Antichrist) as a symbol of materialism and deception. The lecture contextualizes Islamic teachings on the end of time within broader questions of social order, the quantification of culture, and the enduring human capacity for hope.