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Second Coming of Jesus 359 DISCOVERY OF HELL DR. FAZLUL ISLAM 1 DISCOVERY OF HELL Dr. Fazlul Islam First Edition: March, 2010 Copyright © 2010 reserved by the author Published by: Hazrat Shahjalal (Ra.) Foundation Sylhet, Bangladesh. Cover Design: Md. Anwar Hussain TecBeam 409, Forid Plaza, Zindabazar, Sylhet, Bangladesh. 2 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 5 2. ASTRONOMY 8 Modern Astronomy 9 Theoretical Astronomy 19 Observational Astronomy 20 Observation of the Solar System 27 Observation of the Sun 41 Observation of the Earth 60 Observation of the Stars 75 Observation of the Pulsars 87 Observation of the Galaxies 89 Observation of the Quasars 92 Physical Cosmology 93 3. RELIGIOUS COSMOLOGY 102 Religion and Spirituality 103 World Religions 105 Timeline of Religion 109 Messengers of God 119 Hindu Cosmology 128 Buddhist Cosmology 129 Biblical Cosmology 131 3 Islamic Cosmology 133 Spiritual Cosmology 141 Timeline of Cosmology 144 Ideas of Heaven and Hell in Hinduism 150 Concepts of Heaven and Hell in Buddhism 161 The Hebrew Visions of Hell and Paradise 164 The Heaven and Hell in Christianity 196 The Hell and Paradise in Islam 206 4. COMPARATIVE STUDY 255 History of Astronomy 255 Space Exploration 272 Discovery of Hell 299 The Hell Sighting Effect 303 The Green House Effect 323 Existence of God 330 Second Coming of Jesus 359 The Universal Religion 363 Cosmic Therapy 378 5. REFERENCES 398 6. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 431 7. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 432 4 INTRODUCTION 2009 was declared by the UN to be the international year of astronomy 2009. The focus was on enhancing the public’s engagement with and understanding of astronomy. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) launched the year under the theme ‘The Universe, Yours to Discover’. By scientific exploration of the universe, the astronomers have discovered many celestial bodies in the outer space, which were hidden and unknown to mankind in the ancient periods. The hell and paradise are two hidden or spiritual matters of the universe proposed by the prophets. For long time their existence in the universe was a religious belief. Now, by comparative study of astronomical discoveries with the religious cosmology, the distant celestial bodies the stars, galaxies, quasars, pulsars, and black holes all are identified as the hells of religious cosmology. The location and physical characteristics of all the celestial bodies are almost identical to those of the spiritual hells that had been told in the Holy Scriptures. In the Holy Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, it had been stated that at the day of final judgment the earth would be changed to a big field known as the field of resurrection, and it would be surrounded by the hells. A very long bridge will be built over the hells extending from the earth to the paradise. After the judgment believers will pass over the bridge easily and safely. The unbelievers will fall in to the hells. The Hindus and Buddhists compare the Hell to a river of fire — Vaitarani, which will have to pass to reach the gardens of paradise. In the 16th century, Italian astronomer Giordano Bruno proposed that the stars were actually other suns like our own. In 1838, German astronomer Friedrich Bessel measured the parallax of 61 Cygni star as 0.314 arc seconds, which given the diameter of the earth’s orbit indicated that the star was about 9.8 light years away that had proved the stars to be far remote from the earth’s atmosphere and all were suns. 5 In the 20th century with the advent of improved technology, it was proven that other stars were similar to our own sun, and the sun was found to be part of a galaxy made up of more than 10 billion stars. Astronomers estimate that there are at least 70 sextillion (7×1022) suns or stars in the observable universe. Stars are normally grouped into galaxies. A typical galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars, and there are about 125 billion (1.25x1011) galaxies in the observable universe. Most galaxies are 1000 to 100,000 parsecs in diameter and are usually separated by distances on the order of millions of parsecs or mega parsecs. The majority of galaxies are organized into a hierarchy of associations called clusters, which in turn can form larger groups called super clusters. These larger structures are generally arranged into sheets and filaments, which surround immense voids in the universe. The Jewish Rabbis teach that there is an upper and a lower paradise containing apartments for the residence and reward of righteous. They believe that there is an upper and a lower hell. In the hell there are seven divisions, in each division six thousand house and in each house six thousand chests, and in each chest six thousand barrels of gall. Each of the division of the hell to be as depth as one can walk in three hundred years. According to religious cosmology, the earth is surrounded by the hells. The Ulama and Islamic scholars have been recognizing the Sun as a hell since the seventh century. Today astronomers confirm that all the stars in the galaxies are suns and all the suns are located around the earth. So the Sun and Sun like billions of stars in the galaxies, the quasars, pulsars, and black holes, which are situated around the earth in the regions of hells, all are hells. Thousands of prophets all over the world told their nations about the existence of hell and paradise in the universe. For long time in scientific point of view, the hell and paradise were two religious beliefs proposed by the prophets. By scientific study of the universe, the existence of spiritual hell now has been 6 discovered in the outer space that makes the religious belief a scientific fact. The spiritual hell is now visible in the outer space by thousands of telescopes from all around the world. Astronomers confirm the message of the prophets that the hell is awaiting in the outer space for the punishment of unbelievers. Astronomical discovery of spiritual hell in the universe that also suggests the existence of spiritual paradise in the deeper and distant regions of the universe will activate mankind for a normal religious life style and behaviour to remain safe from the hell fire and enter into the eternal paradise. This discovery will also unite all the nations of the world for an effective and integrated effort for salvation from the punishment of hell fire and enjoyment of a happier life in the paradise forever that might restore peace and discipline all over the world. The Holy Scriptures predicted two resurrections in the world. The first resurrection is due to appearance of a fire in the sky and the second, after ending life on the earth. The first resurrection, which is now imminent all over the world for astronomical discovery of spiritual hell in the universe, purifying mankind and sterilizing the world off sins and evil deeds will save billions of people from the hell fire, open the doors of eternal paradise, prevent greenhouse effect and ozone depletion, prolong life on the earth, and change our sick world to a pious, happier, healthier, and prosperous world like a paradise. I have no ability at all to expose any mystery of the universe and change our sick world to a prosperous world by a spiritual renewal, and I claim no originality for what has been compiled from the materials collected from different scientific and religious authorities whose works I have freely consulted and utilized. My grateful thanks are due to them. I hope this discovery will be accepted by the astronomers, scientists, religious specialists and peoples of all walks of life as the most wonderful and biggest scientific discovery in the history of mankind for “Hell Sighting Effect” all over the world. DR. FAZLUL ISLAM 7 ASTRONOMY Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the Earth’s atmosphere. It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies, as well as the formation and development of the universe. Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. Astronomers of early civilizations performed methodical observations of the night sky, and astronomical artifacts have been found from much earlier periods. However, the invention of the telescope was required before the astronomy was able to develop into a modern science. Today, thousands of astronomers are observing the universe using sophisticated ground-based and orbiting telescopes from all around the world.1, 2 Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, and astrological practices of pre-history. Early astronomy involved observing the regular patterns of the motions of visible celestial objects. In some cultures astronomical data was used for astrological prognostication. Astronomy is not to be confused with astrology, which claims that human affairs are correlated with the positions of celestial objects. Although the two fields share a common origin and a part of their methods (namely, the use of ephemerides), they are distinct.3 Ancient astronomers were able to differentiate between stars and planets, as stars remain relatively fixed over the centuries while planets will move an appreciable amount during a comparatively short time. Historically, astronomy has included disciplines as diverse as astrometry, celestial navigation, observational astronomy, the making of calendars, and even astrology, but professional astronomy is nowadays often considered to be synonymous with astrophysics. Astrophysics is the study of physics of the universe, including the physical properties of astronomical objects.4 8 Since the 20th century, the field of professional astronomy split into observational and theoretical branches.
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