You hear it everywhere.
A traffic jam that lasts four hours 😤
Flash floods in KL again 🌧️
Another political circus on the news 🤡
Boom — “dah nak kiamat!”
That phrase is more than a complaint. It’s a prophecy, a warning, a cultural reflex. Malaysians say it like a punchline. But what if it’s closer to the truth than we think?
Apocalypse in Our Bloodstream
We grew up with stories of kiamat — end times from every religion imaginable.
In Islam, the trumpet will sound, and everything will burn 🔥
In Christianity, Jesus returns and the world splits in two ✝️
In Hinduism, Kalki comes riding a white horse through a collapsing world 🐎
In Buddhism, Maitreya appears when humanity has hit rock bottom 🧘
Flip that with what the scientists say.
Rising temperatures 🌡️
Dead oceans 🐠💀
Cities underwater 🏙️🌊
Mass extinction 💣
Doesn’t matter if it’s surah, sutra, or scientific journal — the message is identical: “Time’s almost up.”
The Weather is Preaching Now
Malaysia’s climate has gone rogue.
Rain falls when it’s not supposed to.
Crops suffer.
Landslides eat roads 🛣️
Freak heatwaves scorch the elderly 🥵
You don’t need an ustaz or a monk to tell you something’s wrong.
The skies are delivering khutbahs now 🌥️📿
Ask a makcik in your kampung about global warming — she won’t call it carbon emissions.
She’ll say, “Tulah, dosa banyak sangat. Tuhan marah.” 😔
She’s not wrong.
We just use different words for the same fire 🔥
Same Fear, Different Language
End times theology and climate science aren’t enemies. They’re cousins.
One wears robes. The other, lab coats.
Both warn us that the world ends when we don’t listen.
Both beg for change before it’s too late ⏳
But here’s the kicker — science gives us data. Religion gives us drama.
Malaysians respond better to drama 🎭
So when you say “global warming,” it doesn’t hit as hard as “kiamat dah dekat.”
One sounds like homework.
The other feels like judgement day.
Prophetic Memes and Flood Videos
Social media in Malaysia is a theological battleground.
One side shares verses.
The other, climate reports.
But both are saying, “We warned you.”
TikTokers post videos of hailstorms with Surah Az-Zalzalah playing in the background 📿
Twitter floods with hashtags like #banjir #prayforKelantan #2020isCursed
We’re not just posting. We’re bearing witness 📸
You think people are joking when they say, “Malaysia ni akhir zaman.”
But look again.
That’s not a meme.
That’s a prophecy disguised as content 😳
What if Both are True?
Maybe climate change is kiamat — just slower, less Hollywood, more spreadsheet 📊
Maybe the melting ice caps are our version of the Dajjal ❄️👁️
Maybe the extinction of bees is a trumpet blast 🐝🔊
Maybe God is watching to see what we do with the mess we made 🧼
Because whether you believe in divine wrath or planetary feedback loops — the lesson is clear:
Change.
Repent.
Or drown 🌊
References
- UN IPCC Climate Report 2023
- Gelombang haba dan krisis perubahan iklim – Sinar Harian
- Percaya Hari Kiamat – JAKIM
- Faith and tackling climate change – BBC Audio
Scientists. Saints. Scrolls. Satellites.
They’re all screaming the same message now.
You just have to choose your dialect.
And fast ⚡