A mystic from Pakistan who is said to have died in 2003 reportedly prophesied a major cataclysmic event for the end of this year, which will reportedly impact Earth in a matter of weeks.
Despite his alleged demise (which has remained unconfirmed for over two decades), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi is understood to have written that a comet would strike our planet by the end of the 2025th year.
The psychic - who founded both the Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam and the Messiah Foundation International (MFI) spiritual movements - described the event as the 'last day of this world'.
The organisations he previously founded were reportedly centred on spreading the big man's teachings, specifically with regards to 'divine love'.
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Also a best-selling Urdu author, Shahi claimed that a comet would be sent to Earth by God as a punishment for humans having strayed too far from spiritual truths, especially this transcendent love of God.
Our apparent disregard of this is supposedly proven by our endless wars, our reliance on nuclear weapons.During his life, Shani prophesied in his 2000 work, The Religion of God, that: "A comet has been sent towards Earth for total destruction."
He added: "The comet is expected to fall on Earth in the next 20-25 years. That will be the last day of this world."
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The mystic's followers, the majority of whom make up the MFI, believe that, upon impacting earth, the interstellar object will prompt devastating earthquakes, and trigger colossal tidal waves and tsunamis.
Apparently, humanity's response to these disasters will also spark widespread societal collapse, and commence the official end of the current world order.
Scary stuff, I know.
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And despite NASA claiming earlier this week (25 Nov) that they've observed no indicators of foreign objects set to collide with Earth before 2026, as reported by The Mail, amongst other press, the United Nations have since confirmed otherwise.
According to the BBC's Sky At Night magazine, an interstellar comet known as '3I/ATLAS' was observed racing through our solar system yesterday (27 Nov), and has been pictured plummeting towards certain areas of America.
As a result, a team of global scientists have rallied together as part of the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN), to track the comet's movements over the next two months.
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This said, however, a UN spokesperson has explained: "While it poses no threat, comet 3I/ATLAS presents a great opportunity for the IAWN community to perform an observing exercise due to its prolonged observability from Earth and high interest to the scientific community."
Phew, I guess?
Rhianna Benson