The Sun Rising from the West

The sun rising from the west is a major sign of the Hour that no Muslim can miss: God mentions in Surat al-Anbiya the coming of the smoke and other portents, and the sound hadith state that the sun will rise from the west among the greatest signs, after which little of the world remains. Some scholars hold it occurs in the Hereafter rather than this world, but the apparent meaning of the texts places it in this world before the Hour.