Selected Urdu Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 159
Homage to Allah & Propagation of Truth 159 آےئ اگ رہق دخا ےس قلخ رپ اِک االقنب ازار ابدنےھ ات ہک وہاگ ی � ہن ےس ربہنہ اِک People will be seized with a revolution by the divine wrath So suddenly that a naked one will have no time to secure his clothing. ٭ ی ےگ ویئ ِکززلہلےستخسشبنجاھک� ی ا ب � ی � ایک ی ا رشب اور ایک ی ا رجش اور ایک ی ا رجح اور ایک ی ا احبر All of a sudden, with a severe earthquake, all will be shaken up— 1 ٭ Be they humans, tree, mountains, or seas. روزرب ی وہاجےئیگز� ی زںیم ی � ی اِککپھجںیم ی آب ِ رودابر ب یں یگ � ل� شیپ � انایلیاں وخں یک In the twinkling of an eye, the earth will be turned upside down; Streams of blood shall flow like the flowing of a channel. 1. ٭ Divine revelation has repeatedly employed the word ‘earthquake’ and has in- dicated that the earthquake will present a spectacle of Doomsday, as described in the S u rah: اَذِا ِتَلِزْلُز ُضْرَاْلا اَهَلاَزْلِز اَذِا ِتَلِزْلُز ُضْرَاْلا اَهَلاَزْلِز [When the earth is shaken with her violent shaking ( S u rah az-Zilz a l, 99:2)]. But I still cannot say with certainty if it will, in fact, be an earthquake. It may not be an ordinary earthquake but some other dire calamity evoking the spectacle of Doomsday, the like of which would not have been witnessed by this age, and which would bring about great destruction of life and property. However, if no such extraordinary Sign appears and people do not openly reform themselves, then I shall prove to be a liar. I have also written time and again that the terrible calamity which God has given the name of ‘earthquake’ will not strike merely on account of religious differences, nor will the calamity befall anyone just because he is a Hindu or Christian, or because he has not pledged allegiance to me. All such people have nothing to fear. But everyone—regardless of which religion they belong to—who is a hardened criminal or is engrossed in sin and trans- gression, or anyone who is an adulterer, murderer, thief, oppressor, or unjustly ill-thinking, or foul of tongue and character; all such people should be fearful. And if they repent then they, too, have nothing to fear. This calamity can be averted through piety and righteousness and is not inevitable. (Author)