Tadhkirah — Page 894
894 inner burdens and man will say: What is the matter with it, that such a calamity has overtaken it? On that day, the earth shall narrate the events that befell it. God shall reveal to His Messenger what happened to the earth. Do the people imagine that this earthquake will not occur? It will certainly come, and at a time that they will be completely unprepared and every one will be engaged in his own worldly pursuit when the earthquake shall seize them. They ask you: ‘Is the prophecy about the earthquake true’? Tell them: Yes, by my Lord, this earthquake shall certainly occur and it will not be turned away from a people who turn away from God. That is, they will find no refuge, and even if they are standing at the door of their house, they will be unable to leave the house, except through good deeds. A mill will rotate and the decree will come down. Those who disbelieve from among the people of the Book and the idolaters would not have desisted except for this great Sign. [Urdu] Were God not to do this, the world would be confounded. [Arabic] I shall show you the earthquake of the Judgment Day. Allah will show you the earthquake of the Judgment Day. On that day, it will be asked: Whose is the kingdom this Day? Is it not of Allah the Supreme. [Urdu] I shall demonstrate to you the flash of this earthquake five times. 1082 If I so wished that day would be the end of the world. 1082 This revelation indicates that there will be five earthquakes. The first four of them will not be of any tremendous severity and people will take them lightly, but then the fifth earthquake will be an example