Tadhkirah — Page 740
740 (C) [Urdu verses:] O heedless ones! A big feast is to be laid out in a few days; Which the Gracious God speaks about repeatedly in the Qur’an. That hour will bear hard on mischief makers and sinners In which they will witness being ground and then roasted. It will become manifestly clear to the people as to whose faith is true; They will learn whether the hallowed site of purification is Ka‘ba or Hari Daw ā r? Though Divine revelation apparently speaks of an earthquake; It may yet be that some other calamity is in store for you. Such destruction will come upon towns and villages, The like of which is not to be seen in the world. In an instant, houses of mirth shall turn into houses of mourning; Those rejoicing shall beat their breasts in sorrow. The high palaces and the lofty castles,