(MUHAMMAD ULFAT ANJAN)
Earthquakes are the deadliest natural disasters that have been working havoc with life on eath since times immemorial devouring precious lives and property of uncountable worth and man has been helplessly striving to find means to deal with this lethal disaster . It can be put forth without a shadow of doubt that there have been no other natural events in history that have affected people to the extent that these fatal earthquakes have. They come without a warning and can occur anywhere any moment. History speaks that through out the centuries they have caused innumerable deaths and great material loss. This is the reason that they have been looked upon as a deadly calamity and have been always greatly feared. Even the technology of the glorious 21st century is helpless to find a way out to deal with the calamity. Today when man has been able to discover the mysteries hidden in the heart of the earth and unravelled occult paths leading to mystic planets in the unseen heavens, he has utterly failed to deal with the inevitable disaster of unpredictable earthquakes.
An earthquake can knock you down any time anywhere and make your life an unaccomplished dream. They know no sympathy and it is futile to expect least pity from them. They can welcome you in a dark night when you are deep asleep on your bed having a peaceful dream and bury you beneath a heap of rubble along with the dream. Or they may meet you on a bright day when you are enjoying silver meals with your family folk and prevent you to take the tasty morsel to your watering mouth. Within jiffies they turn riches into poverty and life into death. Within moments they replace a gorgeous palace talking to the sky with a heap of rubble and a grand party with a ghastly scene of misery and suffering. So unpredictable they are that they provide no opportunity to run for safety. The earth crumbles and monuments fall into dust. Laughing families turn into nightmares and dreams yet to born are dashed to the ground. Babies are separated from mothers and brides lose their grooms.
Such disasters make the brave shiver and fill in the heart’s of the atheists fear of the lord. They are compelled to accept that some divine power is there governing this vast, infinite universe and begin to accept the truth engraved in the holy scriptures that there exists a doomsday. And truly these heart-rending disasters do come with this clear message that there is an omnipotent lord who controls everything. These are but mere signs to make us realize our helplessness to give due honour to His highness. When this ignorant man, blinded by his pride and arrogance, gets lost in the songs of his greatness and forgets to pay heed to the divine orders of God almighty such gruesome disasters are sent to wake him up from the slumber of ignorance. When this mortal man begins to think himself immortal and meddles with the plannings of God, these calamities emerge to make him realise his foolishness. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has already warned this ummah of the last time in many of his sacred sayings (hadiths). One such saying reads as :
“The Hour will not happen until knowledge is taken out, time passes quickly, earthquakes increase in number, fitan (tribulations) appear, and al-harj increases in number.”
It was asked, “What is al-harj, O Messenger of Allah?”
He said: “Al-qatl, al-qatl (killing).”
[Related by Ahmad, narrated by Abu Huraira (r.a)]
A lot of what is mentioned in this hadith has already materialized. Occuring of earthquakes and other such disasters are the greatest evidence of the astonishing power of Allah, the Most High. Earthquakes are from the devastating forces of Allah Almighty, subjected to His order. Through these calamities, He, the Most Just, causes fear in the hearts of those whom He wills, teaches lessons to those whom He wills and gives punishment to those whom He wills…!
May Almighty Allah keep us all in his supreme protection and guide us all towards righteousness…Aameen
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