RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - October 08: Chief of Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi expressing grave shock on sudden destruction caused by earth quake in different parts of the country including federal capital Islamabad has appealed to the whole nation to seek forgiveness and recite Surah Zilzal in 30th part of holy Quran in plenty with due fervour in this hour of difficulty.

He was addressing Mehfil-e-Anwar on Saturday. He said Amer Bil Ma’roof and Nahi Anel Munker (enjoining good and forbidding evil) has been termed the most important branch of religion. Giving up this great obligatory deed may cause host of problems, social disorder and calamities.

He said once Holy Prophet (SAW) said: What a time that would be, when men and women will begin doing evils and Amer Bil Ma’roof and Nahi Anel Munker will be given up. He was asked: O the Prophet of Allah! Really would that time come? He replied: Yes, rather that time will also come when you will enjoin evil and forbid good. He was again asked: Maula! Would that time come? He replied: worst than this. You will see good with evil eye and consider bad as good.

Moosavi said human beings have always been facing floods, storms, earth quakes, nishaniyaat and ayaat, and all this happen to warn them. He said Quran explains everything. Translation of its 99th Surah Zilzal goes: “When the earth is shaken as, its shaking is appointed. And the earth throws out its burden. And a human being says, 'what happened to her'? That day it shall narrate its news that your Lord has sent command to her. On that day people will return towards their Lord in groups, so that they may be shown their deeds. Then whosoever has done good of an weight of an atom shall see it. And whosoever has done evil of an weight of an atom shall see it.”

The TNFJ chief quoted a saying of Hazrat Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (A.S.) that do not show laziness in reciting Surah Zilzal because he who recites this surah in nawafil, he will never be ruined by quakes, lightening and every kind of calamities, and when he will be ordered to enter heaven, Allah will say to him at that time: ‘I have made heaven lawful for you, you may live wherever you want and demand what you desire.’

He said there are movements for the earth and to-date about 15 of its movements have come to known. By mentioning this deadly quake, attention of human being has been called to the Day of Judgment, and counting of deeds on that Day. That quake will be such that the earth will go up and down, it will spit out everything. Before the doomsday quake, such quake will jolt the earth which has been mentioned in Surah Hajj … when everything will go annihilated ‘wa yabqa wajhu rabbika Zol Jalali wal Ikram’. After this, another quake will come to cause the Last Day. By this tremor, even the human dead bodies will come out of the graves in groups and their links with souls will be re-established. When the quake to cause Judgment, counting of deeds and resurrection will happen, the earth will fork everything out of it, even the human beings. At that time a Chosen Personality will say addressing to the earth: What happened to you? And the earth will tell him all news.

The Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Hamid Moosavi said that when a most powerful quake jolted the earth in the reign of first caliphate, the caliph of Muslims accompanied by a big crowd came at the door of Hazrat Ali (A.S.). He (A.S.) reached at a hill top along with them all. Every nook and corner of Medina was jolting, people were afraid. The caliph said: O Ali! We are much afraid; we haven’t seen such a quake. Therefore, Hazrat Ali (A.S.) moved his lips and said while striking his hand on the earth: O earth! Stop. On this, the people expressed their surprise. Maula Ali (A.S.) said: You were surprised on my this deed, while Quran says: ‘Wa Qaal Al-Insano Ma Laha’ (And a human being says, 'what happened to her'?). I’m that very ‘human being’.

Tamim ibn-e-Hatim says we were along with Hazrat Ali (A.S.) while going to Basra. While travelling we stayed at a place and quake jolted the earth. Gate of City of Prophet (SAW), Ali (A.S.), struck his hand on earth and said: What happened to you? At this, the quake stopped at once. Then he said to us: the quake which Allah has mentioned in the Book of Allah, if this would be that quake, the earth will surely answer me. Therefore, it is not that very quake.

Moosavi said this is crystal clear that deeds and doings of all residents of earth are being saved in Sahifa-e-Baatni, rather in the Kitab-e-Arzi. Therefore, Holy Prophet (SAW) says: fear earth because it is your base. Verily he who does good or evil over it, it will give its news. On one occasion, Holy Prophet (SAW) said to Sahaba (R.A.): Do you know what are the news of earth? The Sahaba (R.A.) expressed their ignorance. Then he (SAW) said: The news of earth are that it will bear witness about every man and woman that who did what at what time on its back? It will tell everything by the divine command.

He said difficulties come to Prophets, Messengers, Aulia and Saliheen for height of their ranks, but difficulties, diseases, calamities and quakes to common human beings on one hand are expiation for their sins while on the other Allah call attention of all to Himself because God has to take account of the game of oppression and barbarism being played in the world at present.

Moosavi urged all rulers particularly heads of Muslim States to link them with Allah by getting rid of colonial powers as in it lay deliverance of humanity and height and dignity of human values.

He fervently appealed to all compatriots to evade sudden calamity of quake in the motherland Pakistan by repenting with true heart on this hour of hardship, offer namaz-e-Ayaat, promise themselves wouldn’t fail in performing rights of Allah and rights of His servants and would keep in view respect of whole humanity as therein is hidden our deliverance and success.