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Sura 99
Aya 4
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يَومَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخبارَها

Mir Ahmed Ali

On1 that day she shall relate her new (about all that happened on her).
  • The earth will declare aloud what all had happened on it.
    Tamim bin Hatim says “Once we went to Basra and while we were about to camp, a quake of earth was felt. We were all panicky but Ali got down from his camel and placing his hand on the ground addressing the earth, said, ‘What hast happened to thee.’” The quaking stopped.
    Lady Fatema reports that once in Madina an earthquake was felt and the people got panicky and rushed to Abu-Bakr and Omar who took the whole multitude to the door of Ali and Ali came out with perfect peace of mind and took the people outside Madina and sitting on a mound, addressed the huge crowd and asked them, saying, “Ye are panicky at this quaking of the earth, what will you do when it will quake before the Day of Judgment?" Saying this, Ali placed his hand on the ground and addressing the earth, said, “What hast happened to thee?” The quaking stopped and the shaking of the houses of Madina suddenly ceased. Then Ali turned to the multitude and asked “Do ye wonder at this? I am the one to whom the earth will speak on the Day of Judgment” and recited this Sura. (M.S.)
    The Holy Prophet is reported to have said that “Save yourselves from calamities by always being clean with ablutions. Save yourselves by always being regular in your prayers. Beware of your good and evil deeds on earth, for it will disclose everything on the Day of Judgment.