Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
The Greatest Earthquake
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THE GREATEST EARTHQUAKE
Earthquakes are a sign of God. When an earthquake
strikes, it demolishes all the props which man relies
on. It causes mighty stone fortresses to come
tumbling down, just as it reduces flimsy wooden
huts to matchsticks. It does not distinguish between
the strong and the weak. It strikes the mighty in the
same way as it strikes the helpless.
Earthquakes give us prior warning of what is
eventually going to happen to all of us in this world.
They remind us in this world of the doomsday
which all mankind must face in the next world.
When the trembling of the earth makes people lose
their senses; when houses start falling as if they were
made of playing cards; when the earth is turned
upside down; then people will realize how utterly
helpless they are before the might of God. All man
can do at such a time is helplessly gaze on his own
destruction.
The earthquake of the Last Day will be infinitely
more severe than any worldly earthquake. All
man’s supports will collapse. He will forget the
