INTRODUCTION
In the Name of Allah (SWT), the Beneficent,
the Merciful
When the earth shall quake with her
(terrible) quaking, and the earth brings
forth her burdens. Men shall say, What has
happened to her?
On that day, she (the earth) shall relate her
news (about all that happened to her) that
your Lord has revealed on her.
On that day, people shall come out (from
their graves) in (scattered) groups, to be
shown their own deeds.
Then he who has done an atom-weight of
good shall see it, And he who has done an
atom-weight of evil shall see it.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 99, Verses 1-8)
Apparently, the earth will divulge all the events that ever took place on her. The
present order will pass away, but the deeds done therein, even the most secret, will
be made known when Allah will give the command. al-Saduq relates in Itiqadatul-
Imamiyah (quoted from al-Qummi's Stages of The Hereafter), that once the
Commander of the Faithful, Ali passed by some youths who were busy in vain and
useless gossip, and were laughing. He said, Why do you blacken your scrolls (of
deeds) with such vain talks? They said, O Master! Are these also recorded? Ali
replied:
Yes! And even the breath that you exhale. The
reward of removing a thorn or a stone or a skin
from the path of other people is also recorded.
These small deeds too do not go wasted.
In Qur'an:
In addition, the Book (of Deeds) will be
placed (before you); and you will see the
sinful in great terror because of what is
(recorded) therein; they will say, Ah! woe
to us! what a Book is this! It leaves out
nothing small or great, but takes account
thereof! They will find all that they did
before them and not one will your Lord
treat with injustice.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 18, Verse 49)
Every man's fate We have fastened on his
own neck. On the Day of Judgment We
shall bring out for him a scroll, which he
will see spread open.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 17, Verse 13)
The Prophet (S) says that every deed of us will remain for eternity and they will be
accessed on the Day that Allah wills it. We have a tradition from the Prophet (S) in
Nurul-Thaqalayn - Volume 5, Page 649, commenting on the above chapter and he
says that the news of the earth - her news - is that she is witness to all the deeds
that every servant has done on her surface. She will say so and so had done such
and such on a particular day. And this is her news.
In another verse of al-Qur'an, Allah (SWT) reminds all of humankind:
Establish prayer (regularly) from the
declension of the sun until the darkness of
the night, and the recital at the morning.
Indeed! The recital at the morning is
witnessed.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 17, Verse 78)
We know form Qur'an, the witness above not only implies God in His Infinite
Power, but the Prophet (S), the surrounding environment, the carpet, the walls,
the earth, etc. will all witness and proclaim truth for the creation. According to al-
Qur'an, the limbs, hands and legs of a person will also witness on the Final Day of
reckoning. For general purposes, the witnesses will also include the places where
the act was performed or a thought was executed, mats and clothes of prayer, trees,
walls, buildings, books, writings, food thrown away, water spilled for no reason,
and so forth. The Prophet in Nurul-Thaqalayn - Volume 5, and Page 649 says:
There is no jinn or human or stone that hears
it, but does not bear witness to it on the Day of
Judgment.
al-Khumeini (AR) narrates from al-Kulayni in al-Kafi (the section on Tawbah,
repentance, tradition one), the following tradition in his exposition on repentance,
tradition number 17, which appears in al-Tawhid Journal, and reports with his
long chain of narrators that reach al-Sadiq, who says:
When a servant turns to God with sincere
repentance, God loves him and covers him (i.e.
his sins) in the world and the hereafter. He makes
the two angels (assigned to write his deeds) forget
that which they have written of his sins.
Then He inspires his bodily members (saying),
Do conceal his sins, and He inspires the earth's
places (saying), Conceal the sins that he used to
commit over you. Then he meets God, at the time
that he meets Him, in such a manner that there
is nothing to give witness against him regarding
any sin.
A case in point, Prophet Muhammad (S) will be the witness to all the 1, 23,999
Prophets and over all witnesses (living, non-living or inanimate) as his blessed
existence supercedes every creation by Allah (SWT), the creator. The following two
verses make obvious the unique spiritual existence of the Prophet from the very
beginning of the world to the end. Allah remarks:
In addition, on the Day when we will
raise up in every people from among
themselves, a witness (upon them), and
bring you (Muhammad) as a witness upon
(all) these..
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 16, Verse 89)
How will it be when We shall bring forth
from every people a witness, and when We
shall bring you (the Prophet (S) a witness
over those witnesses?
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 04, Verse 41)
Dr. Bahmanpour (Senior Islamic Lecturer at the Islamic College for Islamic Studies
in the UK, 2005) reports a tradition that once the Prophet asked a companion to
recite the Chapter al-Nisa, and when he reached the above verse (on his overall
witness), the Prophet was observed crying and shedding tears over this great
responsibility.
Apparently, and in general law, evidence can only be accepted when the individual
giving the evidence has witnessed the object under question (Mir Ahmad Ali, 1988).
And so, because the creation of last Prophet Muhammad (S) is first, his blessed
existence will easily be THE main witness over the entire creation and its doings,
and no one will have more say on that Final Day than the Prophet (S), including all
the humans, jinn, angels, and all living, inanimate objects.
Many indigenous cultures around the world also appreciate that everything has a
spirit. Everything is living and conscious including rocks, animals, plants, trees,
places, rivers, storms, mountains, and oceans. These so-called non-living objects
also retain memory, evolve and learn through means of energy and its intelligence,
info-energy.
As we shall note in later sections, Qur'an has provided clear evidence of the above
citations and that the information within the energy from all thoughts and actions
is stored and available for access. The 12th living Imam in occultation, al-Mahdi
(AS) accesses these very info-energies (energy with stored specific information)
from his followers every Thursday night, then weeps, and prays for our vile actions.
A near-death experience also produces similar images, all from the personal and
specific energy surrounding that person. We can now appreciate that these energy
signatures are easily accessible.
In traditions, the Infallible (AS) have even gone to an extent and advised all
Hujjaj (pilgrims to the House of Allah - the Ka'bah) to bury their hair under the
earth in Mina after performing Taqseer or Halaq, an act of cutting one's hair or
shaving one's head. Mina is a place in Saudi Arabia that the able Muslim pilgrims
are obligated to visit at least once in their lifetime. Undoubtedly, this buried hair
will proclaim and witness that person's performance of the Hajj on the Day of
Reckoning. Muslims are also recommended to salute Allah and praise Him as they
pass the Black Stone whilst circulating the Ka'bah - this is repeated seven times
- No doubt, the Black Stone registers all that salutations and the Stone will witness
on the Day of Judgment.
Ali once said to Abu Hafiz:
The Messenger of Allah (S) did not embrace it
(the Black Stone) save for wisdom he knew.
In Fatima, The Gracious, Ordoni (1987) writes that Ali said:
When your Lord drew forth from the children of
Adam (from their loins) their descendants and
made them testify concerning them (saying),
Am I not your Lord? They answered, Yes! We do
testify. Thus, when they affirmed their obedience
to Him as their Lord and as His slaves, He made
a covenant with them that they would make
pilgrimage to His sacred House.
He then created parchment finer than water
and said to the Pen, Write down My creatures'
fulfillment of pilgrimage to My Sacred House. The
pen wrote humanity's fulfillment of pilgrimage
on the parchment, then the (Black) Stone was
addressed as thus, Open your mouth; it opened
and the parchment was inserted there.
Ali then quotes Allah as having said to the Black Stone:
Safeguard it and testify for My worshippers
their fulfillment (of Pilgrimage). The Stone then
descended in obedience to Allah.
In many instances, we shall note such intelligent relationship between Allah and
His creation, and exactly why the universe, the sun and the moon and all of the
contents in the world follow certain specific rules set by the Almighty. Also, why
some foods are medicinal if taken in a certain way, why some acts yield fruitful
outcomes, some do just the opposite, and so forth.
Further advice to Muslims is to say their Prayer at different mosques and different
places on earth or in the mosque, as our Infallible (AS) did, so these places may
witness. Such advice and examples are unlimited in the history of Islam, the
Prophets and the Infallible. This narration can be found in Layalul-Akhbar -
Volume 5, and Page 79.
Yet another tradition denotes that when Ali finished the act of dividing the public
treasury of the Muslims, he used to say two units of prayer to the Almighty and
then said addressing that particular place on earth where he fulfilled his duty:
Bear witness for me on the Day of Judgment that
I filled you justly and emptied you rightfully.
In this vein, Ali has remarked:
By Allah, to pass a whole night, awake on the
poisonous thorns of a desert and be drawn in
chains round the neck is more pleasant than to
meet Allah if I have done injustice even to a single
person or have usurped anything belonging to
any one.
If I am given all that is in the heavens and on the
earth, in the seven continents, to do injustice to
an ant by taking away from its mouth the husk of
a grain or an oat, while it is going to its abode, l
shall refuse it. (Nahjul-Balagha)
People observed Ali (AS) to communicate with a huge pile of gold and say to it, O
yellow gold! O white silver! Do not waste your glamour on me. Beguile others. I
have divorced you thrice. Now there is no link between us.
Clearly, he established communication and consciously involved himself with
the energy of the gold and talked with it. God Forbid! These Prophets and the
Infallible - the best of creations - were not out of their minds when performing
such communications with inanimate and so-called non-living objects. These
blessed souls knew exactly that these objects understand, and store memories of
certain experiences and will witness in front of Allah when given the command.
Historians narrate that on the 20th of Ramadhan in the year Ali was hit by the
sword, he looked at the sun and said, be witness that today is the only day you
have observed Ali in bed when you arose, for Imam Ali was always and daily in
prayer until the sun arose.
In Qur'an, Allah (SWT) in His infinite wisdom, reports to the Prophet (S) and the
whole of humankind that He asked the heavens, the earth and mountains to take
on the responsibility of Trust, Will and Choice in this worldly life and then account
for them on the Day of Judgment, but they all refused. However, man was ignorant
and took the responsibility for a greater reward in Paradise, after having fulfilled
the trust. Allah (SWT) says:
We have offered the responsibility
(freedom of choice) to the heavens and
the earth, and the mountains, but they
refused to bear it, and were afraid of it.
Nevertheless, the human being accepted
it; he was transgressing, ignorant.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 33, Verse 72)
This relationship between Allah and His creations further demonstrates and
confirms that the earth, the heavens, the mountains, and all creation having a
conscious reality and are living, responsive and keen to their environment. This is
also, why Allah in Qur'an and the Infallible (AS) in their statements and invocations
swear and commit their actions on behalf of these creations. We find that in several
chapters in al-Qur'an, Allah, the Almighty has taken swear on the Star, the Sun, the
Night, the Noon, and so forth before He makes a statement.
A good example is from al-Qur'an - Chapter 74, Verses 32-34 - No! By the moon!
In addition, by the night when it retreats! And by the morning when it
brightens!
Because of the consciousness of these creations, it is further abominable for Muslims
to face the moon, the sun or the Ka'bah whilst evacuating bowels or bladder. These
practices in Islam are explored in details in later sections.
al-Mahdi in his Salutations to al-Husain (after his sacrifice in Karbala) remarks the
following to the limbs of al-Husain - we know that to reply a salutation in Islam is
obligatory - and so these limbs do reply the salutations from al-Mahdi and from
the believers.
Peace be upon the blood-smeared necks. Peace be
upon the lips that were parched due to thirst. Peace
be upon the deluge of the (martyrs') blood. Peace
be upon the dismembered limbs. Peace be upon
the heads that were raised on the lances. Peace be
upon the bodies that were hung after being killed.
Peace be upon the (pure) heads, which were
severed from the bodies. Peace be upon the teeth
that were hit with an (oppressive) baton. Peace be
upon the dust-smeared body. Peace be upon the
blood-smeared cheeks.
In brief, we can now appreciate that everything in this completely wide universe is
conscious and submits to Allah.
Do they seek any other religion than the
religion of Allah (Islam), when everything
in the heavens, and the earth submit to
Allah, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him
shall all return.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 03, Verse 82)
Do you not realize that to God prostrates
everyone in the heavens the earth, the sun,
the moon, the stars, the mountains, the
trees, the animals, and many people? Many
others among the people are committed to
doom. Whomever God shames, none will
honor him. Everything is in accordance
with God's will.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 22, Verse 18)
al-Sajjad (AS) remarks the following in his supplication in morning and evening,
in Sahifa-Sajjadiyya:
O God! I call You to witness - and You are
sufficient witness - and I call Your heaven and
Your earth to witness.
Mir Ahmed Ali (1988) comments on chapter al-Zilzal in his translation and
commentary of al-Qur'an:
Lady Fatima (AS) reports that once in Madina an
earthquake was felt and the people got panicky
and rushed to Abu Bakr and Umar who took the
whole multitude to Ali (AS).
Ali then 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, You 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 has happened
to you? The quaking stopped and the shaking of
the houses of Madina suddenly ceased. Then Ali
(AS) returned to the multitude and asked, Do you
wonder at this? I am the one to whom the earth
will speak on the Day of Judgment and recited
this chapter of al-Qur'an.
Clearly, with this incident, we see a very close and intelligent relationship between
a human being and earth. Now we may understand why people awarded Ali the
title Abu Turab - Father of Earth.
The Prophet (S) has further said:
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 (the earth) will
disclose everything on the Day of Judgment.
O Abu Dhar (AR)! No man puts his forehead
(in prostration) in any place on earth but that
place bears witness of that for him on the Day of
Judgment. There is no place that groups of people
visit but that it starts either sending salutation on
them, or cursing them.
O Abu Dhar (AR)! There is no place of lodging or
departure of the places of the earth but they call
one another, O Neighbor! Did anyone pass by you
who remembered Allah (SWT) or worshipped
by placing his forehead on you in prostration to
Allah (SWT)? So one replies affirmative and one
replies negative. When one says yes, it shakes and
opens up (in happiness) and sees that it has (been
favored) a greater rank over its neighbor.
The above narration explains further, why the advice to Muslims is to remember
Allah constantly and always utters praises, recite chapters from al-Qur'an, or even
recite invocations as we make our living. This way, that part of the earth, nearby
trees and stones, and so forth, can all witness on the Day of Judgment, when Allah
will account for the tiniest of good action with evidence.
al-Sadiq (AS) says:
If you are intelligent, then you should be of firm
resolution and sincere intention before you set
out for any place, for surely the self's nature
is to overstep the bounds and encroach on the
forbidden. You should reflect when you walk, and
take note of the wonders of God's work wherever
you go.
Lower your gaze from whatever is inappropriate
to faith, and remember Allah (SWT) frequently.
Those places where, and in connection with
which, Allah (SWT) is mentioned will testify to
that before Allah (SWT) on the Day of Judgment,
and will ask forgiveness for those people so that
Allah (SWT) will let them enter the Garden.
Even though the Infallible (AS) and contemporary scientists believe and propagate
the concept of energy, one of the first documented and well-accepted accounts
we have on the Human Energy and its Interactions is from al-Sadiq (AS), the
sixth Shiite Infallible Imam, some 100 years after the last Prophet of Islam's (S)
migration to Madina.
al-Sadiq (AS) taught many fields of knowledge to his vast majority of students
including Astronomy, Evolution, History and Medicine. al-Sadiq (AS) said, Sick patients emit special kind of energy (rays)
and that this energy has a deleterious effect on
the healthy person nearby, and they are strong
enough to cause sickness in him or her.
Physicians and Biologists rejected the above observation at the time simply
because they firmly believed that microbes and viruses caused disease and that
only insects, water, and food could transmit a disease. Centuries later, scientists
invented the specific equipment, and after careful experiments, their conclusions
were affirmative and confirmed al-Sadiq's theory.
Russia, which was the center of research for Medicine, Chemistry and Biology for
many years, performed numerous experiments, and their studies established that
the human cells do emit many kinds of energy, and that this energy does interact
with energy emitted from different sources, material or non-material. According
to Ali Mirza (1996), the Russian scientists performed approximately five thousand
experiments during a period of 20 years and the results were the same, confirming
al-Sadiq's observations, which he related hundreds of years before.
The above presentation provides a solid foundation for this work and confirms the
existence of energy and its interactions with humans and other objects centuries
before the observations made by modern scientists. As we have observed and
shall note, al-Qur'an has confirmed these theories and has revealed many verses
commenting on the nature of the universe and all within. In addition, the material
and non-material, living and non-living are alive, conscious and intelligent, and
their info-energy (living energy systems with stored information and memory)
interactions are unavoidable.
On concluding this introduction, historical incidents have narrated that after the
Prophet cleaved the moon into half, after Ali moved the sun from its original place,
and after the star prostrated itself on the door of Fatima (AS), all of these blessed
individuals prostrated themselves on earth showing all of humanity that they were
NOT god. People also observed Prophet Isa, Jesus (AS) to remark - with the help
and assistance from Allah - every single time he performed a miraculous event of
giving sight to the blind or awakening the dead. He did this also because he wanted
his followers to know that he was not the Lord, as he knew his followers would later
mistake him as god or son of god.
Besides the power of the Almighty, several possible explanations exist when
explaining such miraculous events and all of them are explained in several
sections throughout this book. However, this introduction warrants some of these
instances.
The Infallible were created before any other creation and have been given the
power over the entire creation, including the mountains and clouds, the bacteria
and viruses, and so forth. So, the Prophet and the Infallible, many times, performed
miraculous events by just plain order to the object to do what it was ordered to
do. Through communication with the energy and the intelligence of these objects,
such communication is possible.
Asking Allah to do the miracle for the benefit of unbelievers is also another option
utilized by the Prophets. Finally, it is possible that these perfect souls possessed
hidden knowledge and were able to resonate with the frequency of certain objects
to cleave it or bring it under control.
Several scholars of Islam have further commented that the Prophet, the Infallible,
all the Messengers of Allah, and several other divine and sacred persons were sinless
and clean. One cannot even compare their lives to the lives of normal human beings.
There are many such examples as in the case of Fatima - the daughter of the last
Prophet of Islam, Muhammad - not experiencing menstruation and parturition,
and the physical birth of Ali inside the Grandest and most sacred mosque in this
entire universe, and so forth.
In addition, the Infallible, always prostrated to Allah as soon as they were born
into this world, and always professed the Unity of Allah just after birth. Prophet
Isa was born just after three hours or three days in her mother's womb. Prophet Isa
grew up in each day as much as infants would grow in a month. He (Prophet Isa)
conversed with the priests and even taught them at a very young age, even talking
in his infancy.
The Shiite 12th Imam, al-Mahdi in occultation was observed to have grown into a four
year child when only forty days old. On his birth, Ali read the Chapter of Believers
from Qur'an when al-Qur'an was not yet revealed and even asked the Prophet if he
wants him to read Taurat, Zabur or Injil. The bravery and power of Ali in battles is
significant. The stopping of an earthquake by Ali by just communicating with the
earth, and so forth, are all clear examples that the lives and experiences of such
sacred persons are significantly different from average humans, and the command
and superiority of the Infallible over the entire creation including the Prophets
remains a fact and will be explored in details later.
In the history of Prophets and the Infallible, as well as some divine persons,
thousands of such examples exist and some are mentioned, and many others will
be mentioned throughout this book.
In the history of Prophets and the Infallible, as well as some divine persons,
thousands of such examples exist and some are mentioned, and many others will
be mentioned throughout this book.
Allah has protected them from all kinds of sins.
He has purified them from all kinds of defects,
and has made them clean from all sorts of vices.
He has appointed them as the treasurers of His
knowledge and the custodians of His wisdom. He
has made them the focal point of His secrets and
has strengthened them with proofs.
If this had not been there, then every person
would have claimed (this position) and it would
not have been possible to discern truth from
falsehood. In addition, knowledge would not be
distinct from ignorance.
O you who believe! Obey Allah and the
messenger and those vested with authority
from among you. Then if you quarrel
about anything, refer it to Allah and the
messenger if you believe in Allah and the
last day; this is better and very good in the
end.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 4, Verse 59)
Ibn Babawayh has narrated through his chain from Jabir ibn Abdillah al-Ansari
that he said:
When Allah, the Mighty, the Great, sent to his Prophet, Muhammad (S), the verse,
O you who believe! Obey Allah and the messenger and those vested with
authority from among you. I said, O messenger of Allah! We know Allah and
his messenger, but who are those vested with authority whose obedience Allah
has conjoined to your obedience? The prophet said, They are my caliphs, O Jabir! and the Imams of
the Muslims after me. The first of them is Ali son
of Abu Talib, then al-Hasan, then al-Husain, then
Ali son of al-Husain, then Muhammad son of Ali
who is mentioned as al-Baqir in the Torah. You
will surely meet him, O Jabir! When you see him
convey my salam (greetings) to him.
Then, al-Sadiq Ja'far son of Muhammad, then
Musa son of Ja'far, then Ali son of Musa, then
Muhammad son of Ali, then Ali son of Muhammad,
then al-Hasan son of Ali, then Muhammad (whose
name will be the same as mine) son of al-Hasan -
the proof of Allah on His earth and Baqiyyatullah
(the one kept safe by Allah) among his servants.
He is the one by whose hand Allah, sublime is His
remembrance, will conquer the whole world from
the East to the West. He it is who will remain
hidden from his followers and friends for a such
a long period, that no one will remain firm on the
belief of his Imamah except he whose heart has
been tested by Allah for faith.Besides the Prophets and the Infallible, the general population also had powers
and manifested them in many different ways. One good example involves Salman
al-Farsi - a companion of the Prophet, and a close friend of Ali. History narrates
that he had powers that enabled him to have some influence (over nature) in his
existence, and that is why not a drop of curry spilled off even when the vessel
overturned. The story goes:
Abu Dhar once came to Salman while he was
cooking on a cooking pot. While they were
conversing with each other, the cooking pot
overturned and its front side fell down on the
ground, but not a drop of the curry or the cooking
fat therein fell down. Abu Dhar was highly amazed
at seeing this. Salman picked up the cooking pot
and placed it on the fire the second time, and they
began conversing once again.
While they were talking to each other, the pot
overturned once again, and nothing of the curry
or cooking fat spilled. Abu Dhar left in great
astonishment, and while he was in his thoughts,
he suddenly met Amirul-Mu'mineen, Ali, the
Commander of the Faithful.
When Ali saw Abu Dhar's state, he said to him, O
Aba Dhar, what made you leave the presence of
Salman? Moreover, what made you frightened?
Abu Dhar said to Ali, I saw Salman doing - such
and such - a thing and that amazed me. Thereupon
Ali said to him, O Aba Dhar! If Salman were to tell
you what he knows, you would have said, May
Allah have mercy on the killer of Salman.
(Bahjul-Sabagha Fi Sharhi Nahjul-Balagha -
Volume 3, Page 402)
This is like saying a knower sought rain for people, hence, they received rain; or
sought recovery for them, hence, they recovered; or wished them ill, hence they
were cast down, inflicted by earth tremors, or perished in another way. This is
also like saying he wished them well, hence they were emancipated from diseases,
murrain, torrential stream and flood; or a beast submits to some of them, or no
birds flee from them, or other similar things occur that do not count as belonging
to the kind of things that are clearly impossible.
Whatsoever the case, Allah, the creator and designer of this universe, is the final
Judge of what happens in this entire universe. He has power over all things created.
Qur'an repeatedly remarks this fact.
You do not get into any situation, nor do you
recite any Qur'an, nor do you do anything,
without us being witnesses thereof as you
do it. Not even an atom's weight is out of
your Lord's control, be it in the heavens
or the earth. Nor is there anything smaller
than an atom or larger that is not recorded
in a profound record.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 10, Verse 61)
Allah is the creator of everything and
He has authority over everything. His
are the treasures of the heavens and the
earth. As for those who disbelieve in the
communications of Allah, they surely are
the losers.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 39, Verses 62-63)
