The Destruction of Cities – From the Malfuzat of Khwaja Uthman Haruni (ra)
The following is an excerpt taken from Session 3 of the Anees ul-Arwah–The Malfuzat of Khwaja Uthman Haruni (rehmatullahi alyhe)–as recorded by Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (rehmatullahi alayhe):
In this session the discussion was about the destruction of cities and so he said that because of the excesses of people, in the last days cities will be destroyed. I heard from the Yusuf Chishti (may God have mercy on him) who heard it from Yahya Samarqandi from Ali (may God ennoble his face) that when the following verse was revealed:
ÙˆÙŽØ¥ÙÙ† مَّن قَرْيَة٠إÙلاَّ Ù†ÙŽØْن٠مÙهْلÙÙƒÙوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْم٠الْقÙيَامَة٠أَوْ Ù…ÙعَذّÙبÙوهَا عَذَابًا شَدÙيدًا كَانَ Ø°ÙŽÙ„ÙÙƒ ÙÙÙŠ الْكÙتَاب٠مَسْطÙورًا
There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the (eternal) Record.
Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that there will be excessive wrong doing in the last days. The city of Makkah will be made desolate by the hands of harsh people. The city of Medinah Munawwarah will be caught up in a famine; people will die there because of hunger. Basra and Mash-had will be destroyed because of drinking and the evil deeds of women. The ruler of Syria will be destroyed because of tyranny. Rome will become desolate because of widespread homosexuality. People will die as a result of a wind from the sky. Khurasan and Balkh will meet their end due to dishonest merchants by whose evil actions Muslims will be consumed.
The master Maudud Chishti (may God have mercy on him) said that Khawarizm and its surrounding cities will be destroyed because of its excesses in certain kinds of music and materialism and people there will murder each other. Suistan will be destroyed by calamity and earthquakes. Egyptian women will be killed because they will be labeled as adulteresses. Their actions will bring upon them the Wrath of God and these people would be consumed by the Earth and destroyed. India and Sind would be destroyed because of pervasive fornication and drunkenness of the people. I heard from the master Sharif Zindani (may God have mercy on him) that close to the Day of Judgment, years, months, weeks and days would become short in duration. Human beings will give birth to dogs instead of their own kind. People will be very far from the teachings from the Prophet (May peace and blessings be upon him). O Disciple! Humanity needs to prepare for the hereafter after considering that such times are very close at hand.
After this, the master engrossed himself in the remembrance of God. This humble slave also left the gathering and thanks to God for that (lesson).
Translated by Sharaaz Khan
28 Shaban 1432 Hijri
very informative to the present day life…..