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Restlessness of the Earth and the gesture of Imam Ali AS

alkafi-15120Vol. 8, p. 255-256

كُنَّا مَعَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَاضْطَرَبَتِ الْأَرْضُ فَوَحَاهَا بِيَدِهِ‌[1] ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا اسْكُنِي مَا لَكِ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْنَا وَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهَا لَوْ كَانَتِ الَّتِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَأَجَابَتْنِي‌[2] وَ لَكِنْ لَيْسَتْ بِتِلْكَ.

‘Calm down! What is the matter with you?’ Then he (asws) turned towards us and said: ‘But, had it been that (quake) which Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Said, it would have answered me (asws), but it is not that one’.