Another Ashura without Qayamat

I refer of course to the fact that according to scriptures, Qayamat will come on Ashura, the 10th of Muharram. Rumors in NUML where my sis teaches were pretty sure about a cataclysmic earthquake shaking the foundations of Islamabad on the line sof the one on October 8th but the Almighty Allah had mercy on us.
The day much like yesterday was spent watching the same nauhas, aalims and maulanas on different channels on cable and the assorted satellite channels repeating much of the same about what happened in Karbala. I watched Allama Talib Jauhri’s majlis of Shaam-e-Gharibaan on T.V. and I have to admit that man has a most convincing way of putting his point across.
But debates about sects aside, shab-e-ashur and this day are meant to be remembered as a day of supreme sacrifice and fortitude in the face of adversary and all in all, sorrow and grief are a part of the lessons we take from it.
Papa got a deig done for Fateha as usual but this time I refused point blank to be a distribution cart for my assorted relatives and Mama, Papa listened. And we distributed it to the deserving. May the Almighty accept it and make it a cause in His mercy towards us.