The Cursed Mirror
A chilling tale of learning the dangers of black magic, its true power, and the importance of spiritual protection and awareness.
The Cursed Mirror
A chilling tale of learning the dangers of black magic, its true power, and the importance of spiritual protection and awareness.
In the tiny, dirty village of Mehrabad, lying below the skeletal remains of deserted hills, rumor always managed to get ahead of fact. And among the rumor was the legend of the cursed mirror—a thing purportedly ensnared by black magic, with the power to warp destiny and consume spirits.
Nobody had heard of it for decades. It was thought by some to be a legend to frighten children. Others, the elderly, had a very clear memory of it. They told of how the families would vanish overnight, how the hysterical cries rang out from the deserted houses, and how Maulana Bashir, the village cleric, stored the mirror in a clay-bricked cellar under the old shrine.
- The Origin of the Curse
The mirror first emerged when a mendicant fakir traveled to Mehrabad seven decades ago. He sold talismans and oils and preached of secret powers. He presented the mirror to the landlord's wife as a "beauty gift." Within a week, her reflection would be whispering secrets she alone would understand. Her attitude changed. Her kind-hearted nature became mean. The villagers had said they'd caught her conversing with the mirror late into the night, weeping uncontrollably at something. A month later, the landlord's entire household was killed—no marks, no struggle. White faces and cold, staring eyes only.
That's when Maulana Bashir stepped in. A scholar of Islamic theology and ancient occult texts, he saw the red flags: black magic soul-tying. He called up clerics from surrounding villages, and they all performed a ruqyah—an exorcism together. The mirror resisted. Fire suddenly broke out. One of the clerics became blind. But they were finally able to shut the mirror in the basement room of the shrine, cautioning future generations never to unearth it.
- Present Time: Darkness Recurs
Years went by. Mehrabad was upgraded. Roads were constructed, schools were established, and superstition was ridiculed.
That is where Ali, a Karachi anthropology student, went back to his family village for a research assignment. Interested in the "folklore," he wanted to learn the legend of the mirror. Individuals scared him away from it, but he dismissed it as unscientific thought.
He entered the shrine basement at night.
What he discovered wasn't an old dusty mirror. It seemed to radiate energy. The glass rippled like water. When he looked into it, a dark fog shrouded his mind. A voice spoke:
"Ask. And I shall give."
He put the mirror back in the city and hid it from sight in his flat.
Signs of Possession
Ali’s friends noticed changes. He became reclusive, irritable. He spoke in a strange voice at night. Animals avoided him. He once muttered in Arabic, though he barely knew the language. His dreams turned violent. Shadows in his room moved without light.
One day, his roommate caught him staring into the mirror, chanting. His eyes were black. No pupils. No whites.
Afraid, the roommate had called in an Islamic spiritualist healer, Peer Ghulam Shah, who arrived on schedule.
- The Ruqyah and Realization
Peer Ghulam Shah arrived with some Quranic verses, black seeds (kalonji), and zamzam water. As he entered, the mirror cracked gently. He cautioned this was not an ordinary spell—this was ancient maleficium, black magic used to enslave or kill souls.
The ruqyah session continued for hours. Ali screamed, laughed, chanted back. His body convulsed. The mirror began to glow and then caught fire. Ali collapsed when the mirror broke into two pieces.
When Ali came to, he did not remember anything.
The Message
Ali spent his days spreading awareness. He started a blog, "Beyond the Seen", and utilized it to tell others about black magic, jinn possession, and the risk of undermining spiritual powers.
He informed us about how black magic is not fiction. It's performed—sometimes unconsciously—by nafrat, jealousy, greed, and malice. He explained to us how individuals use it to ruin marriages, businesses, or lives. Yet he also showed us how to guard against it:
By praying daily
Reading Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat-ul-Kursi, and the 4 Quls
Stay away from talismans or charms unknown
Believing only in trained spiritual healers—not imitations
Keeping at arm's length curiosity regarding the occult
- conclusion
The mirror was lost, but its history remained. Mehrabad constructed the shrine again with caution etched in stone. Ali went on reading, now mixing science and religion.
Black magic lives on darkness and ignorance. But in books, knowledge, and belief, its forces can be demolished.
- Moral
Black magic exists, but secretly. Don't be afraid of it—learn about it, keep away from it, and guard yourself with learning, prayer, and light.
About the Creator
Aamir Muhammad
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