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8 1~3: 11 1 shaH ·destroy towns and cities andeff11ceth~m ·fr. om ear-th!s surface even as men have effaced my name from their hearts;'' (Badr 1905, No. 24. ) On March 14, 1906: "I shall show the flash of my signs five times," that is five earthquakes will be most prominent. (Badr 1906, No; 13. ) On May 14, came the revelation " Have you received the tidings of the earthquake·? The time comes when a terrible shaking shall seize the earth and make it throw out all its contents Then men will ask wonderingly, 'What is the matter with the earth?" (Baar 1906, No. 20. ) On August 12, 1906 : " Rivers would flow in the courtyards of the houses a'ld there will follow earthquakes. " (Baar 1906, No. 33 ) On March 19, 1907 : "I have decided to give the earth a spell of earthquakes. " On March 24: "I will overturn millions of men," that is, this spell of earthquakes with which God w9uld ·afflict the earth would spread devastation and death in different parts of the world and hundreds of thousands of lives wol. ). ld be lost: (Badr, 1907, No. 13) Again, on May 12, 1907, this r. evelation was received : "Men shall weep with. sorrow at the sight of these towns and cities" (Badr, 1907, No. 20. ) Besides these, there are many other revelations and dreams of the Promised Messiah that speak of earthquakes. Some of these were to occur in his lifetime, and some after his death. Moreover, he had also had some prophetic visions w. herein he saw earth- quakes actually happening. All these he has described in his wdtings. One of these, as given in a poem is as follows: "A devastation, wholly unparalleled in history, shall over- take towns and villages. In the twinkling of an eye all places wbere hitherto felicity and pleasure reigned shall be converted into scenes of desolation and mourning. Grand and magnificent' places, fair and stately mansions shall suffer destruction and become dusty heaps of ruins, and countless lives shall be lost. Never having seen anything like it in all your life before, you can form no conception of this frightful calamity. But I have seen it all in a vision, and thf;l dreadful sight is still haunting my eyes unceasingly. -(Durr-i·S. ameen, 1905. ) Again: " All the world knows of the earthquakes that occurred some time ago in San Francisco and Formosa in accordance \Vitli my P. !"oph~cies. . 131. lt the earthquake Which occurteq :iq