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not God, however, will accept him and establish his truth with mighty signs. " (Braheen-i-Ahmadiyya, Part IV. ) Partfoularity of Earthquakes in Latter Days These mighty signs, these powerful onslaughts of Heaven, which were destined to take place in the time of the Promised Messiah, were to take diverse forms. The Holy Quran and other religious scriptu(es, how~ver, point to the fact that they would visit the earth particularly in the form of earthquakes. In the New Testament, referring to his second coming towards the last days of the world Jesus says : "Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places" (Matth. 24 : 7). Similarly the Holy Quran says: "I swear by the angelic hosts who are charged with these matters, that a terrible shaking will come over the earth, and earthquake will follow earthquake until men will tremble with fear, their eyes will be downcast and they durst not look up'' (79: 1). The Traditions also refer to earthquakes as occurring. in large numbers in the last days of the world. And the early revelations of the Promised Messiah also contain references to earthquakes. For instance, one of the revelations; received as early as 1884, runs thus: "God shall clear His apostle of all the charges which they lay against him for he is an exalted servant of the Lord. Is not God sufficient unto His servant? The Lord shall appear on the mountain, making it into fragments: He shall destroy all the machinations of the di;believers. " (Braheen-i-Ahmadiyya, part IV, page 516. ) Arfother revelation, given in the Braheen-i-Ahmadiyya, runs to this effect: "The time is at hand when the Lord shall appear on the mountain, making it into fragments, God shall. bring this about by His omnipotence for the sake of His servant. ') (Braheen-i'-Ahmadiyya, part IV, page 557. ) The Terrible Earthquake of 1905 Then, as in the knowledge of God the time appointed fot these earthquakes drew near, the revelations descending on the Promise4 :M;essiah l?rew more emphatic and more definite in