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257 257 257 257 257 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION The Promised Messiah as explained that this Divine promise included not only those who are within the physical boundary of his house, but also all those who were the true believers in Ahmadiyyat. It was a great divine sign, that during the time of this terrible epidemic of plague, and without the protection of any preventive innoculation, there was hardly any case of an Ahmadi dying of plague. It had a tremendous effect on others, and hundreds of people became Ahmadis in a short period of time by witnessing this sign of divine protection. Hadrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif was a prominent member of the court of the Ruler of Kabul in Afghanistan. He was stoned to death in a very barbaric manner, at the instigation of fanatic religious leaders, simply because he had accepted Ahmadiyyat. The Promised Messiah as gave a detailed account of this violent act, in his book Tadhkira-tush-Shadatain. He wrote in urdu - translated below:. . . O Land of Kabul! Bear witness, that a grave crime was com- mitted upon thee. O Unfortunate Soil! You have fallen in the sight of God, because you are the venue of this great injustice. On the very next day, after this incidence took place, a terrible epidemic of cholera broke out in Kabul, and not only several of those people died who were responsible for this stoning to death, but several thousand other citizens of Kabul also died of cholera. When this revelation from God came to the Promised Messiah as , Japan was a small country. But in 1905, Japan and Russia went to war against each other, for the purpose of capturing Korea. Japan defeated Russia even though Japan was a comparatively small country. Japan then occupied Korea and emerged as a great Eastern power. In this manner, this revelation of the Promised Messiah as was fulfilled with amazing accuracy. 7. 1 7. 1 7. 1 7. 1 7. 1 P P P P P ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED M M M M M E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H AS AS AS AS AS A N D A N D A N D A N D A N D S S S S S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S — P — P — P — P — P ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED M M M M M E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H AS AS AS AS AS The Martyrdom of Hadrat Sahibzada Abdul Lateef (July 14, 1903) The Revelation — ‘ An Eastern Power and the Critical Condition of Korea ’ (1904)