Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 336
336 As regards the earthquake to come which will be very V. , severe, God informed me and said : "Again came the spring time t and again is the Word of God fulfilled. " It is, there- fore, necessary that a severe earthquake should yet come, but the righteous are safe from it. Be righteous then and walk in true piety that you may be saved. Fear God to-day so that you may be safe from the fear oj that day. It is neces- sary that heaven should show some thing and the earth should manifest wonders , but those who fear God will be saved. The Word of God says that many events will happen and. '*- ' - " dire calamities will descend upon earth, and some of them will be manifested in my life and others after my death, and He will give this dispensation some success through me and more completely after me. It is a Divine law> and since man was created Almighty God has always been manifesting this law, that He assists His Prophets aod Messengers and gives them triumph. As He says: "God has written, 'I will surely prevail, I and My Apostles' " (Iviii : 22). Their triumph means that as they wish that the cause of God should prevail upon earth, appeared in the beginning of the (Hijira) century, and almost a quarter of the 14th century has passed away. According to pro- phecies both the sun and the moon eclipsed in the month of Barnzan at the time of claim, and the plague also made its appearance and earthquakes came and more will yet come, but woe to them who loved the world for they did not accept me. f The original words in the revelation is bahar. (Ed. K. R. )