Divine Manifestations — Page 8
8 people had been killed, the same shall happen now. Following this revelation, God says: َّ ُ ﺛُﻢ ُ ﯾ ﻐَﺎث َ َ اﻟﻨَّﺎسُ و َ ﯾ ﻌْﺼِﺮُوْن That is, that people’s supplications will then be heard, rains shall come on time and the orchards and fields shall bear fruit in abundance. A period of joy shall begin and extraordinary calamities shall recede, lest people should think that God is only the Avenger ( Qahh a r ) and not Merciful ( Ra hi m ) and consider His Messiah to be ill-omened. 7 F 7 Remember, it was necessary for large number of people to die at the time of the Messiah and it was also destined that plagues and earthquakes should strike. This is the meaning of the Hadith wherein it is written that people would perish with the breath of the Messiah, and his killing breath would work as far as 7 It has been destined from the very beginning that the Promised Messiah would first appear in an awe-striking form, and, as far as his eyes would see, people would perish with his breath. This means that that will not be the time for Jihad or fighting with the sword. It will be the spiritual attention of the Messiah which will work like a sword, and awe-inspiring signs like plagues, earthquakes and other calamities shall descend from heaven. Then God’s Messiah shall look upon mankind with compassion, and the heavens too shall show signs of compassion, and people shall be blessed with long lives and abundant provisions shall come out of the earth. [Author]