The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 147
Earthquakes and Wars 147 to concede that this earthquake was equal in intensity to that of 4th April, 1905. There was a great loss of life and property in Rāmpur City, in Simla, and in many other places. It was the same earthquake about which, eleven months ago, I had been granted knowledge through this Divine revelation: پھر بہار آئی خدا کی بات پھر پوری ہوئی. The earthquake, accordingly, struck in spring. Reflect upon this. Is there anyone besides God who has the power to foretell events with such precision? The earth's layers were not under my control that I could hold them for eleven months and then give them a powerful jolt just after 25th February, 1906!. So my dear ones! now that you have witnessed these two earthquakes, it should be easy for you to understand that the prophecy about the five earthquakes to come is also no idle talk. . . . You can well understand that no authority in the science of seismology can make these predictions with such clarity and precision. But God, Who is the Lord of heavens and earth, reveals these secrets only to His chosen Messengers, so that people may be saved from disbelief and denial, and so that they may believe and be saved from the torment of hell. Behold, I present the earth and heaven as my witness that today I have clearly stated the prophecy regarding five earthquakes so that it may serve as a warning to you, and so that 46 The spring has come round again, and God's word has again been fulfilled. [Publisher]