Fulfilment of a Grand Prophecy - Hazrat Ahmad’s Challenge to John Alexander Dowie — Page 11
Fulfillment of a Grand Prophecy informed me of my victory. This revelation. I published in my booklet named "Aryas of. Qadian and Us" on the second page after the title page, almost two weeks before Dowie's death. This revelation was as follows:. Prophecy of a New Sign: God says that I will show a new sign, which will have glorious victory. It will be a sign for the whole world (meaning it would not be restricted to India), and it will be God's very personal sign and from the heavens. It is mandated for human beings to stay watchful, for God will show it very soon. So that He may stand witness, that this humble person, who all nations are bad-mouthing, is from him. Blessed are those who may benefit from it. (Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised. Messiahas, February 20 1907). It is evident, such a sign that is a sign of a grand victory, that will be a clear sign for the whole world Asia, America, Europe and India – it is only the sign regarding the death of Dowie. Because a lot of signs I had prophesied were restricted to Punjab and. India, and nobody in Europe or America had any knowledge of them. But this sign, as a prophecy, was told in Punjab but it was destined to be fulfilled in the death of a person, whom everybody knew in Europe and America. And the news regarding the death of Dowie was given telegraphically to. English newspapers of these countries. . Pioneer, a newspaper published from. Alahbad, India dated March 1, 1907 and. Civil and Military Gazette (published from. Lahore) in its March 12th, 1907 issue, as well as Indian Daily Telegraph (published from. Luckhnow, India) dated March 12th, 1907 all 11 have published about this news. This person (Dowie) due to his worldly status was comparable to great lords and princes. Mr. . Alexander Russell Webb, who has converted to Islam in America, wrote a letter to me regarding Dowie. He stated that Dr. Dowie lives a lifestyle of lords and princes in this country (America) and despite his respect and popularity in American and Europe, due to God's blessings, my subject matter was published by popular newspapers that are published daily and this prophecy was publicized in all of America and Europe. . And then after the mass publication, the death and disaster to which it was foretold in this prophecy happened so vividly that it is impossible to comprehend a more clearer and complete fulfillment. Every aspect of. Dowie's life was hit with disaster. He was exposed as an embezzler of funds. He taught that alcohol was forbidden, yet he himself proved to be a drunkard. And he was kicked out in disgrace from Zion City, which he himself had established after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars. Furthermore, he was deprived of over six million dollars of his own money. His wife and son turned against him. His father declared that he was born of an illicit relationship. Thus he was recognized as an illegitimate child by his nation. He used to claim that he healed the sick with his miracles. All of his lip service proved as false and he was hit with all kinds of insults. At last, he suffered an attack of paralysis and was physically carried as a helpless person by a few people from place to place, and then because of sadness and depression he lost his mind and his mental faculties could not function properly. His claim that he had a long life to live, and his claims of becoming younger by