An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 326
326 The Background On February 6, 1898, the Promised Messiah as had a vision. Relating this vision he says: I saw angels are planting, at various places in the Punjab, plants of black colour and in no time they are turning into trees, ugly in shape, black and of terribly small in stature. I asked some of them what they were planting, they replied, these were the trees of plague, which was to break out shortly in the country. ( Ayy a mu s - S ula h , p. 121, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 14, p. 361) He further wrote that it was not clear to me whether they said that it would spread in the next winter, or that it would spread this winter, but it was terrible thing that I saw. I had a revelation about the plague even earlier. In accordance with this prophecy, the plague did break out and it was at its peak in the month of October 1902 when the Government had launched a drive for vaccinations against this disease. At that time the Promised Messiah as issued this book on October 5, 1902. The Book In this book, the Promised Messiah as described the house wherein he lived was a like N u h’s (Noah’s) ark for which God had promised protection against this calamity. The Promised Messiah as ’s house was expanded from the Western side in order to afford protection to more and more people. This prophecy of the Promised Messiah as was literally fulfilled. The house of the Promised Messiah as remained completely immune, and the houses of non-Muslims adjoining the house of the Promised Messiah as were not safe. The movement expanded so fast that by the end of 1902, the followers had crossed into hundreds of thousands, and by 1904, it was around half a million. One of the remarkable features of the book is that the Promised Messiah as spelt out very beautifully the true teachings of Islam and this