Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 299
299 Put together, the prophecies relating to Lekh Ram foretold that: 1. Lekh Ram his death. 2. This calamity would take place within six years. 3. It would be on a day close to Eid, right before or after. 4. Lekh Ram would meet with the fate of the Calf of S a mir i , i. e. , dismemberment and death and dispersion of his ashes into a river. 5. His death would be carried out by a ruddy person with blood - shot eyes. 6. Lekh Ram would be a victim of the sword of Muhammad. These signs are so clear and determinate that nobody can have any doubt about their meaning and content. Five years after the publication of these prophecies, people started to taunt the Promised Messiah as saying that the time limit had passed and yet the prophecy had not been fulfilled. However, in the afternoon of the day next to Eid-ul-Fitr, which was a Saturday, an unknown person stabbed Lekh Ram in the belly with a sharp knife and he died of his wounds the following day. Thus the prophecy came to be fulfilled exactly as had been foretold. The prophecy had said that he would die within six years, so he died within six years. The prophecy said the fatal event would occur on a day close to Eid and it would prove to be a day of Eid for the believers, so he died on the day next to Eid. The prophecy said that Lekh Ram would meet his end at the hands of a terrifying man with bloodshot eyes, and so it happened. Lekh Ram was to be a victim of the sword of Muhammad, so he died of a stab wound. The prophecy said that Lekh Ram would meet a fate similar to the