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302 of God who knows people’s thoughts even before they are them - selves aware of them. (7) The Plague I have related prophecies of the Promised Messiah as about Afghanistan and its neighbour Iran, and I have also described four prophecies that served as signs for three major religions. I now pro - ceed to cite a prophecy that was a sign aimed at all communities of India and, through them, the whole world. This prophecy has proved that God has power over every cause, no matter how big or small, and that He employs it in the service of His Messengers. Many such prophecies of the Promised Messiah as have already been fulfilled while others await fulfilment. As an example, I pres - ent his prophecy regarding the onset of the plague. This prophecy has an added importance in that the Holy Prophet s as also foretold about the outbreak of an epidemic in the time of the Promised Messiah as. 23 When, according to a prophecy of the Holy Prophet s as , a lunar eclipse occurred on the 13th of Ramadan and a solar eclipse on the 28th of the same month, the Promised Messiah as was informed by God that if people did not heed this important Sign and did not accept him, a general calamity would fall upon them. The Promised Messiah as wrote: ٌ فَتَان ِ وَاِذَا اجْتَمَعَا فَھُو َ تَھْدِیْد ِّ الْکُسُوْف َ وَالْخُسُوْف َ اٰیَتَان ِ مُخَو َّ وَحَاصِل ُ الْکََم ِ اَن ِ د َ مِن َ ہللا ِ لَِھْل ِ الْعُدْوَان ِّ ر َ وَاُک َّ الْعَذَاب َ قَد ْ تَقَر َّ حْمٰن ِ وَاِشَارَۃ ٌ اِلٰی اَن َّ ن َ الر ِّ شَدِیْد ٌ م The lunar and the solar eclipses were two grave warnings