Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 321
321 The suddenness with which this war broke out is known to all. Statesmen later admitted that though they were expecting a war, they did not imagine it would break out so soon. The assassina - tion of the Austrian archduke and his wife proved to be a fuse that sparked a worldwide conflagration. Another sign of the war was the advantages it was to bring to the Arab nations and how they would make use of this opportu - nity to go out to war. For a long time, Arabs had entertained the idea of Arab independence. Therefore, when they heard that the Turks had entered the war, they thought the time for their free - dom had come. They at once stood up to fight against Turkey and ultimately gained their freedom. Another sign was, ‘I will obliterate habitations much as they have obliterated My name. ’ It is generally agreed that Eastern France was the worst part of Europe in terms of promiscuity. This area supplied wine to the whole of Europe and pleasure-seekers from Western countries would flock to its beaches. Per the proph - ecy, this area suffered the greatest destruction. The pleasure resorts were wiped out just as God’s name had been wiped out from the hearts of the people. Another sign mentioned in the revelations was ‘Our vic - tory’. This indicated that the side which had the support of the Community of the Promised Messiah as would come out victori - ous. Since the Promised Messiah as had prayed for Britain, God helped that nation out of this terrible calamity. British statesmen might attribute their victory to their strategies but a careful obser - vation of the crucial phases of the war shows that the British owe their victory to some extraordinary coincidences. This proves that