Kabul Witnesses a Sign — Page 8
(neither shall he live nor die) literally apply to them. The said revela- tion also contained the prophecy that after being crowned :Kit1g and· having ruled the country for a time Nadir Khan would die in circum- stances most tragic and his ab~. ence would be felt most poignant• ly; This part of the revelation, as our readers know, met ~ith a remarkable fulfilment on November 8, 1933, whep on that day, Na:dir Shah, the beloved King of Afghanistan, fell a helpless v. icfim to the bullet of a wicked and misguided young assassin \yho fired three shots from a point-blank ra·nge in the Dilkush1:1. J>alace Gardens where he had come to distribute prizes aft~r a. football match. (From God we are and to Him shall_ we return!) 0 ye· people. ! whose hearts yet retain a particle of faith, I say unto yo-q Is not this great sign sufficient to prove the existence of God ? Does this not establish the truth of the :i;>romised Messiah's claims ? Is not this sign which has seen its fulfilment in such a marvellous manner a'ter the passage of more th~~ a quarte~ of a century, sufficient to. substantiate the fact that our God is a living God and that, just as He spoke to Adam a:~~· He ~poke to No'. 1h and He ~poke to Abraham and He spoke to Moses and He spoke to Jesus and last of all He spoke tb tlfe Greatest of the Prophets, Mohammad (i:nay peace and l::lfossings 6£· God be upon them all!) in a language whose glory, ina]es~y arid. . subiimity fa~ exceeded that in which He spoke tC:l" tliose that had gone before, so does fie even to-day hold communion wi£h His chosen and beloved Servants? Signs are manifested and miracles shown to establish the truth of Islam. See, that was no ordinary prophecy which you: l)aw fulfilled with your own eyes. Reflect and tonsider' and you will find that this one prophecy contains fuaqy otlier'signs and prophecies which may briefly be described as foliows: Nadi~ Shah in th~ Making (i) At the tirne wh'en. . the Promised Messiah published these revelations, Nadir. Khan, the hero of this great drama, was pnly' a _yoijng student and the mem~ers· of. his family were iabouring under such _ unfavoqrable c;onditions that they could ~ot hope to get any important'--or high goveq1ment post. They hi:id. r. emained under the royal displeasure in. Amir Abdul Rahman' s reign, and after. having. . obta,ined the royal pat don from Amir Abdur ~h. . ,~ai;a'a. son ~o~. . . sy9<;~ssor,,4mir lla~ib Ullah Khan,, had' II' t ··. ; ~-. :. . ;. . . . J~;J. w ,~. . ,,,. . . . ,.