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'O ye who has girded up his loins and is engrossed in making schemes for my ruin! be warned that your own house is going to be ruined soon. ”. This ominous warning, a little later, proved literally true and the Maulvi became an everlasting sign for all future generations. . The first Annual Gathering. The first Annual Gathering of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat was held in the Aqsa Mosque on 27th December, 1891 and the proceedings began immediately after the Zuhr Prayers. It was on this occasion that Maulvi Abdul Karim Sahib read the. Hazrat's book AASMAANI FAISLA (Decree of Heaven). In this first gathering 75 men attended. 66. Proclaiming the Mission ". In the year 1892, the Hazrat visited Lahore, Sialkot,. Kapurthala, Jullundhar and Ludhiana with the intention of proclaiming the divine message and to give it as much publicity as possible. He also went to Ferozpur the next year for the same purpose. . At Amritsar he faced the Christian champions in a public controversy in which he most ably exposed the baselessness of the attacks and criticisms advanced by the. Christian writers and the bigotted clergy. He also explained admirably the beauties of the Quranic teachings. The echoes of this meeting went abroad and even reached London. The Lord. Bishop of London addressing the Missionary's Conference told his audience that the signs of a new awakening were visible and. Muhammad was regaining his old glory in the the British possessions. . An invitation to Queen Victoria 66. In the year 1893 the Promised Messiah wrote and publicised a very remarkable book entitled " AYENA-I-KAMALAT-I-ISLAM " (the Mirror of the Wonders of Islam). Saintly persons like. Hazrat Khwaja Ghulam Farid of Chachran paid a glowing tribute to this book. On the occasion of Queen Victoria's. JULY/AUGUST 1989 19