Life of Ahmad — Page 499
499 Chapter 51 END OF A THIM 'If they will not swear by my name, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it,' saith the Lord. (Jer. 12:17) On July 27th, 1896, death overtook A thim at Ferozepur where he was buried. As a matter of fact he had long been moribund. Christians naturally felt shocked and the old controversy was revived. 118 Ahmad as declared that the word of God was fulfilled and the prophecy that he had made was true. It was really the insolence of A thim, which he had offered to God and His Prophet sa that had brought upon him the decree of punishment. He shuddered when the decree was pronounced. He was dumbfounded and terrified into silence. He turned towards the truth in his heart. So the All-knowing God allowed him a respite, as was clearly pointed out by Ahmad as in Anw a rul Islam , pages 4 and 6. In his leaflet, dated 27. 10. 1894. He had clearly prophesied: 118 See Kashful H aq a ’iq of Bombay, dated August 1 st , 1896, p. 108 and the Sha h na’-e-Hind of Meerut, dated September 1 st , 1896, p. 1.