Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 194
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 194 News of the Earthquake Given Eleven Months Ago 1 It was mentioned that a newspaper has written that an astrologer has predicted that there is no fear of earthquakes now. The Promised Messiah as said: This is even more cause for joy. God does not desire to include worldly people in His news regarding the unseen. Now it will become clear whether the astrologers are correct or if the Word of God is true. If these astrologers and British geology experts are indeed so wise that they gain knowledge of earthquakes before their occurrence, then surely they have shown great enmity to the British government by not informing it about this in advance; the loss of thousands of lives and damages equating to tens of millions of rupees could have been avoided as they did not advise six months earlier that such a severe calamity was on the horizon. I had given this news eleven months ago that a calamity was coming that would collapse and destroy buildings, and that this would be the shaking of an earthquake. This [news] also had the word ‘one’, indicating that the initial shock itself was going to be extremely severe. Accordingly, all the buildings collapsed at once to the point that those in the verandas were unable to run outside, those lying down could not sit up, and those sitting had no time to stand up. 2 1. These discourses are also dated 28 April 1905, which were probably set forth at some other time on the same day. (Compiler) 2. Badr, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 8, dated 27 April 1905