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expression, that he in his lifetime, or his followers after him, will have to migrate from. Qadian; and this Revelation came to be fulfilled in 1947, in a most clear and remarkable manner, in a set of the most unexpected and extraordinary circumstances. Even though the Muslims formed the majority in the population of district Gurdaspore, and even though the principle on which partition of the country was effected was that Muslim majority areas would go to Pakistan, the political arbiters threw Qadian and the surrounding area on the Indian side, which forced the. Head of the Movement along with his followers, and the other Muslims, to migrate to. Pakistan in great hardship and sacrifice. Thus the remarkable Revelation quoted above came to be fulfilled, in all its attendant bitterness. . The half part of the prophecy, which pertained to migration from Qadian has thus been fulfilled, and now forms part of history, as a great Sign witnessed at the hands of the. Promised Messiah. Qadian was the birth place of the Promised Messiah, the place where he was brought up, and lived all his life. it was here that he offered his deep prayers, and performed his worship of God, with a devotion which, in its effect, shook the heaven and earth; and Qadian is also the place where his sacred remains, along with a large 37