The Quetta Earthquake - A Mighty Divine Sign — Page 10
10 If, therefore, Quetta is a visitation from God, and a visitation such as has been foretold by the Holy Quran, then, according to the Holy Quran itself, it is evidence of the advent of a true Messenger of His. For, visitations, says the Holy QUl'an, do not come without messengers. And now that the visitations have come, why look yon not ablul for the Messenger of the Age? And findmg him, why do you not bow down, in obeis:tnce to him, and cease mocking at him? VI There are those wh;) say thlt, since the earthquake c. 'lme after the death of our Founder, it could not be a sign of his truth. How utterly blind are those who say so! They admit that pro- phecies about earthquakes, fulfilled now, were made by the Holy Quran. over 1. 300 years ago. And yet they haggle about an earthquake which has come only 27 years after the death of the Promised Messiah. A position as contradictory as this shows how far these Ukma have deviated from the truth. If a prophecy fulfilled 1,300 years after his death can be a proof of the truth of the Holy Prophet (on whom be peace), why c. 'lnnot a pro- phecy made by a servant of his, and fulfilled 27 years after his death, be a proof of the truth of the servant? Some say, again, that the Promised Messiah· had himself said that theSe severe earthquakes would come in his life-time. But they ought to remember another revelation of his: J')" ~,. f- J y) i. e. , '0 my Lord, put off this earthquake. ' (March 27, 1906 1);ck Badr, Vol. 12, No. 13). They also ought to remember another revelation which said:. . . . r-~, JJ AlJ J I)~ I i. e. , 'God has put off the visitation by a certain time. ' (March 28. 1906. vid6 Bad. ,. , Vol. 2, No. 14), and still another revelation which said: