The Quetta Earthquake - A Mighty Divine Sign — Page 3
3 Noble man! I ask you, in the name- of God, of One, Who holds your life, in the hollow of His hand; I ask you, if the vile abuse, which has been hurled at this messenger of God, has ·ever been hurled, at any other person? If it has not been, d~ you think God, jealous of the honour of His loved ones, would relnain silent at all this? Would He not repay this \vicked abuse, \vith all the dire consequences \vhich are its due? II God declared at the very advent of the Promised Messiah-the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement: , A warner came into the w)rld, but th~ world accepted hiln not; God, however, will accept him, and establish his truth, by mighty signs. ' These great words were spoken by God. to the Founder of the Ahmadtyya iVlovement, about 69 years ago, and were published by him, at the very time. No\v, ye whothink and, ye vvh,) have been endowed with a spirit which loves the truth! Think and say, if this revelation has not been literally fulfilled? Is it not true, that the world rejected the clainls of the Promised Messiah? Is it not true, that God showed thousands of mighty signs to show His favour to His servant? Did He not show these signs, in the same manner, as He had shown them before, in the day of Adam, of Noah, of Abraham, of Lot, of Moses and of Jesus (on whonl be peace)? Let me not talk of other signs, at this time. Let me only refer to that terrible sign, which has appeared recently, in the form of the Quetta Earthquake, the earthquake which has claimed. ab::>ut 60,000 sou Is, as its toll, and in which, about 80 per cent. of the population of Quetta has been destroyed, and as a result of which, houses and other buildings have been almost completely demolished. The shocks still conle at Quetta, while about 20 to 25,000 human corpses still lie· de 4 caying under the debris, witho~t having had their last rites per-