The Shining Lamp

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The Shining Lamp — Page 93

Fifteenth [Prophecy] 93 ٰھُنَا فَاصْبِر ْ کَمَا صَبَـر َ اُولُوا الْعَزْمِ. ه ُ اَلْفِتْنَۃ ٰھُنَا فَاصْبِر ْ کَمَا صَبَـر َ اُولُوا الْعَزْمِ. ه ُ اَلْفِتْنَۃ [This is where the mischief is. Then be steadfast as those of high resolve were steadfast. ] Then, in the light of these three mischiefs detailed on pages 241, 511 and 557, which were written seventeen years ago in Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya , a question will naturally arise in his mind what those three mischiefs are, one of which is related to the Christians, one with some scheming Muslim, and one at the time of the manifes- tation of a manifestly clear Sign. And then, upon searching the events that have occurred, the three major mischiefs will appear before him, and each one of those in their own right could be called a major mischief. Then he will inevitably fall in prostration upon witnessing the deep knowledge of God, Who foretold these events at a time when there was no sign or trace of these three instances of mischief. If all three of these disturbances were presented as an enigma before someone who was familiar with the events, he would immediately say that one mischief is regarding the prophecy of Atham, which was brought about by the Christians and sup- ported by the spiteful Muslims, who have been referred to as Jews in that prophecy. The second mischief is the effort of Muhammad Husain Batalavi to declare me a disbeliever, and the third mischief is that of the Hindus, which occurred after the manifestation of the heavenly Sign. These are the three tribulations which came to be manifested like a roaring tumult and were foretold by God sev- enteen years ago!!! No one can deny the fact that from all three of these