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37 that they may be able to discern between what is good for them and what leads them to peril. I am further astounded by the dishonesty of the author of these tracts who has made [every effort] to show that the severe calamity foretold by the Promised Messiah as referred to an earthquake and an earthquake alone. For this he cites the following reference from Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V : Consider for yourself how this prophecy may be considered ambiguous when it clearly mentions an earthquake and says that a part of the country will be destroyed and also mentions that this will happen in my lifetime. (Page 90, line 9). 25 In truth , th e excerpt which he has quoted, does not refer to a future prophecy, rather it is a response to an individual who questioned how the earthquake of 4 April could be seen as a fulfilment of an earlier prophecy of the Promised Messiah as. Indeed, the second part of the question raised before the Promised Messiah as shows that the above passage was written in relation to this previous prophecy [and not the 25 Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V , Ruhani Khaza’in Vol. 21, p. 250-251 [Publishers]