Signs of the Living God — Page 49
49 and suffering, that they might become humble. Then We changed their evil condition into good until they grew in affluence and number and said, ‘Suffering and happiness betided our fathers also. ’ Then We seized them suddenly, while they perceived not. Hence, such a way of thought is fatal and is entertained by those who stray away from certainty. In truth, calamities only strike when God has raised a messenger. Allah the Exalted says: 35 ً بِیَْ حَّٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُوْل ِّ مُعَذ وَمَاکُنَّا We never punish until We have sent a Messenger. Do not consider the punishment of God a small or trivial thing. Instead it serves as a sign that a prophet of God has been raised in this time. Let those who have eyes see and let those who have ears listen that the current series of earthquakes is not usual or ordinary. Instead, they are unmatched by the earthquakes of the past, both in number and severity. The Promised Messiah as writes in Barahin- e-Ahmadiyya : 35 Surah Bani Isra’il , 17:16 [Publishers]