Tadhkirah — Page 326
326 1894. . . I behold that the people of Mecca will enter in large numbers in the party of Allah, the Powerful, the Absolute. This is the doing of the Lord of the heavens and is strange in the eyes of the earthly people. [N ur ul- H aqq, part 2, p. 10, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 8, p. 197] 1894 The correct interpretation and the true and correct meaning [of the h ad i th ] is that ‘the moon would be eclipsed on the first night in the month of Rama da n’ means that it will be eclipsed on the first of the three nights in which it is full, as you well-know the expression ayy a m-e-b id [white days]…. Also, the meaning of his words that ‘the sun would be eclipsed on the middle [day]’ is that the solar eclipse would occur in a manner that it would split in the middle the days on which an eclipse takes place. …I have not said this on my own; rather, it is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. [N ur ul- H aqq, part 2, pp. 13, 15, 19, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 8, pp. 201, 204, 210] 1894 Know 372 then that Allah has breathed into my heart that the eclipses of the moon and of the sun that have occurred during Rama da n are two awe-striking Signs which have 372 In H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , the Promised Messiah as writes: In my book N ur ul- H aqq pages 35–38 I have recorded my prophecy that Allah the Almighty has conveyed to me that the lunar and solar eclipses that took place in the month of Rama da n were precursors of the coming chastisement. Accordingly, such widespread plague broke out in this country that about three hundred thousand people have died so far. [H aq iq atu l -Wa hi, p. 228, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 239]