Tadhkirah — Page 745
1905 745 determined in heaven that a ruinous calamity, which God has repeatedly described as an earthquake, will overtake the world. 894 I do not know whether it is near or it will appear after some days. . . . The repeated warnings indicate that it cannot be very far. It is a revelation from God Almighty who knows everything hidden…. God Almighty says: I shall come in secret. I shall come with My hosts at a time when no one would expect that this is likely to occur. It will probably be in the morning or when some part of the night remains or a time thereabouts…. 894 Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : The Promised Messiah as states that: ‘God Almighty has informed me that the calamity which He has named an earthquake will be an example of the Judgment Day and will be more severe than that which has happened before…. Although the word used is earthquake, it is quite possible that it might be some other calamity which possesses the quality of an earthquake. It will be a severe calamity—more ruinous than that which has occurred before—which will affect buildings also…. As God Almighty has informed me that such an earthquake will happen in my lifetime and will constitute a clear victory for me and a large number of people will join my Jam a ‘at and it will be a heavenly Sign in my support. God will Himself descend in my support and will demonstrate such wondrous works as the world has not seen before. People will come from long distances to join my Jam a ‘at. That earthquake will be greater than the previous one and God will manifest signs of the Judgment Day in it and it will bring about a revolution in the world. God says He would come when hearts are hardened and people feel secure against an earthquake. He says that He will come secretly at a time when people would be completely unaware, that is, will be busy diligently with their affairs. Then suddenly the calamity will descend when the people will imagine that they are secure against any such calamity. But God has said that it will be the time of spring. The sun will appear in the morning of spring and will set in the evening of autumn. Then there will be mourning in many houses, for they failed to recognize the signs of the time. ’ [ D am i mah Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 5, pp. 93–94, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 21, pp. 253–255]