Tadhkirah — Page 737
1905 737 A Sign will appear some time from now (today is April 15, 1905) which shall overwhelm villages, towns and meadows. The wrath of God will bring about a revolution in mankind; the naked one will have no time to fasten his trousers. Suddenly a calamity (lit. earthquake) will severely shake them all—be they humans, trees, rocks, or oceans. In the twinkling of an eye the land will be turned upside down and streams of blood will flow like the water of a rivulet. Those whose night garments were white as Jasmine will be in the morning [as if clad in red] like the Sycamore tree. Men shall lose their senses and birds their consciousness; and nightingales and pigeons will forget their songs. That hour will bear heavily upon every traveller; and wayfarers will lose their way in confusion and delirium. With the blood of the dead, the running waters of highland streams will turn red like Bistort syrup. The terror of it will exhaust everyone, great and small, and even the Tsar at that hour, will be in a pitiable state. That divine Sign will be a specimen of terror. The sky will attack with a drawn hatchet. Hasten not to repudiate this, thou undiscerning fool, for my truthfulness depends entirely on the fulfilment of this Sign.