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1888 203 blessing and a Sign of mercy for them and that thereby they would become participants in all the blessings and mercies set out in the Announcement of February 20, 1886, but if they declined this offer, the girl would suffer great distress. In such case, the person whom she marries would die within two and a half years of the date of the marriage and her father would die within three years of that date. The death is decreed within three years of the marriage. It is not, however, necessary that he would not suffer some misfortune before the expiry of that term. Some of the visions indeed indicated earlier 226 afflictions, [And Allah knows best]. And [I was also told that] the family would be afflicted with differences and privations and misfortunes and that this daughter would encounter many disgraceful and sorrowful events during the intervening period. In those days, when I repeatedly sought detail and particularization, I was told that God had determined that after removing every obstacle He would in the end bring about the marriage of the elder daughter of Ahmad Baig with me and would thereby bring the faithless back to faith and the erring back to guidance. The Arabic revelation in this context is: Meaning that [Arabic] They have rejected Our Signs and they had already been mocking. To frustrate the activities of all those who are 226 Mirz a A h med Baig died on September 30, 1892 in Hoshiarpur in accordance with this prophecy. [Jal a l-ud-D i n Shams]