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304 escaped me 355. But, this I remember well that he was one of those few people concerning whom I had made an announcement. This was Sunday about 4 a. m. [Allah be praised for all this]. [Barak a tud-Du‘ a’ , Title, p. 4 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 6, p. 33] 1893 I call God the Glorious to witness that He has told me clearly by revelation that Hadrat Mas ih as [Jesus] was without distinction a man like all other men, but that he was a true Prophet and a Messenger of God and a chosen one. I have also been told that whatever was given to the Messiah as [Jesus] has been given to me also, on account of my 355 Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : The events as they unfolded revealed that the other person was Shardh a nand, who, in accordance with this prophecy was killed by ‘Abdur-Rash i d, scribe, of Delhi. Referring to the murder of Shardh a nand, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra says: This incident is in accordance with the prophecy of the Promised Messiah as …. He had made a prophecy about the murder of two people. One was Lekhr a m, and the Promised Messiah as did not recall the name of the other. The interesting fact is that Shardh a nand was previously named Munsh i R a m and when he was killed his name was Shardh a nand. That is the reason that the Promised Messiah as could not recall his name. He is also the deputy who took over the task of Lekhr a m. The newspaper Tej has written that when the news of the murder of Lekhr a m reached Delhi, Sw a mi Shardh a nand left all his affairs in Delhi behind and came to Lahore and took over the affairs of Lekhr a m. In short, he was a leader of great standing among the A ry a s. Many of the events relating to his murder resemble Lekhr a m’s murder. Lekhr a m was murdered on Saturday, the day after ‘ I d. Shardh a nand was killed on Thursday, which also adjoined the Friday. In both cases the murderer had wrapped himself in a blanket. In both cases an attempt was made to stop the entry of the murderer, but he was permitted to enter afterward. [al-Fa d l, vol. 14, no. 55, January 11, 1927, p. 4]