Tadhkirah — Page 906
906 down. 1097 [Arabic] This is the promise that you wished to be hastened. I shall safeguard from the earthquake all those who are in this house. There is an ark and comfort. I am with you and with the members of your family. I shall desire what you desire. [Urdu] Concerning the order that was issued relating to Bengal—namely the pain suffered by the people of Bengal due to the partition of Bengal—God Almighty says that they will be consoled in some other way in the future. [Arabic] All praise belongs to Allah who has favoured you by providing you with good relations through marriage and a good 1097 In this respect Allah the Almighty has revealed to me that as happened during the time of Prophet Isaiah, that in accordance with the prophecy of that prophet, a woman named Alma bore a son. Afterwards the king Hezekiah gained victory over Pekah **. Similarly, before the earthquake, the wife of P i r Man zu r Muhammad Ludhi a nav i whose name is Muhammad i Begum, will bear a son. That boy will be a precursor of the major earthquake which will be an example of the Day of Judgment. It is necessary that prior to that, minor earthquakes should take place. The boy will have the names as detailed below: Bash i rud-Daulah —because he will be Sign of our victory; Kalimatull a h Kh a n —that is, the Word of the Almighty Allah; ‘Alam Kab a b ; Word; Sh a d i Kh a n ; Kalimatul-‘Az i z —because he would be the Word of God that will bring victory for the truth. All creation is the words of God. Therefore, naming someone Kalimatull a h is not something unusual. That boy has not been born this time because Allah the Almighty has said: That is: The earthquake that will be an example of Judgment Day has been postponed. [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , p. 106 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in vol. 22, p. 109] ** In Isaiah 7 the word is given as Pekah, which is the name of a king. [Sayyed ‘Abdul H ayee]