Tadhkirah — Page 952
952 are honoured and well-to-do and also several common people will die of the plague. Translation: (2) [Arabic] Were it not for honouring you, the whole of Qadian would have been destroyed. This revelation indicates that some people will die of the plague in Qadian also. This would not be contrary to the revelation [God will shelter the town] for the Arabic word in the revelation [which has been translated as sheltering] connotes that ultimately the inhabitants of Qadian will be rescued from plague, but it would not be totally eliminated. [Badr, vol. 6, no. 9, February 28, 1907, p. 3] February 26, 1907 [Urdu] A present to kings. The import of this has not been conveyed to me as yet. In any case, it has some reference to kings. [Badr, vol. 6, no. 9, February 28, 1907, p. 3] February 28, 1907 1149 [Urdu] A severe earthquake came and it will also rain today. [Badr, vol. 6, no. 10, March 7, 1907, p. 1 and al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 8, March 10, 1907, p. 1] 1149 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : Accordingly it rained that day. An earthquake occurred on the night after March 2. (Reported in the above cited Badr and al- H akam ).