Tadhkirah — Page 956
956 prophecy. I cannot even say whether it relates to me, or to any friend, or to my enemies. That which God has not disclosed, it is not possible for me to unravel. [Badr, vol. 6, no. 11, March 14, 1907, p. 3 and al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 9, March 17, p. 1] (B) Thereafter, the manner in which this prophecy was fulfilled is the following. Exactly on March 31, 1907—the completion of twenty-five days from March 7—a huge fiery flame appeared in the sky and, with a frightening flash, was observed over a distance of more than seven hundred miles (according to present observation; it might have been more) to be falling upon the earth. Thousands of people watched this phenomenon and some of them fell down senseless by its impact and had to be administered water to revive. Most of those who observed it have described it as a fiery ball that appeared to fall upon the earth and then to rise towards the sky in the form of smoke [Tatimmah Haqiqatul-Wahi , p. 82, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 518] March 7, 1907 This means [Arabic] that the eminent people as well as the common people will be afflicted with the plague. [Badr, vol. 6, no. 11, dated March 14, 1907, p. 3 and al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 9, dated March 17, 1907, p. 1]