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− eclipse of the moon occurred on Thursday night, the 13 of th Ramadan Hijrah st , 1311 (21 March, 1894), and the eclipse of the ± − sun occurred on the 28 of the same month of (6 April, th Ramadan th ± − 1894), in exact accord with the prophecy of the Holy Prophet. sa Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad proclaimed the eclipses in Ramadan ± ± − − ± ± − of 1894 to be a great sign in his favor. There have been many claimants of being in Islamic history, but this sign was never Mahdi − − shown for any one of them. This sign about the is found in Mahdi − the books of collected by both Shi‘ah and Sunni sects. A Hadith ± − − great many of Islamic religious books mention this prophecy about − the expected. Mahdi − (The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, Dr. Aziz Ahmad Chaudhry, pp 77-78) − ± These eclipses were visible over a large part of Asia including India. The same phenomenon was repeated in the United States of America in 1895. ( The Story of Eclipses, George F. Chambers, p 33, London, 1902) The sign of the eclipses was beyond the power of any person to show. The Promised Messiah and Mahdi considered this as − sign of the eclipses to be very significant and said that with this sign, the foundation of the victory of Islam had been laid. He also − said that mosques will be built and people will join Islam in hordes. − The Promised Messiah and Mahdi has written about this sign in as − many of his books. He writes: "And I also swear by God Almighty that I am the Promised Messiah and I am the same person who was promised by the Prophets. There is news about me and my age in the Torah, the Gospels, and the Holy Qur’an. It is stated that there will be eclipses − in the sky and severe plague on the earth. " (Da'fiul Bala’, p 18) − − 241