Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 17
17 on the one hand, has in most countries put an end to oppression and strife which were only too prevalent in earlier days and has enabled states to put their respec- tive territories in order, and, on the other, international relations are in a state of confusion, causing one nation to live in constant dread and suspicion of another, and international jealousies are at their height. Besides these prophecies, detailed prophecies concerning the advent of the promised one are given in Islamic books, all of which have been fulfilled. Some of those may be mentioned here. It was foretold, for in- stance, that in the time of the promised one a new method of transport would render camels useless. This has been fulfilled by the introduction of railways. It was written that news would be carried instantaneously from one part of the world to another. This has been fulfilled by the invention of the telegraph and wireless telegra- phy. It was written that women would increase in num- ber and would be employed in large numbers for the sale of goods, that women’s dress would leave exposed those parts of the body which were formerly thought fit to be covered. It was written that three great powers would wage war with three other great powers, and that the victorious three would occupy Constantinople, but that a man would run away from Constantinople to Asia Minor, and would wage a war and would recover his territory. It was written that the Christian nations would be supreme everywhere that Arabia would be severed from the Turkish Empire, and that separate governments would be established in Iraq, Syria and Egypt. It was written that a certain people would shorten the months,