Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page xv
Introduction xv عَفَت ِ الدِّیَار ُ مَحَلُّھَا وَمَقَامُھَا. Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out. This prophecy was fulfilled when a major earthquake struck in Kangra Valley, India on April 4, 1905. Subsequently, he received repeated rev- elations that another earthquake would strike in the form of a severe calamity akin to Doomsday. Thereafter, he prayed that the appearance of this severe earthquake might be delayed. Allah had accepted this supplication and had postponed the earthquake accordingly. In time, this mighty prophecy would be fulfilled when the entire world was shaken up by the ‘earthquake’ of World War I—a calamity the like of which had never been witnessed before. In addition to the graphic description that the Promised Messiah as had given about this calamity, was included the fall of the Czar which was also manifestly fulfilled. In one of his Urdu couplets he writes: نجّ واسن بس ےس وخف اس ی ےگ ئ اج� وہ لحمضم زار یھب وہاگ وت وہاگ اُس ڑھگی اباحل ِ زار Men, high and low, will be consumed with fear; And the Czar himself will, at that hour, be in a pitiable state. ( see p. 218) Need for Respect and Tolerance in Interfaith Dialogues In our present age, religion is all too often used to divide and dis- respect; however, a true faith promotes civility in conduct and healthy debate for the general betterment of humanity. The Promised Messiah as writes: Bear in mind that mere dry disputation, abusiveness, harsh words, and vulgarity is perpetrated out of selfishness under the name of religion. Such failing to remove one’s own inner evils; failing to develop a sincere bond with the True Beloved; one party attacking another party, not with civility, but rather like