Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 236
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 236 miracle? Does it lie within the scope of human powers?1 ٭ Therefore, considering that the people of this country and their ancestors for almost the last 2,000 years2 ٭ have not witnessed nor heard of such a catastrophe, nor did they ever imagine such an occurrence to be immi- nent, then if someone gives news of it and it happens exactly as he says, this will not only be called a miracle, but a miracle of the first order. Turning again to the original topic, I wish to state that the critic, in order to take away the grandeur of a magnificent prophecy and to belittle it in the estimation of all, has compared it to the vague proph- ecy of the Gospel where it has been mentioned in only mundane words that earthquakes would come. But whosoever will read the text of my announcements carefully will have to admit that, regrettably, the critic 1. ٭ The critic, as I have mentioned previously, has published in Paisah Akhb a r his objection that the word ‘earthquake’ is not found in the prophecy: عفت الدّیار محلّھا ومقامھا. [Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out. ] He says this despite the fact that the earthquake was specifically mentioned in a prophecy that was published in the same newspaper five months pre- viously, whereas this prophecy only gives a description of that earthquake. Such, then, is the honesty, integrity, wisdom, and understanding of our op- ponents! Is there not one among them who could take him aside and repri- mand and rebuke him as to why he tried to deceive the public in this way, knowing full well that the clear prophecy of the earthquake can be found in the 24th December 1903 issue of Al- H akam, the same earthquake whose ter- rifying consequences are outlined in عفت الدّیار [ ‘afatid-diy a r—‘ residences will be wiped out’]? And both these prophecies were published a year before they were fulfilled. Indeed, the prophecy about the earthquake can be found clear- ly outlined in Maw a hib-ur-Ra h m a n, page 86*, which was published two and half years ago. (Author) *This reference text appears in R uha n i Khaz a ’in, volume 19, page 305, pub- lished in 2008. [Publisher] 2. ٭ According to research published in the Civil and Military Gazette, the temple at Kangra that was destroyed in the earthquake was about 2,000 years old. Had such earthquakes occurred before, this temple would already have collapsed long ago. (Author)