Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 23
Account of Subsequent Signs, Miracles & Divine Succour Subsequently, the plague became rife among the people of this country and people perished like locusts. This epidemic tore them apart like an enraged lion or a wolf that tears through a flock of sheep. Many a households were left desolate, and death attacked their inhabitants. The earth trembled and the disaster spread across its mountains and plains. The epidemic spared no place, and crossed all territory till it reached the last corners of this country. It turned villages and towns upside down and gripped all those who crossed its path. It spared neither the rich nor the poor and entered every house, except the one that was protected by the Forgiving Lord. Thus, hordes upon hordes of the people came to attend the feast offered by the plague and returned with the meal of death. They came to the abode of the epidemic like guests and were served with the goblet of death. In short, the plague clings to this land just as a creditor clings to the debtor, or as the dog clung to the People of the Cave and the Inscription. I do not think this plague will abate for many a