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manifested amongst my friends and my foes for which hundreds of thousands of people are witness۔If all these signs are counted individually and in detail their total would come to about a million۔All praise is due to Allah for showing all these signs۔11 یک بیک اک زلزلے سے سخت جنبش کھائیں گے کیا بشر اور کیا شجر اور کیا حجر اور کیا بحار درتمین صفحه 184 The word 'earthquake' has been used repeatedly in the revelation of God Almighty, declaring it to be a manifestation of the Doomsday, rather it should be called the earthquake of the Doomsday as indicated in the verse 'when the earth is shaken with her Violent shaking' (99:2) but so far I cannot decipher with certainty۔what shape it will take when it actually occurs۔It might not be an earthquake at all as is commonly understood by the term۔It may be some other horrific catastrophe showing a glimpse of the Doomsday, the like of which might never have been seen before in this world and may bring huge devastation to animals and buildings۔However, if such an extraordinarily ravaging sign does not appear and the people do not visibly reform themselves then I can certainly be considered a liar۔I have clarified it many a time that this violent disaster denominated as an earthquake in the revelation of God has nothing to do with the allegiance of people to some۔particular religion۔Punishment can neither befall on anyone for being a Hindu or a Christian nor for the reason of not joining my sect۔All these people have nothing to fear or be anxious because of this۔However, if one is of criminal habit regardless of his faith and is sunk in debauchery, is an adulterer, murderer, robber, tyrannical, malicious, foulmouthed and immoral, he should indeed be afraid of it۔And if he repents then he has nothing to fear۔This punishment is not inevitable, in fact, it could be evaded if people reform their conduct۔12 اب تو نرمی کے گئے دن اب خدائے خشمگیں کام وہ دکھلائے گا جیسے ہتھوڑے سے لوہار درین صفحه 190 It should be remembered that the punishment mentioned in this prophecy 7