The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 148
148. Essence of Islam-V death may not overtake you while you are astray. O dear ones, do not fight God, for you can never win this battle. God does not and has never sent down such severe punishment upon a people without first sending His Messenger to them, or until a Messenger, who has been sent by Him, has appeared among them. . Hence, make use of this age-old law of God, and look for the person for whose sake, right before your eyes, the solar and lunar eclipses took place in the month of. Ramadan and the plague spread over the earth and earthquakes occurred. Who was it that conveyed these prophecies to you before their time? And who was it that claimed, ‘I am the Promised Messiah?' Seek out that person for he is present among you, and he is none other than the one who now speaks to you. وَلَا تَايْسُوا مِنْ رَّوْحِ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يَايْسُ مِنْ رَّوْحِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْكَفِرُونَ " [Tajalliyat-e-Ilāhiyah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 20, pp. 395-404]. Bear in mind that God has informed me time and again about the coming of earthquakes. So be sure that just as there have been earthquakes in America and in Europe, in keeping with the prophecies, so will they occur in different parts of Asia, and some of them will be as terrifying as doomsday. There will be death on such a large scale that rivers will run with blood, and even birds and animals will not escape it. . Such destruction will overtake the earth as has not happened since man was born. Most places will be turned upside down as if they had never been inhab47 And despair not of the mercy of Allāh; for none despairs of Allah's mercy save the unbelieving people. -Yusuf, 12:88 [Publisher]