Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 305
305 which is the plague of the hearts, does not abate, the phys - ical plague shall also not abate. At the end of this warning, the Promised Messiah as wrote some verses in Persian: د�ی�ددنے ر ن �ی� ن � اں ر ن زع�ی� م ن �ب�ی� یم ہک ے ر ن �چ�ی� رگ ٓاں �ی� ا وتہب رکددنے مشچب زار و وخ ابنرے ن ز د�ُ If my friends could see that which I see, Tears of blood would they shed and say good-bye to the world. وخر ِ اتابں س�یہ تشگ اتس از دباکری رمدم ی ں اطوعں یمہ ٓارد ےئپ وخت�یف و اذنارے م� ز The bright sun has become dark for the sins of men, The earth has thrown up the plague to frighten and warn. ی ن �ب�ی� رگ ش � ی � یں وشت � ِ ق�ی�اتم امدنا ش � ی � ہب وشت زُج ِنسُح رکدارے رہب ِ دعف ٓاں ت � � ی � ن � العےج If you but knew, you would liken this calamity to the calamity of Doomsday, There is no cure for it but the cure of good deeds. ابرے ن ں ُ ک رکف مہ وخد وت متفگ ات دمہردی از نم �ی�ارے ش � ہ � یں روز اتس اے داانو � رخداز رہب ِ ا I say all this out of sympathy for you: It is for you to think over, Use then your wisdom today, you who are wise and alert. 29 It is apparent from these prophecies that the Promised Messiah as foretold about a general calamity in 1894 and then specifically pre - dicted the outbreak of the plague. Later, when the plague started to spread in India, he issued a special warning to Punjab against the impending calamity and described it as akin to doomsday.