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307 most forcefully. Accordingly, Punjab was the most affected region and experienced the greatest number of fatalities. 4. Doctors assured the people again and again that the epidemic was now under control but the Promised Messiah as declared that it would not abate until God permitted it to do so, and so it continued to wreak havoc for a full nine years. 5. At long last, God Himself took pity and promised that it would abate. The Promised Messiah as was told, ‘The plague has disap - peared; only fever remains. ’ After this revelation, the worst of the plague ended, but a serious malaria epidemic broke out in Punjab and not a single household remained immune from it. Official reports labelled this outbreak as something out of the ordinary. (8) A Great Earthquake This prophecy was a sign for people of all religions and it proved that, just as God has dominion over everything on the surface of the earth, so does He rule its depths. This prophecy relates to the great earthquake that shook Punjab on April 4, 1905. The Promised Messiah as had published the following prophecies regarding this earthquake: 30 ززلہل اک داکھ Shock of earthquake.