Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 315
315 venture out of their homes and try to take advantage of the situation. ix. The revelations foretell that on that day all dominion will belong to God. This shows that worldly powers will become weak and God will assert His Power with powerful signs. x. One revelation says, ‘A mountain fell and came an earth - quake. ’ Even schoolchildren know that earthquakes are not the result of falling mountains; it is the other way round. This also shows that the prophecy does not apply to a lit - eral earthquake but is a metaphorical description of some major calamity that would wreak havoc in the world and nations would start warring against one another. 4. The fourth reason why the word ‘earthquake’ is indicative of some other calamity is that other revelations of the Promised Messiah as also pointed to a great war. For example, he received the revelation, ‘Raise the anchor’, which means that every nation would order its navy to be prepared at all times. He also received the revelation, ‘Boats sail that there be duels’. This meant that warships would move in all directions seeking naval encounters. After showing that the earthquake mentioned in the prophecy referred to the Great War of 1914–18, I wish to describe in greater detail how several parts of the prophecy were fulfilled during the Great War. The first point we must remember in this connection is that, according to the prophecy, war was to result from some catastro - phe that would shake the world and cause the war. Accordingly,