Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 322
322 British victory was due to special Divine help and not merely to human planning. There were several prophecies implied in this one prophecy. One was that until the ‘calamity’ appeared, no harm would come to the Czar, and that the harm would only come as a result of the ‘calamity’. And yet the harm would not be such as to cause the death of the Czar. Instead, he would be subjected to grave suffer - ing and hardship. The prophecy also implied the end of the Czar dynasty as it did not name any individual but alluded to the Czar as a title. Let us look at how all these prophecies were fulfilled. Before the Great War, many conspiracies were hatched against the Czar, but none succeeded. However, when the war came and the time appointed by God for the end of Czar arrived, he was taken down so suddenly that it left everyone astonished. It appears that when the revolution of 1917 broke out, the Czar was out of the capital inspecting troops on the borders. When he had left, there had been no sign of any upheaval, but then, because of some indiscretion on the part of a Governor, people became enraged. Such occurrences are common and do not lead to the sudden fall of established states but on this occasion the Hand of God was at work. The Czar, on hearing of this unrest, sent instructions to the Government to put down the dissent with a strong hand, which had the contrary effect of further fuelling public anger. The Czar then replaced the Governor and started back for the capital hoping that his presence would cool sentiments. However, he was advised that the situation was getting worse and that he shouldn’t return to the capital at this time. The Czar did not heed this advice thinking that there could be no turmoil in his presence. He had not gone very far when he learnt that a revolution was afoot