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325 died. Rivers of blood had flowed and destruction had stalked the land. Alas, the world still asks for signs and arguments to prove the authenticity of the Divine Messenger! God’s resources are limitless. His punishment is as ready to come as His forgiveness. Blessed are they who understand while there is still time and, instead of warring with their Lord, hasten to make peace with Him. They heed His Signs and do not pass by them as though they did not see them. They draw the Compassion of God, receive His blessings and become a source of blessing for the world. (10) Expansion of Qadian Thus far I have narrated prophecies that contained warnings, or warnings as well as glad-tidings. Now I wish to cite prophecies that bore only gave glad-tidings. As an example, I will present three prophecies that had such a broad scope that witnesses to them can be found among friend and foe alike. From the moment that God made them known to the Promised Messiah as , they were reproduced repeatedly in his books and journals. The first of these three prophecies relates to the expansion of Qadian. The Promised Messiah as was informed that the vil - lage of Qadian would grow from year to year and in time would become a large city, like Bombay or Calcutta, with a population of about a million. It would expand towards the North and East as far as the river Beas, which is located nine miles from Qadian. 46 When the prophecy was published, the population of Qadian was barely two thousand souls. Except for a few houses made of baked brick, most dwellings were made of mud. Rents were extremely