Lecture Ludhiana — Page 62
62 record is that during that time a new form of transport would appear which would render the camels useless. Has not the introduction of the railways fulfilled this proph- ecy? How many of these signs can I go on recounting, for it is a very long series. Just imagine that whereas I, the claimant, have been called a liar and Antichrist, isn’t it very strange that all these signs should have duly ap- peared for me? If somebody else were yet to come, what would be left for him? Be fair for once and fear God! Does He ever grant so much support to a liar? Isn’t it strange that anyone who ever rose to oppose me was defeated and I emerged successful and safe out of every calamity and hardship in which my adversaries tried to implicate me? Can anybody swear and say that this is how liars end up? I regret to say, what has gone wrong with these clerics who oppose me? Why do they not closely study the Holy Qur’an and the Traditions of the Holy Prophet sa ? Don’t they know that all the important scholars and divines of the past foretold that the advent of the Promised Messiah would take place in the fourteenth century? 40 The visions of all the recipients of revelation also point to the same period. It is clearly recorded in the book Hujaj-ul- Kiramah that the advent of the Promised Messiah would not exceed the fourteenth century. It was these very people, who oppose me today, that used to shout from 40 Fourteenth century of the Hijrah. [Translator]