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281 if swearing an oath was contrary to the religious law, did Clark and Premdas, among other Christians, take an oath or not? In addition to this, I also proved and demonstrated that in order to bring about a true verdict, it is actually incum- bent upon a Christian to take an oath. In short, this prophecy was conditional. Atham remained fearful and would wander from city to city. If he had complete faith and trust in his Lord Jesus, then why did he feel such anxiety? However, as soon as he began to hide the truth and sought to mislead the people—as hiding the truth was a rock that could have lead the uninformed to stumble—Allah the Exalted, in accordance with His true promise, took him from this world within seven months of my last announce- ment. Ultimately, the death that Atham feared and fled from, caught up with him. I cannot understand what difficulty the people could have in the matter of Atham. Such solid evidence is present, yet they reject it! If evidence is solid, the courts will issue a verdict of ‘death by hanging’ against a criminal. In short, the Atham affair was a grand sign. A revelation has been recorded in Barahin-e- Ahmadiyyah about this trial in clear and explicit words. The Sign of the Conference of Great Religions Then, the sign of the Conference of Religions was also a great sign. Khawaja Kamal-ud-Din Sahib and many other friends are a witness, and they can swear on oath that they had been informed in advance, and an announcement had been published and distributed as well, that ‘the paper has been declared supreme’. This sign was fulfilled before thousands of people, exactly as the prophecy had been made. Both English and Urdu newspapers unanimously declared that my paper stood above all the others. The Sign of Acquittal Then, there was the case of attempted murder that was filed against me, in which people like Dr Clark were involved as well. Maulvi Muhammad Husain also went to give testimony against me and the well-known Arya, Ram Bhajat—the law- yer—came to pursue the case as well. There are many hundreds of people present who could testify to the manner in which all the details and circumstances of this trial were foretold in advance. Finally, a prophecy of my acquittal was also made