Noah's Ark: An Invitation to Faith — Page 9
NOAH'S ARK any every such person to spoil the grandeur of this sign. Accordingly, if on the rare occasion, some members from among my community were to contract the plague, owing to the reasons already specified, their affliction shall in no way diminish this divine sign. Is it not a magnificent sign that I repeatedly declare that God Almighty will manifest this prophecy as to leave no one who seeks the truth in doubt concerning it; and that will surely recognise that God has miraculously protected this community? Indeed, as a result of this divine sign, the plague will cause this community to grow manifold and enjoy a level of success so unprecedented that it will be heralded with great astonishment. If God does not manifest some distinction between this community and others according to the prophecy, then the opponents, who have hitherto suffered one defeat after another, as I have written in my book Nuzul-ul-Masih, will be justified in proclaiming me a liar. Thus far, they have only managed to heap a curse upon themselves by rejecting me. For example, they raised an ongoing hue and cry that Atham6 had not died within the fifteen month period, even though the prophecy was clearly worded that if he returned to the truth then he will not perish within the fifteen months. And it so happened that during the 6 Abdullah Atham was a retired civil servant and a prominent Christian polemicist who famously debated with the Promised Messiah's on the truth of Christianity and Islam. The debate lasted from 22 May to 5 June 1893. [Publisher] 9