The Quetta Earthquake - A Mighty Divine Sign — Page 5
ed, and had hundreds of people killed, but Qadian and particular1y the residence of the Promised Messiah, in spite of being so danger. . ously near the earthquake area, remained completely unaffected. III People laughed at this, and said that it was but a COInCI- dence and that often enough even things said casually come out to be true. But God said at the time: 'Tarry a while. If you profit not, b" this sign, then We have other signs in store f~)r you, and these will come in such abundance, that you will doubt no longer '. God again sent the warning that He would send earth- q 1 1akes to all parts of the world l one following the other, and so severe would they be that their cOIning would be like the corning of the Day of Judgment. For, thus wrote the Promised Messiah: " Tlwtt 0 Euro-pe ! art not safe. Nor thou, 0 Asia! And ye that dwell in the islands! No self-tnade deity w1:1l assist you, on that day. 1 see cities jalling, a'nd I ft·nd inhabited places in ru-il~. He, the One and Only God, remained silelli for a long til1"J, while hate/ul deeds l. vere done before His eyes. He relnained sile1'll, but now He will show [-lis face with terror. Those who have ears, let theJn hear that th~ th'ne is not fa1~ off. I strove to collect all of you ttndtJr the protection 0/ God, but it was ordained that the writing of fate should be fulfilled. 1 say to Y0lt truly that the doom oj' this country is dra'winf! ·near. The days 0/ Noah ~vill you witness over again, and the destruction of Sodont will you see with your O'W1l eyes. But God is slow in, His wrath. Repent that mel"cy tnay be. shown to you. . 011,e who forsakes God, is a «'orllz, not a nlal't, and one who fears Hint not, -is dead not lZ:ving. " (Haqiqat-ul- Wahi, May 15, 1907, page 257).