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102 selected to take the oath is because each of them leads a large num- ber of people, and thus, settling the issue with him will also settle things with their followers. The subject matter of the oath will be that these prophecies have not been fulfilled, and they were not mentioned beforehand in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya. It must be thoroughly noted that owing to their ignorance and naivety, the opponents reject me at every instance and declare that every prophecy failed to be fulfilled. However, the opposi- tion, which manifested in a most horrendous manner reaching the points of a calamity which in turn brought about a torrent of insolence resulting in dangerous situations, occurred only thrice and had been alluded to as three major tribulations in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya. And this book—namely, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya —was pub- lished seventeen years ago and was distributed not just through- out this country but also Arabia and Persia. The force and gran- deur with which these three tribulations were brought about and the tumult with which they were spread to the corners of this country is so significant that this topic could not be concealed from anyone. On the contrary, the men and women of Punjab and all of India, and all Hindus and Muslims are so thoroughly famil- iar with these three disturbances that there is absolutely no hope that these three disruptions can ever be erased from the pages of history. Accordingly, whoever obtains knowledge about the horren- dous nature of those three tribulations and then reads about them in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya , or alternatively reads Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya and then compares it to the events that took place, either way, he will become fully convinced that in both cases,