The Shining Lamp — Page 44
44 been the last Eid of the sixth year. He used to announce by word of mouth and in writing that he would kill the Pundit. Moreover, during this period and on such day, the Pundit will suffer an excruciating death. Does this oppo- nent of the Arya faith and the particular writer of a few books (i. e. my humble self ) have no connection with this conspiracy? The proprietor of this newspaper and similarly some others have drawn the conclusion from this prophecy that this was a plot that was publicized as a prophecy, as is clear from another page of this same newspaper, where he writes: This murder is the result of a well thought out and planned conspiracy involving many people over quite some time. I believe and accept that in the explanation of the prophecy, as I was given to understand by God, it was written many times that it would be manifested most dreadfully. Moreover, Lekh Ram’s death would not be the result of any illness, but God would appoint over him someone from whose eyes blood would be drip- ping. The Punjab Sam a ch a r dated 10 March 1897 has quoted the day of the incident as per the prophecy to be the day of Eid, but this is a mistake on its part. The text of the revelation clearly states: ُ ْد ُ اَقْرَب ي ِ ْد ِ وَالْع ي ِ َـوْم َ الْع ي ُ سَتَعْرِف ُ ْد ُ اَقْرَب ي ِ ْد ِ وَالْع ي ِ َـوْم َ الْع ي ُ سَتَعْرِف Meaning: You will recognize the day of the Sign, which is like eid [joy] and the Eid [Festival] will be very close to the day of this Sign.