The Shining Lamp — Page 81
Fourteenth [Prophecy] 81 for how long can the mother of the goat remain safe and secure? The Hindus of today have very bad intentions regarding Mirza Qadiani so Mirza Qadiani should remain alert that he too may not become sacri- ficed at the Eid of sacrifices. ’ And then the newspaper Rehbar-e-Hind writes in its first column on page 14 of its 15 March 1897 edition, ‘They say that the Hindus will have the man of Qadian murdered. ’ And the second part, having to do with inciting the Government, is mentioned in the newspapers detailed below which are printed by the Hindus. Thus, the newspaper Punjab Sam a ch a r dated 27 March 1897, which is a Hindu paper issued from Lahore, incites the Government in the following manner on page number 5: ‘Foremost of all, the thing that gives rise to this theory (meaning the theory of a conspiracy to murder) is the prophecy of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani. ’ Then it is written on page 6 of this very newspaper that, ‘Mirza Sahib acknowledges this statement that the death of Pundit Ji was to happen on the 2nd of Shaww a l. ’ That is to say, the prophecy alluded to the 2nd of Shaww a l and this is how it came about, so this is sufficient evidence that this murder came about as the result of a conspiracy by the one who made the prophecy. Thereafter, this very paper writes in its issue of 10 March 1897 CE: ‘A revered gentleman (meaning this humble one) had also prophesied thus in his book Mau‘ u d Mas i h i that Lekh Ram would die within the period of six years on the day of Eid in a most terrible and painful manner. ’ Now, this paper by mentioning the day of Eid is trying to draw the attention of the Government to the matter that to make such a defini- tive statement argues in favour of this being a man-made plot; however, he errs in stating that it was to be the day of Eid. The Divine revelation gives an indication to the 2nd of Shaww a l. * * God Almighty has called Lekh Ram, عِـجْل ٌ جَسَد ٌ لَّہ ٗ خُوَارٌ. [‘a lifeless body producing a lowing sound’]; meaning Samiri’s calf. In this also is the same indication that he would be killed in the days of Eid because it is found written in the Torah even till today that the calf of Samiri was destroyed and wiped out of existence on the day of Eid and the second day of Eid also comes under the title of Eid. —Author Then, on page two of this same issue it is written, ‘A man was appointed