Tadhkirah — Page 1090
1090. . . the import was that the rights relating to the outside world (lands, properties) do not carry much value. What is more valuable is that [God Almighty said:] ‘I have bestowed upon your children the capacity to be the leaders of the world…. This is the inheritance that We have placed firmly in the minds of your children. ’ [al-Fa d l, vol. 44, no. 247, October 22, 1955, p. 5, Friday sermon September 23, 1947] (10) Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra said while giving a commentary on s u rah al-Gh a shiyah verse 4–7: In the context of the plague, the Promised Messiah as once said: ‘What you have seen so far is insignificant. The day will come when people will say: [Urdu] There used to be a city called Lahore as well. ’ 1289 1289 Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : The prophecy about the destruction of Lahore that was published during the life of the Promised Messiah as is the following: It is said that the soil of Lahore contains elements which exterminate the plague germs. But plague has also taken hold there. People still do not know, but after several years they will see what will happen. A number of people and villages will be completely wiped out. The world will forget about them and there will remain no trace of them. But such would never be the case with Qadian. [al- H akam, vol. 8, no, 23 and 24, July 17, 24, 1904, p. 12] However, no revelation about Lahore, in specific words, is cited. Nor do the testimonies that have been published contain specific wording. However, the sense of the revelation is contained in the following testimonies. Apart from Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra , twenty seven testimonies have been published in al-Fa d l as following: (1). H ak i m Muhammad H usain Qur a ish i , (2). Bhai ‘Abdur-Ra h m a n Qadian i , (3). Sard a r ‘Abdur-Ra h m a n (Mihr Singh), (4). M u ft i Muhammad Sa diq, (5).