Tadhkirah — Page 733
1905 733 I close this announcement by setting down now the revelation that I have received in Arabic in this context: That is [Persian] Eat whatever I provide you to eat. [Arabic] You have a standing in heaven and also among those who are able to see. I shall descend upon the earth in your support and shall show My Signs and shall demolish the structures which the heedless people put up, or will put up. 879 This shows that there will not be one, but several, earthquakes, which will repeatedly demolish the structures. 880 Then Allah the Almighty says that He would safeguard the members of my Jam a ‘at, who are sincere and are to me like children. In this revelation Allah the Almighty has described me as Isr a ’ i l and the sincere followers as my children, hence they are addressed as Ban i Isr a ’ i l. Then He says: I shall finally demonstrate that Pharaoh, that is People of Pharaoh’s character, and H ama n, that is those who are of the character of H a m a n, were all in the wrong. 879 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : This prophecy was fulfilled on May 20, 1905. A severe earthquake was experienced in Dharamsala and many newly constructed homes were demolished. [See Civil and Military Gazette, May 24, 1905] 880 This sentence has literal, as well spiritual significance. It also means that Allah the Almighty would continuously destroy the structures of the plans put up by the ill-wishers. [Footnote, Announcement April 18, 1905, published in al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 14, April 24, 1905, p. 6]