Tadhkirah — Page 738
738 This is a prophecy based on divine revelation and will doubtlessly be fulfilled; wait then awhile in righteousness and steadfastness. [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 5, p. 120, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 21, pp. 151–152 footnote] Note: Divine revelation has repeatedly employed the word earthquake in this context and has indicated that the earthquake will be an example of the Judgment Day. Indeed, it should be termed as ‘earthquake of Judgment’ which is described in the verse. 887 But I am not able to apply the world earthquake with certainty upon its actual manifestation. It is possible that it may not be a common earthquake but some other dire calamity, 888 which would be an example of the Judgment Day, the like of which has not been witnessed before, and which would bring about great destruction of life and property. If no such extraordinary Sign appears, while people have not openly reformed their way of life, I shall in such case have been proved false. [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 5, p. 120 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 21, p. 151] April 18, 1905 (A) I saw [in my dream] that I was calling out All a hu Akbar, All a hu Akbar (the entire Adh a n) with great verve. Someone sitting on a high tree repeated the same phrases. Thereafter, I started calling down blessings on the Holy 887 Opening verse of s u rah az-Zilz a l , Chapter 99 of the Holy Qur’an. [Publishers] 888 If God Almighty holds back this great calamity, the maximum period of respite will be sixteen years … In any case, it will not be more than sixteen years. [ D am i mah Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 5, pp. 97–98, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 21, pp. 258–259]