Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 13
13 This prophecy was fulfilled very clearly in 1894. In the month of Ramadhan of that year the moon was eclipsed on the night of 13th, which is the first of the nights on which it suffers an eclipse, and in the same month the sun was eclipsed on the 28th of t he month, which is the middle one of the days on which the sun is liable to an eclipse. This Sign was exhibited in India and other Asiatic countries and it was exhibited in America in exactly the same way in the following year on the dates specified in the hadees. This sign was fulfilled so clearly that no one has raised any objection or doubt concerning it. The Promised Messiah, peace be on him, has drawn attention to it most emphatically. The Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had proclaimed that God Almighty would at the beginning of every century raise a Reformer from among the Muslims who would revive the faith (Abu Daud, Vol. 11, p. 241; Mishkat , Kitabul Ilm ). This has been acknowledged unanimously by Muslim divines throughout. The Promised Messiah, peace be on him, appeared at the beginning of the 14th century of Islam and announced his claim that he was a Reformer and the Promised Mahdi. The 14th century is no w drawing to a close and no other reformer has made his appearance among the Muslims in the course of the century. If he is not accepted as a Divinely appointed Reformer, the prediction of the Holy Prophet, peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him, wou ld (God save us) be falsified. As the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, has said: The time demanded the Messiah and no one else. Had I not come, someone else would have come in my place.