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− shown towards the Holy Prophet. " sa (Announcement of February 20, 1893, attached to A’ina Kamalat-i-Islam) − − − − Declaring his prophecy and this revelation, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi wrote (addressing all religious parties): 'If as − within six years from today, February 20, 1893, this man does not meet with punishment from God, which is unusual in its poignancy and tragedy and which impresses all and sundry with the fear of the Lord, then let everybody think that I am not from God. ' (Majmu‘a-i-Ishtiharat, Vol. 1, p 373; Invitation to Ahmadiyyat, London − − − ± Mosque, London, UK, 1980, p 259) Some people criticized the prophecy and said it was mere conjecture and anything could happen in six years. The Promised Messiah and Mahdi replied that prophecy will be fulfilled in an as − extraordinary way. Lekh Ram ridiculed the prophecy and announced that − Hadrat Hadrat Ahmad would die of cholera within three years. ± ± ± ± ± Ahmad wrote in April 1893 about a vision he had: ± "This morning in the course of a light slumber I saw that I was sitting in a large room where some of my friends were present when a well-built man of terrible appearance, as if blood would burst forth from his face, came and stood before me. When I raised my eyes towards him I perceived that he was person of strange build and character, as if he was not a man but was one of the severe terrible angels who overawe all hearts. As I looked at him he asked me: 'Where is Lekh Ram?' and he also named another − person and inquired where he was. Then I understood that this one had been appointed for the chastisement of Lekh Ram and the other − person. . . . " (Ahmadiyyat: The Renaissance of Islam, Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, ± − ± ± − Tabshir Publications, 1978, p 75) − 249