The Descent of the Messiah — Page 171
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS 2 [continued] plague: يَأْتِيْكَ مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ وَيَأْتُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ If someone studies Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya and consid- ers my earlier condition of poverty and solitude at the time, and then comes to Qadian and enquires from all the Hindus and Muslims, and searches through British Government documents as to whether the Government ever regarded this as a large community, he would clear- ly understand that receiving God's help in keeping with the prophecy, and more than seventy thousand people pledging allegiance to me-despite the hue and cry of the Maulawīs, is undoubtedly a miracle. Otherwise, God has the Power to either halt the Movement and make the Maulawīs succeed in their intentions, or to kill me. God's words يَأْتِيَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٍ عَمِيْقٍ وَيَأْتُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٌ عَمِيقٍ ]Help will come to you by every distant track]. Peo- ple will come to you from every distant track, can also be proven to everyone in this way: Today, after twenty years, there is no city in the Punjab or India where one or more of its residents have not visited Qadian, and there is no direction from which financial help has not been forthcoming. Ponder! Can the fulfilment of the news of the unseen after such a long time be the prerogative of anyone other than Divine revelation? If it is in the power of man to achieve this, then do present an example of someone who, while in a state of anonymity like me, and some twenty years before the fulfilment of the prophecy, announced to the world in writing that the day was com- ing when his state of anonymity would end, thousands of gifts would come his way, and thousands of people would travel from distant lands to meet him. I know, however, that it is not in the power of man to cite such a precedent. Living Witnesses: The announcement of this prophecy and its fulfilment is proven by the testimony of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya as mentioned on page 241 of the book, which was published in this country approximately twenty-two years ago. This was the time 171