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THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH 11 [continued] Eloquence, fluency, truths, and insight knowledge shall be given to you. " It is obvious that my words have demon- strated a miracle that no one has been able to equal. After this revelation, I published more than twenty books and magazines in eloquent, exquisite Arabic, but no one could compete with them. God took away both their hearts and their tongues and gave them to me. No Date of Prophecy The Revelation that I have been graced with has disclosed to me these miraculous prophecies that have already ap- peared in the world, and thousands of witnesses attest to them, some of which have been mentioned here Date Prophecy Fulfilled * 12 1880- 1882 No Date of Prophecy 13 1880- 1882 This proph وَقَالُوا أَنَّى لَكَ هَذَا - إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ - لَنْ تُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً لَا يُصَدِّقُ السَّفِيهُ إِلَّا سَيْفَةَ الْهَلَاكِ عَدُوٌّلِي وَعَدُوٌّ لَكَ - قُلْ أَلَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ . ecy was fulfilled during the plague. See pages 518 to 519 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya*. Transla- days of tion: "And they ask, 'How could you have attained this status? It is undoubtedly a ruse. We shall not believe in you until we see God. These people will accept nothing less than death as a sign. Tell them that death, i. e. , the plague, is nigh, so do not rush me. " This prophecy was made twenty years before the plague broke out. The Revelation that I have been graced with has disclosed to me these miraculous prophecies that have already ap- peared in the world, and thousands of witnesses attest to them, some of which have been mentioned here أَمْرَاضُ النَّاسِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ "Diseases of the people and the blessings of God. " See Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya page 519*. This was a sign that a severe epidemic was on its way, and that those who sin- Date Prophecy Fulfilled During the days of the plague. See Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, 2016. Islam International Publications Ltd. p. 398. [Publisher] 182