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HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS traits will together conspire against you and bring tribulation upon you, but God shall make the truth manifest. First of all, in the case of Atham, they came together in an endeavour to falsify the prophecy, but God made its truth manifest. According to the condition of the prophecy, Atham refrained from calling me Dajjal in public and was overcome with great fear and trepidation, which no one can deny. Then, despite my promising a reward of four thousand rupees if he swore an oath, he did not take the oath. Consequently, in keeping with the intent of the prophecy, he died within my life- time. The gist of the prophecy was that whoever was the liar among the two of us would die before the other, and a long time has passed since he departed this world and set a seal on the fact that he was the liar in the debate. (2) The second scheme hatched by the Christian clergymen and the Muslims was that Dr Clark filed a false lawsuit against me, accusing me of attempting to murder him, and all the opposing Muslims became his allies. Many Maulawīs even testified against me on his behalf. However, the case was ultimately proven false and dismissed. Observe at the grandeur of this prophecy wherein I had been apprised of these lawsuits many years in advance! I had been told that the Christian clergy and Muslims would come together and file lawsuits against me, but that God would shatter their schemes, and so it came to be. 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 30 1880- 1882 إِن لَّمْ يَعْصِمُكَ النَّاسُ يَعْصِمُكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ - يَعْصِمُكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَإِنْ لَّمْ يَعْصِمُكَ النَّاسُ See Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya page 510¹. Translation: "Even if people may not save you, i. e. may try to destroy you, God shall create means from Himself to save you. God shall certainly save you even though people may not wish to save you. " Look at the glory and power of this proph- ecy and the repeated promises of safety. It unmistakably promises that people will try to kill and destroy me and After 1892 1 See Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, 2016. Islam International Publications Ltd. p. 389. [Publisher] 201