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HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS Living Witnesses: The proof of prophecy number 30 lies in the fact that the oppo- nents went to the extent of filing cases of murder against me, but God saved me from them as well. 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 31 1880- 1882 The prophecy وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ أَوْ قِدْلِي يَا هَامَانُ لَعَلَى اطَّلِعُ عَلَى إِلَهِ مُوسَى وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ - تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ مَا كَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِيْهَا إِلَّا خَائِفًا - وَمَا أَصَابَكَ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ الْفِتْنَةُ هُهُنَا فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُولُوا الْعَزْمِ - أَلَا إِنَّهَا فِتْنَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ لِيُحِبَّ حُبًّا جَنَّا - حُبًّا مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْأَكْرَمِ عَطَاء غَيْرَ مَجْنُودٍ شَاتَانِ تُذْبَحَانِ وَكُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ Translation: "And remember the time when a person shall conspire against you who shall be the instigator of the edict of heresy against you, and will deny after having believed. (This refers to Maulawi Muhammad Hussain Batalwi). And he will say to his friend (Nazeer Hussain Dehlwi), O Haman, light a fire for me, i. e. issue an edict of disbelief. I desire to investigate this God of Moses and I presume that He is false. " God had named me Moses to indicate that just as the Pharaoh had looked down upon Moses with contempt and said that he was the one who had raised Moses and he would be the one to destroy him, the same attitude was adopted by Muhammad Hus- sain towards me. Moreover, it points to the victory that I was destined to win over this Pharaoh, just as Moses had done. Then, addressing me as Muhammadsas, He said: was fulfilled when Maulawi Muhammad Hussain Batalwi published the fatwa of heresy against me and Nazeer Hussain Dehlwi issued his fatwa. تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ Meaning: "Both hands of Abu Lahab were cut off, i. e. became useless, and he too was destroyed, i. e. fell 203