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HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS 32 [continued] Meaning, the plague that has taken root in the coun- try will never go away. This disease will spread and cause many fatalities and will not cease until people change their ways. However, God will save Qadian from being destroyed, i. e. such destruction will not visit Qadian as to entirely destroy it. Qadian may even be completely saved from the plague, but only on condition of repentance, i. e. if everyone repents from wickedness and malice. See the booklet, (At-Tā'ūn) [The Plague], published on February 6, 1898, and March 17, 1901. This was the dream and the revelation that was presented to me. Then, some four years after the announcement of February 6, 1898, the plague spread widely in Punjab. It spread so quickly over the ten-month period from October 1, 1901, to July 19, 1902, that it affected a total of twenty three districts in the Punjab. See official papers pertaining to the plague in the Punjab. This prophecy was made in February 1898 when only two districts had been affected by the plague. See [the newspaper] Akhbar-e-Am of August 2, 1902, which contains the official testimony to this effect. Living Witnesses: I had published prophecy number 32 in my announcements dated February 6, 1898, and March 17, 1901, and it came true with amazing clarity. When this prophecy was published on February 6, 1898, only two districts in the Punjab had been infected by the plague, however, twenty three districts were later affected. In less than ten months, there were 316,000 cases and 218,799 mortalities. See the official numbers. No Date of Prophecy 33 Nine years ago. 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 Similarly, at a time when even in Bombay there was no sign of the plague, a prayer was offered for the visitation of the plague and it was accepted. Accordingly, nine A few years later when the plague first broke out in Bombay. 205