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THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH 43 [continued] God Almighty-and I am certain that it is then it will definitely manifest itself with tremendous signs and cause hearts to tremble. If it is not from Him, then it will result in my humiliation. If upon the fulfilment of this prophecy, I offer weak and futile interpretations, I will invite even greater disgrace. The Eternal and Holy One, Who holds all power in His Hand, never bestows hon- our upon a liar. It is wrong to imagine that I have anything personal against Lekhram, or anyone else for that matter. Howev- er, Lekhram is the enemy of the truth and has insulted the perfect and true one [i. e the Holy Prophetas] who is the fountain of all truth. This is why God has desired to manifest the dignity and honour of the one He loves throughout the world. وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى ]Peace be on those who follow the guidance]. Then, in a footnote of the same book, Bar- akātud-Du'a', is recorded a vision that I had on April 2, 1893. I saw a man of strong build and terrifying appear- ance, as if blood were dripping from his face, as if he were not human but was one of the terrifying angels. He came and stood before me and his terror gripped hearts. As I looked at him, he asked me: "Where is Lekhram?" He also asked me about the whereabouts of another person, whose name I do not now recall. I then realised that this man had been appointed for the punishment of Lekhram and the other person. See the title page of Barakātud-Du'a', published in April 1893. Following this, Lekhram was murdered on March 6, 1897. At the time, I had certainly known and with absolute conviction that, with the ac- ceptance of my prayer, it had been decreed in heaven that Lekhram would be killed through a painful chastisement. Therefore, in the same book Barakātud-Du'a', I brought this to the attention of Syed Ahmad Khan who was a de- nier of the acceptance of prayers owing to his erroneous beliefs, and presented to him the example of my prayer 230