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THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH 78 [continued] ise, God relieved me of every burden after this marriage and has continued to do so ever since. All the needs have been provided for, and all the requirements of compan- ionship have been fulfilled, and I have not been put to any trouble; rather, I have found every comfort. The second great sign in this was that at the time when the holy revelation about marriage was vouchsafed to me, my heart, mind, and body were in a fragile state. Besides diabetes, headaches, and heart palpitations, I was not completely free of the effects of tuberculosis. Since the marriage took place in a state of such frailty, some friends expressed concern because my virility was almost none existent and I was like an old man. Maulawi Muhammad Hussain Batalwi wrote me a letter, which I have with me to this day, telling me that I should not have married; God forbid, that I should face some tribulation. Howev- er, despite these frailties, God granted me full health and vigour and blessed me with four sons. No Date of Prophecy February 79 1897 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 A man from among the Shiites, who called himself March 1897 Sheikh Najafi, once came to Lahore and raised a storm of opposition against me and demanded a Sign. I promised him in my announcement of February 1, 1897, that God Almighty would show him a Sign within forty days. It is God's great favour that forty days had not yet passed when the Sign of the death of Lekhram of Peshawar took place. Thereupon, Sheikh Najafi at once fled from Lahore. Living Witnesses: The witnesses to these prophecies are Hakeem Fazal Deen; Munshi Taj-ud-Deen; Mufti Muhammad Sadiq; Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen; Sheikh Hamid Ali; Miyan Abdullah Sanauri; Munshi Zafar Ahmad; Maulawi Muhammad Hussain; and others. 262