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HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS 86 [continued] appointment, and fell into despair and anguish, I re- ceived a revelation concerning him: سَيُغْفَرُ That is, "God will remove his grief. " Soon thereafter, he was appointed in the State of Jammu and Kashmir to a post that he found better than the judicial one. That is, he was promoted to the position of Inspector of Schools for the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir and remains in this post to this day. ¹ Living Witnesses to Prophecy number 86: There are many witnesses to this sign, such as, Maulawi Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen; Maulawi Abdul Karim; Khawaja Kamal-ud- Deen; Mufti Muhammad Sadiq; Maulawi Muhammad Ali; Maulawī Sher Ali; Hakeem Fazal Deen; and others. No Date of Prophecy 87 1877 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 On one occasion, I was travelling by train in the direc- Around 1887 tion of Ludhiana when I received the revelation: نصف تر ا نصف عمالیق را I was given to understand that Imam Bibi-who was the widow of one of our collaterals-would die, and half her land would revert to us and the remaining half would re- vert to our collaterals. I communicated this revelation to those of my friends who were with me at the time. And so it happened that the woman died, and her land was di- vided in halves between our collaterals and us. Everyone has to die, but in this instance, there were three major signs: firstly, that the news of the event was given before- hand and that the woman died at a young age; secondly, * "Half to you and half to your collaterals. " [Publisher] 267