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96 [continued] HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS مَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَنْ تَمُوْتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَأَمَّا مَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ فَيَمْكُثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ No Date of Prophecy 97 1897 Accordingly, by the grace and benevolence of God Al- mighty, I was restored to health when my recovery had seemed unlikely. While it is true that thousands of peo- ple recover from serious and dangerous illnesses, it is not within our power to declare with certainty that recovery is assured in such conditions. 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 In early October 1897, I saw in a vision that I was pre- sented before a British Official to give testimony. The Official inquired about my father's name but, as is cus- tomary with testimonies, did not place me under oath. Then, on October 8, 1897, I was shown in a dream that a Constable in this Court case had brought a summons. This dream was narrated to the general public in the Mosque. Eventually, it came to pass, and the constable arrived with the summons, and I learned that the edi- tor of Nāzimul-Hind, against whom Maulawi Rahim Bakhsh, Private Secretary to the Nawwab of Bahawalpur had filed a suit of libel in Multan, had cited me as a wit- ness. When I reached Multan and went to the Court to testify, it occurred exactly as foretold: The official was so absent-minded that he forgot to place me under oath and started recording my statement forthwith. ¹ Date Prophecy Fulfilled Living Witnesses: There are very many witnesses to this incident, such as Khawaja Kamal-ud-Deen, Pleader, of Peshawar; Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen; Maulawi Abdul Karim; Maulawi Sher Ali; Sheikh Abdur-Rahman. * "No one can die without Allah's command and that which benefits people endures in the earth. " [Publisher] 275